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THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 9, 1988

Members of the "Y" Ladies' Brawn Cup team who beat Recreio "B" by 2 goals to nil on Saturday.

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Combined Small Units, who lost

to the Y.M.C.A. on Saturday.

BRAGGING

"I started in lifé without a

in penny my pocket," said Smith.

"And I," put in Jone, "started in life without a pocket."

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MISSING

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Teacher: "Why did you spell

pneumatic 'neumatic?”

Pupil: "The 'k' on my type- writer isn't working."

CABBAGES AND KINGS

EASY

The shorthand class had pro- gressed to the point of speed dictation, and one of the bright students of the class became very elated, remarking: "Why, it isn't hard at all to take speed dictation-as long as it doesn't have to be read back!"

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TIME TO SPARE Husband (cheerily): "Well, sweetheart, did you have happy day?" .

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Wife: "Oh, splendid! After I dress the children and got them off to school, washed the dishes and made some pies, cleaned the house and answered some let- ters, I still had time enough left to darn some stockings!"

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An Englishman walking in the Highlands entered a farmhouse to ask the time. Noticing an old grandfather clock, he said: "Your clock is surely wrong?”

"Naething wrang wi' it," an- swered the farmer. "It's you that doesna' understand it. When the wee haun's straight up, and the big haun's straight doon, it strikes ten; but the richt time's five o'clock. After that,” he con- tinued, "ye've naething to do but calculate."

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COMPARISONS She: "The Browns must be awfully-rich, judging from the clothes they wear."

He: "Oh! One can never tell. Some of the most gorgeous flow- ers haven't got a scent."

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TO-MORROW

ex-

Oscar Wilde, upon hearing one of Whistler's bon mots, claimed, "Oh, I wish I had said that!"

"Never mind, dear Oscar," was the rejoinder, "you will.”

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