The Archive · 1939

Come Again

A MOTORIST, fined for a traffic offence, said he would pay on the spot. And the magistrate said he was the kind of customer they liked.

A case of cut in and come again.

Loud applause, More Cars Law Pupil (after smash up): "Do I need much more before I am able to drive?"

Dejected instructor: "About a dozen more."

Lady pupil: "Lessons'

Dejected instructor "No, cars."

English Spoken "WELL," he said, after a few words with the man from whom he bought a paper, last night, in Piccadilly Circus, "it's quite refreshing to hear English spoken about here, again."

"That's right," he agreed. "Only don't you get too cocky—else you and me'll get run in for aggression."

Hungry Chaps "I want to exchange this dinner gong for something else."

"Certainly, madam. Do you not like its note?'

"It's no, use in my house. My husband and the boys are always at the table before I have a chance to strike it."

Heard in Court Derenvant; I deny that I struck this man suddenly without a word. I said, "Excuse me."

Counsel; Why were you attending the doctor, what were you suffering from?

Man: Just ordinary anxiety of married life.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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