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.
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