Mororisr: When I got near the cross roads I could see that one road crossed the other.
Wife: I asked my husband what doctor he had been to, and he mentioned the name of a public-house.
Policeman: When told he would be summoned, defendant said, "I hope you won't be on the jury"
Woman: Although I have never driven a car, I know the names of all the controls, I have heard my husband call them all different names, Proof 3 5
Pror. W. M. H. Greaves, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, when speaking at the Edinburgh Business Club lunch recently, told a story about a lecture given by Sir David Gill in South Africa.
To simplify a remark about a planet, Sir David said it was like looking at a three-penny-piece a mile away.
The lecture was very successful, said Prof, Greaves, and the chairman in Proposing a vote of thanks, referred to the lecturer's native town, Aberdeen. "If you did not know Sir David Gill was an Aberdonian," he remarked, "you could have guessed. Only an Aberdonian would be interested in a threepenny-piece a mile away."
The lecture was very successful, said Prof. Greaves, and the chairman in proposing a vote of thanks, referred to the lecturer's native town, Aberdeen. "If you did not know Sir David Gill was an Aberdonian," he remarked, "you could have guessed. Only an Aberdonian would ochs aid in a threepenny-piece a mile
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