The Archive · 1941

IN PARENTHESIS

What Possible Harm

"I'M sorry, madame," said the attendant at the movie, "but you can't take that dog into the theatre."

"How absurd," protested the woman, "What harm can pictures do to a little dog like this?"

Helpful "Wuar's that piece of string tied round your finger for, Bill?"

"That's a knot. Forget-me-not is a flower; with flour we make bread, and with bread we eat cheese. This is to remind me to buy pickled onions"—Sheffüeld "Weekly Telegraph."

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

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