Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams |
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... took on a psychological coloring , but - by what process of evolu- tion did humor reach its present status ! After all , the scientific method has its weaknesses ! We can , if we wish , define humor in terms of what it is not . We can ...
... took on a psychological coloring , but - by what process of evolu- tion did humor reach its present status ! After all , the scientific method has its weaknesses ! We can , if we wish , define humor in terms of what it is not . We can ...
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... took the same walk . He soon came to the home of Miss Jones , and , looking at the sign , he read : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons $ 1.00 an hour . ( Pupil of Pader- ewski . ) " Shortly after Raymond Hitchcock made his first big hit in ...
... took the same walk . He soon came to the home of Miss Jones , and , looking at the sign , he read : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons $ 1.00 an hour . ( Pupil of Pader- ewski . ) " Shortly after Raymond Hitchcock made his first big hit in ...
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... took ' ception . ' 66 ' Well , my friend , ' said I , ' suppose we leave it to the guests . You sit down while I say my piece , and then I'll sit down and let you give a demonstration . ' The fellow agreed and I went on . I hadn't gone ...
... took ' ception . ' 66 ' Well , my friend , ' said I , ' suppose we leave it to the guests . You sit down while I say my piece , and then I'll sit down and let you give a demonstration . ' The fellow agreed and I went on . I hadn't gone ...
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... took chemistry because it was obligatory in the course , replied , " I would ad- minister the sacrament . " APPEARANCES " How fat and well your little boy looks . " “ Ah , you should never judge from appearances . He's got a gumboil on ...
... took chemistry because it was obligatory in the course , replied , " I would ad- minister the sacrament . " APPEARANCES " How fat and well your little boy looks . " “ Ah , you should never judge from appearances . He's got a gumboil on ...
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... took some raw meat and rubbed it vigorously over the painted rabbit in the fore- ground . " Why on earth did you do that ? " he asked . " Why you see , " explained D'Auber , " Mrs Millions is coming to see this picture today . When she ...
... took some raw meat and rubbed it vigorously over the painted rabbit in the fore- ground . " Why on earth did you do that ? " he asked . " Why you see , " explained D'Auber , " Mrs Millions is coming to see this picture today . When she ...
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