The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 7 (November 1, 1929)
Calamitous
Calamitous.
American (at Scottish football game): “Why don't they start? They ought to have kicked off half an hour ago.”
Scotsman: “Aye, something serious has happened.”
American “Not a player taken off ill?”
Scotsman: “No, worse than that. They canna find the penny they tossed up with.”
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