Show W Water a It er W. W WincheD Inc h e II THINGS I NEVER KNEW And Still Dont Don't Know Whether the sugar rationing here isn't extremely mild compared corn com pared to Germany where its it's verboten to use any sugar at atall atall all for sweetening coffee or tea That the secret of Winston Churchill's amazing energy is the old Edison formula of grabbing grabbing grab grab- bing quickie snoozes through the thed d day a y Whether motorists motorists mo mo- know if they dont don't wear a hat while driving they suffer greater eyestrain eye eye- strain If it wouldn't be a good idea for both R e publicans a n d D e m o- o to adopt this revised slogan Now is the time for all good goodmen Winchell men to come to That begin each meal with salt Because they believe it helps prevent most diseases Whether you know that Singapore means place of the lion That according to United States health authorities effective bombing of Japans Japan's overcrowded cities would probably touch off oft an epidemic of the dread Asiatic cholera there That among the of Madagascar I when a funeral Is held for a woman the procession before reaching the cemetery goes back to her home for an hour The theory being that women always forget something when they leave home Why women are much less susceptible to to bomb shock than men That the color yellow which is now the symbol of cowardice cowardice cowardice cow cow- ardice in ancient times stood for just the opposite opposite heroism Why in England peanuts are called monkey nuts Whether Ripley knows that in Flat Rock Ky theres there's a druggist druggist druggist drug drug- gist named I. I O. O Dyne Whether the Huntington Ind md police haven't hit a good idea Traffic violators there have a their scarlet letter pasted on auto windshields and must leave it there for 30 days That if you want to keep rats away just mix n-butyl n tan essence of skunk with honey and spread it around It might keep you away too Whether you are aware that daylight is about 32 per cent green and 36 per cent blue Yen Yeh we just measured it That government defense offices offices offices of of- are training their not to say hello when they answer the phone but to identify identify identify fy themselves instead It saves 30 to 45 seconds Whether the amateur strategists strategists strategists strate strate- oughtn't to be reminded of Winston Churchill's comment I am always being told it is about time the British lion showed his teeth and I reply Not before he has gone to the 1 dentist Whether you'd be interested to know that in Gadsen Ala the police are offering a jail for sale That according to toa toa toa a recent survey New Yorks York's subway riders spend an average of 10 hours a month underground under under- ground It only see seems s like more How come officers of the R RAF A F mustn't smoke J pipes in public Yeh how about d giving a break to the few that so many owe so much to Whether this line from the isn't a movie Kings Row gem Some people grow up and some people just grow grow I older That it takes only 19 seconds seconds sec see for fora a bomb to hit the earth from an altitude of one mile Think fast Mr Moto Mote That Chinese women are are so J. J modest that when they visit a r medic instead of taking a physical phys phys- ical leal exam they point out on a a. adoll doll where they are ailing aUing Why it is that when men enter entera a store they usually turn to the left whereas women Invariably invariably invariably ably turn to the right Who defined diplomacy as cutting the theother theother theother other fellows fellow's throat without t using a knife That in southern India when a guy proposes to a girl she takes him into the jungle and applies fire to his bare back If It Ithe he screams she turns him down Copyright 1942 Daily Mirror j I |