Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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... recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet , and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a performance ...
... recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet , and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a performance ...
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... will come a speech , but I warn you that if you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew's speeches up will come your dinners . " 1 象 N Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story : 12 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... will come a speech , but I warn you that if you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew's speeches up will come your dinners . " 1 象 N Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story : 12 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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... recently told the following story : " I was up in Rockland County last summer , and there was a banquet given at a country hotel . All the farmers were there and all the village characters . I was asked to make a speech . το " Now ...
... recently told the following story : " I was up in Rockland County last summer , and there was a banquet given at a country hotel . All the farmers were there and all the village characters . I was asked to make a speech . το " Now ...
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... recently passed his fifth birthday was riding in a suburban car with his mother , when they were asked the customary question , “ How old is the boy ? " After being told the correct age , which did not require a fare , the conductor ...
... recently passed his fifth birthday was riding in a suburban car with his mother , when they were asked the customary question , “ How old is the boy ? " After being told the correct age , which did not require a fare , the conductor ...
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... recently asked what work he was going to do when he became a man . " Oh , " Ralph replied , " I'm not going to work at all . " " Well , what are you going to do , then ? he was asked . " Why , " he said seriously , " I'm just going to ...
... recently asked what work he was going to do when he became a man . " Oh , " Ralph replied , " I'm not going to work at all . " " Well , what are you going to do , then ? he was asked . " Why , " he said seriously , " I'm just going to ...
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