Rosinson's whiskey was disappearing in a manner which he thought suspicious. So he talked to his new housekeeper about it.
"Your predecessor," he said, "was a very trustworthy woman. You see that iDottle—"
"I hope, sir," interrupted the housekeeper, "you don't think that I would stoop to touch it. I come from honest English parents, and—"
"Tm not grumbling at your parents," replied Robinson. "It's your Scotch extraction that I'm complaining of."
Fisherman Indeed An Edinburgh councillor told a good angling story the other evening. One day a big man watched an angler casting in a stream for some time, and eventually inquired, "Had any luck?"
"Yes," replied the fisher, "I took 31 trout out of here yesterday."
"Thats interesting," said the inquirer, "By the way, do you know who I am? I am the senior magistrate in this district, and. this stream happens to be on my estate."
"Ah! Do you know who I am?" responded the ani "I am the champion liar in the district.
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