The Archive · 1940

On the Telephone

Tien Business Man: I'd like to go where Ta be entirely cut off from the world.

Friend: Try a telephone booth.

A New York telephone girl has experienced three divorces. Presumably, she couldn't take rings seriously.

Telephone Operator: It costs 75 cents to talk to Bloomfield.

Caller: Can't you make a special rate for just listening? I want to call my wife Here and There Repucinc experts have a fat chance of getting rich.

When you're waiting for a girl must be xoon to be appreciated.

Ever, time a conceited star sees a mirror, he feels it cods looking into.

Give your girl friend a free hand and shell reach for her powder p According to what we heard, the novelty of married life soon wars off.

The man who chases a skirt is liable to end up with a suit on his hands.

When girls wave at men to get acquainted they don't mean it to be permanent.

Sailors use knots instead-of miles so they can be sure of having the ocean tied.

We heard of a girl who got a millionaire just using her head. Every time he asked for a kiss, she nodded and moved it toward him.

Hmm so your girl friend is California bound she's tied up in Hollywood."

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