ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 42, 17 October 1907, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

Freddy : ' Ma, carpets are curious things, aren't they ? ' ' His mother : • Why ? ' Freddy : ' 'Cos they are bought by the yard and worn_by the feet.' Customer : ' Look here, waiter, I found a' button in ray salad.'.- Waiter : l Yes, sir ; that's part of me dressing.' , " ' Pa, what's a philosopher ? ' 'A poor iran who is trying- to make other people believe he doesn't want to be rich.' The chiFdren were having an object-lesson on ' 'live Heron.' The master called attention to its small tail, saying': ' The bird has no tail to speak of.' The next day he „asked the children to write an essay on the biro", and one little girl concluded her essay by saying 1 : 'The heron has a tail, but it must not be talked of !""