Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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Page iii
... seemed that they might be most useful , even at the risk of the joke turning on the compilers . To extend the usefulness of such pseudo - cataloging , cross references , similar and dissimilar to those of a library card catalog , have ...
... seemed that they might be most useful , even at the risk of the joke turning on the compilers . To extend the usefulness of such pseudo - cataloging , cross references , similar and dissimilar to those of a library card catalog , have ...
Page ix
... seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be recognized even by its appearance or by the company it keeps . Perhaps there might be established a test of good usage . A joke would be that at which the best people laugh . Somebody - was ...
... seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be recognized even by its appearance or by the company it keeps . Perhaps there might be established a test of good usage . A joke would be that at which the best people laugh . Somebody - was ...
Page 27
... seemed able to master the intricacies of the deal in fish , and they were unable to get any answer . " At last old Bill turned to the captain and asked him to repeat the problem . The captain started off : ' If a fishing crew caught 500 ...
... seemed able to master the intricacies of the deal in fish , and they were unable to get any answer . " At last old Bill turned to the captain and asked him to repeat the problem . The captain started off : ' If a fishing crew caught 500 ...
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... seemed to move only with the greatest effort . " What are you eating ? " demanded the colonel . " Persimmons , sir . " " Good Heavens ! Haven't you got any more sense than to eat persimmons at this time of the year ? They'll pucker the ...
... seemed to move only with the greatest effort . " What are you eating ? " demanded the colonel . " Persimmons , sir . " " Good Heavens ! Haven't you got any more sense than to eat persimmons at this time of the year ? They'll pucker the ...
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... seemed very poorly billed . I thought I'd find out if the people knew anything at all about what was in store for them . So I turned in at the general store . ' Good afternoon , friend , ' I said to the general storekeeper . ' Any ...
... seemed very poorly billed . I thought I'd find out if the people knew anything at all about what was in store for them . So I turned in at the general store . ' Good afternoon , friend , ' I said to the general storekeeper . ' Any ...
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