Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and QuotationsPeggy Edmund H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... walks off without attempt- ing it . The laughter that invariably greets this " funny " maneuver would seem to have philosophical sanction . Bergson , too , the philosopher of creative evolution , has considered laughter to the extent of ...
... walks off without attempt- ing it . The laughter that invariably greets this " funny " maneuver would seem to have philosophical sanction . Bergson , too , the philosopher of creative evolution , has considered laughter to the extent of ...
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... walking along a street one winter morn- ing . The sidewalk was sheeted with ice and the doctor was making his way carefully , as was also a woman going in the opposite direction . In seeking to avoid each other , both slipped and they ...
... walking along a street one winter morn- ing . The sidewalk was sheeted with ice and the doctor was making his way carefully , as was also a woman going in the opposite direction . In seeking to avoid each other , both slipped and they ...
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... walk out . " " No , no ! He no canna walk ! He wronga end up ! " There once was a lady from Guam , Who said , " Now the sea is so calm I will swim , for a lark " ; But she met with a shark . Let us now sing the ninetieth psalm ...
... walk out . " " No , no ! He no canna walk ! He wronga end up ! " There once was a lady from Guam , Who said , " Now the sea is so calm I will swim , for a lark " ; But she met with a shark . Let us now sing the ninetieth psalm ...
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... walk in the afternoon . While strol- ling along he heard a piano , and , following the sound , came to a house on which was a sign reading : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons 25 cents an hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman ...
... walk in the afternoon . While strol- ling along he heard a piano , and , following the sound , came to a house on which was a sign reading : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons 25 cents an hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman ...
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... walking up the avenue . The senator was more than middle - aged and considerably more than fat , and , dearly as the major loved him , he also loved his joke . The senator turned with a pleased expression on his benign countenance and ...
... walking up the avenue . The senator was more than middle - aged and considerably more than fat , and , dearly as the major loved him , he also loved his joke . The senator turned with a pleased expression on his benign countenance and ...
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