The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1 (April 1, 1936.)
Ready Wit
Ready Wit.
Professor Hodgson used to tell about a Scottish minister who went into a barber's shop to get shaved. The barber, unfortunately, was addicted to the use of whisky, and his hand that day shook so much that a gash was made in the minister's cheek.
“Ah, John, John,” cried the minister, “it's a terrible thing, that whisky.”
To which the barber replied: “Ay, sir, it makes the skin unco tender.”
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