The World's Best Humorous Anecdotes: Wit and Repartee Selected from Many Sources and Arranged TopicallyGeorge H. Doran Company, 1923 - 261 pages |
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... trying to get back to my poor old father , " whined a tramp . " He ain't seen my face for ten long years ! " " I believe you're speaking the truth , " muttered the man he had approached . " Why don't you wash it ? " - Selected . AN ...
... trying to get back to my poor old father , " whined a tramp . " He ain't seen my face for ten long years ! " " I believe you're speaking the truth , " muttered the man he had approached . " Why don't you wash it ? " - Selected . AN ...
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... are calling him a liar . BIG WORDS He was trying to display his knowledge , and in the most grandiose words asked her a simple question . He was somewhat abashed when she replied : " Your question is too copious BOMBAST 33.
... are calling him a liar . BIG WORDS He was trying to display his knowledge , and in the most grandiose words asked her a simple question . He was somewhat abashed when she replied : " Your question is too copious BOMBAST 33.
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... trying . ' ” — Selected . HOW SHE HELPED THE POOR " Asphodelia Twobble went down into the tenement district yes- terday to brighten the lives of poor slum dwellers . " " Highly commendable . What did she do for them ? " " She told them ...
... trying . ' ” — Selected . HOW SHE HELPED THE POOR " Asphodelia Twobble went down into the tenement district yes- terday to brighten the lives of poor slum dwellers . " " Highly commendable . What did she do for them ? " " She told them ...
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... best policy , after all . ” Bill - " ' Ow ? " Jim- " Remember that dorg I pinched ? " Bill " Yus . " Jim- " Well , I tried two whole days to sell ' im and no one offered more'n five bob . So I went like an ' CHEATING 45.
... best policy , after all . ” Bill - " ' Ow ? " Jim- " Remember that dorg I pinched ? " Bill " Yus . " Jim- " Well , I tried two whole days to sell ' im and no one offered more'n five bob . So I went like an ' CHEATING 45.
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... tried to do what was right at all times ; so God let him grow up big and tall . " William thought this over seriously for a few minutes , then said : “ Mamma , what kind of a boy was papa ? " — Associated Sunday Magazines . SHE WAS A ...
... tried to do what was right at all times ; so God let him grow up big and tall . " William thought this over seriously for a few minutes , then said : “ Mamma , what kind of a boy was papa ? " — Associated Sunday Magazines . SHE WAS A ...
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Page 212 - Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth ? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Page 158 - Are you willing to swear that you know more than half of them?
Page 121 - He is just like his father — you have to learn him with a club. Pound nolege into him. I want him to get it and don't pay no attention what his father says — I'll handle him.
Page 270 - Lindsey was lunching one very hot day, when a politician paused beside his table. "Judge," said he, "I see you're drinking coffee. That's a heating drink. Did you ever try gin and ginger ale ?" "No," said the Judge, smiling, "but I have tried several fellows who did."— Selected.
Page 87 - What is the secret of success?" asked the Sphinx. "Push," said the Button. "Never be led," said the Pencil. "Take pains," said the Window. "Always keep cool," said the Ice. "Be up to date," said the Calendar. "Never lose your head,
Page 137 - Is that true?" asked the judge, turning to the man with the mussed-up face. "Sure, it's true," said the accuser. "I called him a liar because he is one, and I can prove it.
Page 232 - He can take a short course; it all depends on what you want to make of him. When God wants to make an oak he takes a hundred years, but he takes only two months to make a squash.
Page 275 - An English lord, who had just arrived from England, was talking to an American Boy Scout. "My grandfather," he said, "was a very great man. One day Queen Victoria touched his shoulder with a sword and made him a lord." "Aw, that's nothin'," the Boy Scout replied. "One day Red Wing, an Indian, touched my grandfather on the head with a tomahawk and made him an angel.
Page 239 - Owing to my ill health, I will sell at my residence, in township 19, range 18, according to the government survey, one plush raspberry cow, aged 8 years. She is of undoubted courage and gives milk frequently. To a man who does not fear death in any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her present home with a stay chain, but she will be sold to any one who agrees to treat her right.
Page 20 - you must have been walking very carelessly. I am a very careful driver. I have been driving a car for seven years.