The Archive · 1940

Short Weight

A pal tells of the girl who weighed only 85 pounds, but she's still some man's heavy date.

Dry Country 'THE mayor of a tough border town was about to engage a preacher for the new church.

"Parson. you aren't by any chance a Baptist, Ee are you?"

"Ko. Why?"

"Well, I was just going to say that we have to haul our water twelve miles."

From Here and There MANY a pert goes out to flirt and comes back expert.

"When two girls kiss each other it's like a couple of prize fighters shaking hands.

"What's that bump on your head from?"

"Oh, I have water on the brain and it just came to a boil"

"Every time I pass your house I see you sitting in the window."

"Well, someone has to look out for the family."

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

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