KNEW WHAT HE WANTED.
A lowland Scot, on a visit to London put up at a hotel, and in the morning, when he went to wash, discovered there was no soap. He rang for the waiter, and on that individual appearing, flabbergasted him with the command, “Saip, saip 1 See’s a bit saip, man!” The waiter murmured to himself, “It’s not French, nor German, nor ” “Confound yer impidence,” yelled the Scot, “dae ye no’ ken braid Scotch?” “Ah,” said the waiter and instantly disappeared, returning almost immediately with a glass of the “rale Mackay.”
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 14 May 1908, Page 21
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94KNEW WHAT HE WANTED. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 14 May 1908, Page 21
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