Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... voice or manner . Something of an air of detachment on the part of the speaker is advisable . The humorist who can tell a story with a straight face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In ...
... voice or manner . Something of an air of detachment on the part of the speaker is advisable . The humorist who can tell a story with a straight face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In ...
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... voice from the construc- tion shanty . " Queek !. Bringa da shov ' ! Bringa da peek ! Giovanni's stuck in da mud . " " How far in ? " " Up to hees knees . " " Oh , let him walk out . " " No , no ! He no canna walk ! He wronga end up ...
... voice from the construc- tion shanty . " Queek !. Bringa da shov ' ! Bringa da peek ! Giovanni's stuck in da mud . " " How far in ? " " Up to hees knees . " " Oh , let him walk out . " " No , no ! He no canna walk ! He wronga end up ...
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... voices at once . " Well , the night before I sailed for England , " said Field , “ I was giving a dinner at a hotel to a party of intimate friends when a colored waiter spilled a plate of soup over the gown of a lady at an adjoining ...
... voices at once . " Well , the night before I sailed for England , " said Field , “ I was giving a dinner at a hotel to a party of intimate friends when a colored waiter spilled a plate of soup over the gown of a lady at an adjoining ...
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... voice , and throwing a thirty - two pound bluff , there isn't a gladiator in creation that can give my boy Tommie any kind of a handicap . He's just written for an extra check . " " And as a proud father you are sending it , I don't ...
... voice , and throwing a thirty - two pound bluff , there isn't a gladiator in creation that can give my boy Tommie any kind of a handicap . He's just written for an extra check . " " And as a proud father you are sending it , I don't ...
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... voice . The chauffeur stopped the car and offered to help get the horse past . " That's all right , " said the boy , who remained composedly in the carriage , " I can manage the horse . You just lead Mother past . " " What makes you ...
... voice . The chauffeur stopped the car and offered to help get the horse past . " That's all right , " said the boy , who remained composedly in the carriage , " I can manage the horse . You just lead Mother past . " " What makes you ...
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