THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, JUNE 24, 1988
CABBAGES AND
KINGS
SCHOOL HUMOUR
Resignation is pretending“ you don't want what you can't have.
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Faith is that which enables us to believe what we know to be untrue.
THE SYSTEM
One of the children in their grace at school had crossed eyes, and Mary Lou and Jack were dis- cussing him.
"I don't know which eye to look at when I'm talking to him," complained Mary Lou.
"I've got that solved," asserted Jack. "I just, look at his nose."
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IN THE CITY
"A man is known by the com- pany he floats."
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DEFINITION
A pedestrian crossing is a dash between two dotted lines.
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"We saved our lives by cutting up our boots and eating them."
"Be quiet. You might give the landlady an idea."
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BLOW
An American film star on a visit to Britain said she thought London taxi-drivers were wonder- ful. London policemen are Carrying on just as if nothing had happened.
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DIFFERENCE
A palmist claimed the other day that she had only to look at a person's hand to tell what was going to happen. When we play cards, our partner after seeing our hand always tells us what should have happened.
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HYPOTHESIS
The word "hypothesis" caused some confusion among a class of pupils recently.
A number of them said it was "a machine for raising water," others that it was "something that happened to a man after death," while a third group de- clared it to be "the stuff you need to develop snapshots."
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WEEK'S ENTERTAINMENT
An Irishman, confessing his sins, admitted that he had avoid- ed paying his rent, that he had been poaching birds on Monday, salmon on Tuesday, had snared
a fine hare on Wednesday and on Friday had shot the rent collec- tor.
"Ah, now," said the priest, "don't be after tellin' me your amusements. It's your sins Oi'm wantin' to hear."
BETRAYAL
Her mother had brought the little girl to the hairdresser's, and while they waited the child heard what was said by the customers and became thoughtful. “I want to have her hair bobbed," said her mother.
"Yes. What sort of bob would you like?" asked the barber.
"Mummy,” said the girl, “could I have a bob each way?"
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