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  2. Advertising

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  3. YARNS.

    Ashmore—Did your bulldog get a prize at the dog show? Ashley—Yes, he got the £200 prize poodle. ...

    Article : 27 words
  4. Zero.

    Student: "There must be some mistake in my examination marking. I don't think I deserve absolute zero." Inspector: "Neither do I; but it is ...

    Article : 34 words
  5. All Impossible Request.

    "Will you guarantee," asked Miss Primrose," that this parrot will not use profane language?" "Really, madam," expostulated the ...

    Article : 41 words
  6. Always Been Respectable.

    Grandson: Well, grandfather, I've discovered that we are descended from a foreign nobleman. Grandpa: Well, perhaps, you are ...

    Article : 35 words
  7. True.

    "What's the matter, my little man?" asked the kindly old gentleman. "You seem to be in grout pain." "G'on! Yer mixed," groaned the ...

    Article : 42 words
  8. Where Aunt Mary Was.

    Mrs. Flint was a very stern woman, who demanded instant and unquestioning obedience from her children. One afternoon a storm came up and she sent ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. Smaller Still.

    She—I saw once a young woman small enough to go through a man's high hat. He (meaning)—And more than once I have seen a woman small enough to ...

    Article : 37 words
  10. Reason Enough.

    Bonevolent Old Gentlemen (rescuing one small boy from the pommelling of two others)—"What are you hurting this boy for?" ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. Couldn't.

    Teacher: "You'ye been a very good boy for the last day or two, Bobbie. I haven't seen you fighting with the other boys or romping in the ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. Not Vain.

    "Is that all the work you can do in a day?" asked the discontented employer. "Well, 'ardly, sir," answered the new Slovenian. "I s'pose I could do ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. Mutual.

    Her Father: But, sir, you are not the sort of man I should like for a son-in-law. Young Man—Oh, that's all right. You ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. Took Her at Her Word.

    Mother (returning home)—Gracious! Tommy, what moans this? The lamp is broken, the dishes are smashed, and everything is upside down. ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. Effect.

    Exchange Editor: I am very sorry, sir, but there is something tho matter with the nerves and muscles of my face, so it nearly kills me to laugh, and I ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. Exchange of Compliments.

    A barrister named Busche was engaged in a case in Limerick before Chief Baron O'Grady, when, in the course of the lawyer's speech, an ass ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. How Long?

    "That, sir," said the jeweller, triumphantly, "is a magnificent specimen of the clockmarkers art. That clock will go for eight weeks without ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. A Licking.

    A middle-aged couple were awakened in the middle of the night by a strange sound. "John," whispered the wife, "did you hear something like a noise ...

    Article : 162 words
  19. Sure.

    Doctor: Thomas, did Mrs, Brown got the medicine I ordered yesterday? Thomas: I believe so, sir. I see crape on the door thin morning. ...

    Article : 26 words
  20. Recognised His Limitations.

    In the staging of one of his earlier plays, Joseph Jefferson accompanied by a friend, attended a rchearsal, at which a lively disagreement arose between two ...

    Article : 143 words
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