Part 8 (2/2)
”They jumped on the scales and gave themselves a weigh.”
”You own your own house, don't you?”
”I used to.”
”Have you sold it?”
”No, I haven't sold it.”
”Then how is it you don't own it?”
”Well, you see, we have company most of the time.”
”Mike, d' I ever tell ye the story about the dirty window?”
”You did not. Tell me about it.”
”No use--you couldn't see through it.”
A lady noticed a boy sprinkling salt on the sidewalk to take off the ice, and remarked to a friend, pointing to the salt:
”Now, that's true benevolence.”
”No, it ain't,” said the boy, somewhat indignant, ”it's salt.”
TEACHER--Thomas, can you tell me which battle Nelson was killed in?
TOMMY (after a moment's reflection)--I think it was his last.
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