Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 18
... don't know , " she replied ; " I was asleep when it occurred . " . Proud of his knowledge of the Anglo - Saxon tongue , the youth replied : “ Ah , madam , then you will be able to prove a lullaby . ” ALIMONY " What is alimony , ma ...
... don't know , " she replied ; " I was asleep when it occurred . " . Proud of his knowledge of the Anglo - Saxon tongue , the youth replied : “ Ah , madam , then you will be able to prove a lullaby . ” ALIMONY " What is alimony , ma ...
Page 26
... don't both sides come together and arbitrate ? " she cried . " They did , " said he . " They did , ' way back in June . That's how the gol - durned thing started . " ARITHMETIC " He seems to be very clever . " " Yes , indeed . He can ...
... don't both sides come together and arbitrate ? " she cried . " They did , " said he . " They did , ' way back in June . That's how the gol - durned thing started . " ARITHMETIC " He seems to be very clever . " " Yes , indeed . He can ...
Page 36
... don't know . " " You don't know ? What do your folks call it ? " “ Oh , as to that , father always says ' The Mortgage ' ; brother Tom calls it ' The Fake ' ; mother , ' My Limousine ' ; sister , ' Our Car ' ; grandma , " That Peril ...
... don't know . " " You don't know ? What do your folks call it ? " “ Oh , as to that , father always says ' The Mortgage ' ; brother Tom calls it ' The Fake ' ; mother , ' My Limousine ' ; sister , ' Our Car ' ; grandma , " That Peril ...
Page 42
... don't want a hair cut ; you want a shine . " " O , Mother , why are the men in the front baldheaded ? " " They bought their tickets from scalpers , my child . " The costumer came forward to attend to the nervous old beau who was mopping ...
... don't want a hair cut ; you want a shine . " " O , Mother , why are the men in the front baldheaded ? " " They bought their tickets from scalpers , my child . " The costumer came forward to attend to the nervous old beau who was mopping ...
Page 43
... don't know where my face stops . " A near - sighted old lady at a dinner - party , one evening , had for her companion on the left a very bald - headed old gentleman . While talking to the gentleman at her right she dropped her napkin ...
... don't know where my face stops . " A near - sighted old lady at a dinner - party , one evening , had for her companion on the left a very bald - headed old gentleman . While talking to the gentleman at her right she dropped her napkin ...
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