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Show SuAlima io (RidiudouA A slightly tipsy gentleman walked into the telegraph office, took a pencil, spent three or four minutes in deep thought, and wrote this message to a friend in St. Louis: "Tra la, tra la, tra la, tra la." j He signed it and presented it to the lady behind the counter. After checking it, she said: "That will be 64 cents." The gentleman paid her and she said: "You used only eight words." "What would you suggest adding?" add-ing?" he finally asked. "Well, how about just adding 'tra la,' " she said. "No," he said firmly, "that would just make it sound silly." |
