Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-03 | Page 19 | Say it Again

S SAY IT AGAIN J i i By Herb Price ft l I Smart t. t I weve we've spoken n frequently in the past of the smart sayings of local ii all fry but heres here's a new slant fJ afT the situation situation provided provided by a amama amma mma mama who explains why her child ri never ver says anything like other cl children Sure she's smart smart but but she's got ot enough sense to keep her mouth shut I It t Well UShe's She's a big girl now and probably probably ably doesn't even remember this Incident Incident but but if Gunnie Lue Poulsen wants ants proof all she has hasto hasto hasto to do is ask aRk her mamma t ft Mrs rs r P. P recalled the uie yarn other Lother day for fr S SI I As A's benefit re remembering remembering re- re out loud that one day sian many years ago ago she returned from fromi i canyon trip carrying an armful af Dr f columbine And the flowers naturally enough elicited much attention from Gunnie Lue t them she asked ungrammatically f t Columbines her mother re re- re pIled plied Bines j i No Columbines J 4 Bines V No not bines Columbines bines Columbines r uVell ruVell mamma that's what lm doing bines em bines eni i C kin r- r S 'S Some On e P people l j just wo wont won't be satisfied sat sat- ped without proof positive TAnd And if y you u dont don't believe us check eck it out with George Eyre manager of or the local motel where one rie recent a baby was born without much if any advance no no- tice Uce jGeorge George and his wife played the theart theart part art of the medicos in the sudden rival arrival and thus it was that when Hawn awn came breaking out like thun thunder ler he was cornered by an irate customer Gosh what a horrible night I spent the guy complained Traffic on that street out there was so o heavy I 1 couldn't sleep a wink Well ell that's too bad sympathized sympathized sympathized George Gerge Guess that baby's arrival kept you awake too Baby the guy asked What baby's babs that I didn't hear any baby oJ Why h replied Mr F your our cabin was right next to the one the baby was born in early this morning And then the guy admitted that maybe hed he'd slept more soundly than ho he thought S S Dont Don't Apologize And if its it's true that people have more fun than anybody it must follow that the guys and gals inthe in inthe inthe the drivers' drivers license division at ye capitol have more fun than people Take fr instance the recent character yas a taxpayer er who applied for a license was asked his height said he didn't know exactly and then pulled a steel tape measure from his pocket and had Anna Mae Anderson help him while he measured himself Or the people who bare their innermost secrets while apply applying g fo for Ii licenses They're only asked ed for vital info such as weight height color hair etc but they like to volunteer more apparently apparent apparent- ly because this is the Friendly State yak yak And Anil the clerks take it all In stride stride although although the they enjoy It no end when somebody writes like this Please renew my license Note change in last name Yes name Yes I made the foolish move too