Show VERY OLD FORM OF WIT the retort the most anc ent of 01 alj ali 1 laughter inducers tl TI e retort is of all verbal coins the iciest to get into c aej and the readiest to pass from one hand to arother ai other perhaps ot of all cons coins it la is i 1 o a othe the oldest in 0 ir english tongue 9 ve e have legends of the repartee 0 01 5 I 1 lag liag and cour er for m well ell nigh a thou send sand years the pun which Is ottea often 1 i species of retort goes as far bach as oi 01 r lang age to play on words often in a very personal manner la Is tie tl e simplest form of retort old ion u as ruller made a witty as well aa a a tr e epitaph for himself when he I 1 lade ade there 1 ante m rite on his tombstone two only t uller s barth but iiller I 1 iller h ms if get caught sometimes tie rame hawk in which one of his friends was too ten i ting to th la lal it lal ial punster and ro 0 o he asked the 11 ti fortunate man who as afflicted with it what was ue tle U e dit dif terence ference between a hawk and an owl the ans aner N er which he got was an ali owl is fuller in the head bead and f filler iller in the face and fuller all oter wl RI ich fell was pro ably more fuller than I 1 uller bargained for |