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Show Just THE DIFFICULTY The man shook his head sadly. "See that plot of land over there?" he said to his companion. "Last year I could have bought it for a mere song. It's now worth over twenty pounds a foot." "I suppose you couldn't sing?" said his friend, lightly enough. The other sniffed, "I could sing, all right, but 1 couldn't get-the right notes." Answers Magaxine. ' Exercise of a Kind They were discussing the spoiled son of a mutual friend. "He has been ordered by the doctor doc-tor to take some exercise," said Black. "And Is he?" queried White. "Well, If Jumping at conclusions and running up bills Is exercise, ' yes. GOOD IDEA The club bore had Just returned from a trip to India, and Insisted upon describing the rope trick. "You can believe what you like," he asserted, "but I tell you some of these fakirs can throw a rope up Into the air, then climb up it themselves and completely vanish." After a short silence one fellow said, "Can you, by any chance, do that trick yourself?" Tit-Bits Magazine. Maga-zine. Joke of the Season 'Why, George I What are you laughing at?" "Oh, I've Just heard the best Joke of the year." "What is it?" ' "Didn't you know that our maid has got a Job In a china shop?" Had to Be Worth While "I dropped a nickel in front of a blind beggar today to see if he'd pick It up." "Well, did he?" "No. lie said, 'Make it a quarter, boss, and I'll forget myself.'" Saving 'Era O'Flaherty Now, you've been fighting again. You've lost your two front teeth. Son No, I ain't, pop; I got 'em In me pocket. Foxy Youth Mother "Who's the brightest boy In your class. Tommy? Tommy Bill Smith! He pretends to be loony so he won't have to study! . |