The Archive · 1940

IN PARENTHESIS All the Way from Germany

Tue, latest collective noun:—A scuttle of ships, Couldn't Get in Cuvn Bore: "Yes, I've had a frightful time lately, old man. Really been at death's door:

Bored Victim: "Couldn't you get int"

Changeable Basten: "Kind lady, 1 wasnt always ike Lady: "No, yesterday, you had your leg tied up Instead of your Cost of Marriage Coutece boy (to dad at football game): ""Now you'll sce more excitement for your five bob than you ever saw before."

Dad: "I don't know about that, That's my marriage licence cost me."

Mysterious East"

(From the "Peking Chronicle")

Tue Peking Hotel and Warner Brothers Film Corporation united Jast night in giving Peiping Fesidents an exhilarating time with. their "Naughty But Nice" programme. 'A large number of people. filled the hotel bathroom, What Odds? x a solitary reconnaissance a British airman was attacked: by four Messerschmitts, "Afterwards he was reproved for not using his wireless.

"Tam sorry, sir," be replied, "I thought 1 should" only. use the wireless in case of emergency."

Leave-passes Ax order issued by a certain Army Com-[mand in Britain is an example of how official [pronouncements can brighten the dullest day. coloured leave-passes, and Members of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service will show their pink forms whenever called upon to do 0."

No Room for Doubt A. man was walking along the street and happened to hear' a girl talking toa policeman, "Omcer," she said, aman been following' me for_half-an-hour."

"Are You sure miss?" he asked her, "Oh, Tm "perfectly certain. 7 we back couple of times to see if he was coming.

Incidental Intelligence 'A asker manufacturer recently applied tothe worli's Fair management for permission 10 Use Tie sion and Perisphere on his Product. was refused, for some reason town' Broagway: ie decorated. with a neat window of a Greek restaurant near mid:

ovamid of erangen, topped vith a card reading "Xn Apple 8 Day Keeps the Doctor Away." sites "his Taw brary. Volume" 62, "Corpus fate tnwyer, as found some, attractive

Srise"ig headed "Telephones and Telegraphe route" Volume 7, Witnessed to Woospuip." Sxubells New ork Digest offers "Justices of tee Beate to Lewaness!="Now Yorker"

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