AN inspector boarded a bus—to find the conductor sitting at ease smoking his pipe and reading a paper, while a flustered sailor dashed about collecting fares.
"Whats this mean?" he roared.
Between puffs, the conductor explained, "Nothing to worry about, chum," he said. "That Lbloke's a stowaway. 'E can't pay is fare, so I'm making im work is passage.'
Bible Reference Tue son of a Scottish minister named Jordan was studying at Edinburgh University for his medical degree. The minister had a hard struggle to keep the boy at college, and the family were very disappointed when the lad failed to pass his final exam. After the third failure he was given his last and only chance and promised to wire the result immediately it s known. In due course the minister reed a cryptic message "Hymn 314 last verse last line" "Turning nervously to his book the minister read "Sorrow vanquished, labour ended. Jordan passed."
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