The Archive · 1938

Pardon Me?

A quarter of longshoreman were singing on the waterfront when the tenor fell off the dock into the water. The incident passed unnoticed by the leader, but he realised that something iwas wrong with the harmony.

"What's the matter with you chaps?" he Jasked. "One of you don't sound right.'

"It's Bill," rumbled the bass solemnly. "He's off quay."

Not Reckless at All Tue wife came home with a black eye and a bump on her head. Her husband asked what was the matter.

"it's that silly car 6f yours" she pouted. "1 took it out for a spin—and it ran into a telegraph exe "My new car is ruined," moaned the husband. "And it's all your fault. You ran' into the telegraph pole because of your wild way of driving"

"That's not true," she protested. "Just to show how wrong you are I happened to be powdering my nose at the time."

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