Pleasant Grove Review | 1947-01-24 | Page 6 | Asking for It

He was charged with striking a woman and the judge asked him why he did it. "Well, sir," the culprit replied, "she got on the bus and sat down, opened her bag, took out her purse, closed her bag, opened her purse, took out a penny, closed her purse, opened her bag, put back the purse, and closed her bag. Then she noticed the conductor con-ductor was going upstairs, so she opened her bag, took out her purse, closed her bag, opened her purse, put in her penny, closed " "Stopl" cried the magistrate, "you're driving me crazy." "That's what happened to me, sir," said the man.