WHAT'S IN A NAME
A hungry diner in a restaurant ordered a chicken pie. When it was brought he raised the paste and sat looking at the contents intently for a while. Then he called the waiter. ' Look here, sir,' he said. ' What did I order?' ' Chicken pie, sir.' And what have you brought me?' ' Chicken pie, sir.' 'Chicken pie!' the customer exclaimed. 'Chicken pie! Why, there's not a piece of chicken in it, and never was.' * That's right, sir. There ain't no chicken in it.' ' Then why do you call it chicken pie ? I never heard of such a thing.' ' That's all right. There don't have to be chicken in a chicken 'pie. There ain't no dog in a dog biscuit, is there? And there ain't a college in college puddin' as I knows of.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 6 November 1913, Page 62
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136WHAT'S IN A NAME New Zealand Tablet, 6 November 1913, Page 62
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