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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 1 (May 1, 1929)

Howlers

Howlers.

Our school is ventilated by hot currants.

A refugee keeps order at a football match.

A glazier is a man who runs down mountains.

Every morning in summer the son came shinning in at my window.

Before starting for a picnic we cut some sam-wedges.

Nets are holes surrounded by pieces of string.

A pilot is a sea-robber who robs every ship he comes in contact with.

A grass widow is the wife of a dead vegetarian.

Psyche was a black boxer who fought Carpentier.

Petroleum is what you cover floors with.

A fort is a place to put men in, a fortress is a place to put women in.

Dust is mud with the juice squeezed out.

Signals and Signs “Hey, you gentlemen will really have to converse elsewhere-you're playing the very deuce with the shunter's signals.”

Signals and Signs
“Hey, you gentlemen will really have to converse elsewhere-you're playing the very deuce with the shunter's signals.”

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