ODDS AND ENDS
Fair Buyer— Our club is going to give a lecture on socialism: Have you any literature on the' subject ? Clerk— Did you ever read ' Looking Backward ' ? Fair Buyer— Read looking backward ? How absurd ! How could I ?
Two ladies were being shown • through one of our mental hospitals recently. As they entered a ward one said to the other : ' I wonder if that clock is right ? ' An inmate standing near overheard her, and instantly replied : ' Good gracious, no ! It wouldn't be here if it was. 1
Pompous Old Gentleman (to tram conductor)— ' Young man, I laid the first foundation of my fortune by saving tram-car fares. I—'
Conductor—' Ah, sir, that may be so, but you must remember that a conductor couldn't do that sort of thing nowadays with these bell-punches and the check system.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 5 September 1907, Page 38
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137ODDS AND ENDS New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 5 September 1907, Page 38
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