The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 8 (January 15, 1927)
The Advance Of Science
The Advance Of Science.
The doctor told her that what she needed was a good hearty meal at night and then to stop thinking about her stomach. “But, doctor, only two months ago you told me to avoid dinner at night, and to take a light supper instead.”
“Oh, did I?” replied her medical adviser, reflectively. “Well, that shows what marvellous strides medical science is making!”
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Knowledge Needed
Street Orator: “It's knowledge we want! Ask the av'ridge man when Magna Carta was King of England — and ‘e can't tell yer!”
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Trespass
A little fellow left in charge of his tiny brother called out, “Mother, won't you please speak to baby? He's sitting on the flypaper and there's a lot of flies waiting to get on.”
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