Tne reporter opened his notebook and waved his pencil impressively. The man he was interviewing had just left the lions' cage at a circus, "Are you the famous lion-tamer whom the whole town is talking about?" he asked.
"Me?" cried the man from the cage. "Not likely! I'm only the bloke wot combs their manes and cleans their teeth."
Pretty Tight A MAN went to pay for his drink and extracted a note from a well-filled wallet, "Hullo," said his friend, "where did you get all that cash?"
"Oh, I borrowed it from old Jones," replied the wealthy one airily.
"But I thought he was pretty tight" gie he was: that's how I was able to get Rural Pleasantries Tue following conversation is an instance of rural politeness:
"How's the harvest?"
"Not so bad. How's your pigs?"
"Fine. Is your mare still ill?" toc No" she's all right now, Is your cow cured 100?"
"Yes, Well I'm very glad everything's all right up at your place. How's the wife?"
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