Show ph AT THE BI CYCLE BICYCLE RATIONING BOARD Q why do you want a bicycle A its the only card I 1 missing from rom my collection Q do dodou you want a high wheel or alow low wheel machine A low any idea you have that t am going into a revival ot of vaude ville is false Q chave have you ever operated a bicycle before A no but I 1 come from an old family of bicycle people Q what do you mean by that A abaiy my dad could ride back wards and I 1 had an uncle who could stand on his head in the saddle addle Q aare are there any bicycles in your family now A athole athose those things I 1 trip over in the he dark every night cant be road rollers Q give the board three reasons why you should be allowed to ride a bike A I 1 cant get any gas the other two dont matter Q do you live near a bus line ayes A yes Q why not use the bus A when I 1 coast down hill I 1 want to do it on my own responsibility Q are you aware that there is a shortage of 0 bicycles aup A up until the last year I 1 thought h ought they could only be found in antique shops Q what li a t do you want to do on a bicycle t that h at cant be done some other her way A go co through a red light and park where I 1 want leant to Q do you regard your our having a abi bicycle ccle as esse essential noial to winning the war liar A of 01 co course urse it will keep up national morale Q ill il l so A the people need entertainment a and nd when they see me on a loi bicycle ccle they will get it Q how tar far do you live from work A twenty miles Q our records record s show that it Is only two miles A you forget that its all uphill Q have you thought ot of pooling bicycles A what do you mean Q you take a neighbor to work one day and he takes you the next A who do you think think I 1 am joe jackson jr THE SILVER LINING this year all ah me good luck is mine ill never see A detour sign merrill chilcote the best laugh line of tile the month in this departments opinion Is to be found in the cram bury tiger a baseball story by bugs baer in colliers in a fantastic tale about a busher there Is an episode where a shod shotgun marriage takes place at the plate during a critical inning the game Is then resumed and the batter strikes on out I 1 ile he Is now in a fine spot 11 says baer he is struck out and married on a wide outshoot the police 0 of a pennsylvania city have stopped bingo games to save gas oil and rubber As if anything in this country could justifiably be given a priority over ove r bingo one ot of the prisoners held tor for aid ing those nazi spies was a former steward on the Nourr Nour mahal presidential yacht and we always alway 3 thought those millionaire boats were well we 11 screened playing cards now have the air air planes of ell all nations on them hens alabe the reason some bridge addicts lost all the lite time atvas due to lack of air air protection tec tion taxi driver to a driver ot of a private auto come out from behind all them stamps and say that to my facet I 1 I 1 the fellow who strikes oil on his property Is nothing today compared to the man who strikes it at a filling station many breweries are now putting out beer only in quart bottles and I 1 elmer twitchell cimpl complains ains that I 1 when he now goes to the icebox tor for a bottle of beer he be brings along a helper WHAT HURTS I 1 dont mind walking here and theil in order to save gas but how I 1 hate to climb a tree 4 to let the speeders fassl pass robert W rogers capt oscar walker who impe paul revere then mounil mount d a 0 house o use and rode off N Y timea its a good trick it he did it aa 1 R roelofs jr insists that he be wen weal into a big hotel hote the other day asbed lor f or a room and got the curt demand wheres your ary army ur un orm |