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Show Lemon-Ade George Ade had finished his after-dinner speech at a gathering of notables, and when he had seated himself a well-known lawyer who was also an amateur wit, rose, shoved his hands deep into his trousers' pockets, as was his habit and laughingly inquired of those present: "Doesn't it strike the company as a little unusual that a professional profes-sional humorist should be funny?" When the laugh had subsided, Ade drawled out: "Doesn't it strike the company as a little unusual that a lawyer should have his hands in his own pockets?" |