The Archive · 1937

Listener, Not Watcher

"Are you a clock watcher?" asked the employer of the candidate for a job.

"No. I don't like inside work," replied the applicant, without heat, "I'm a whistle listener."

Experienced Lawyer: "Have you ever. been cross-examined?

Accused; "Rather—I have been matricd ten years and my mother-inlaw lives with us."

Fooling Papa LmTtE Boy (father at the office): "Hello, is this?"

Father (recognizing son's voice): "The smartest man in the world."

Little Boy: "Pardon me, I got the wrong number.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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