A New Zealand woman (sp they say) woke up from a nap after lunch to find a bull in her room, So she got up, saying (I imagine), "Oh a bull!" or "Oh, another bull," and went and fetched a broom.
But the bull was still there when she returned, and would not budge.
So she swept out herself solicit ate easy when one gives one's mind o it, Her Age Duninc the taking of the last census, one of the registration officers learnt a certain spinster's name, occupation, and parentage, and had at last broached the dangerous question of age. The following conversation ensued between him and the lady to whom the questions were put:—
"Have the Misses Hill, who live next door given you their ages?" She snapped.
"No Miss Smith—'
"Well, then, I am of the same age as they."
"That will do," said the officer, and he proceeded to fill out the space with these words, "Miss Smith is as old as the Hills."
Heard in Court Witness: I telg take his num motorist I was going to and he said: "I don't care, Im not on t phone any more."
Derenpant: I saw the policeman have a look in his diary to see if he had got time to summon me.
Motorist at Highgate: I was very embartassed. A police officer was pushing his way through the crowd, and the crowd was pointing at me and saying "You won't half cop out."
In an action at Clerkenwell County Court, there was repeated mention of an absent witness named Ruggles.
When -another witness remarked, "I think we could get him here," Mr. Registrar Friend commented, "Unless he is at Red Gap."
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