Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various
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page 10 of 58 (17%)
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"He plunged with a delighted _scweam_
Into a bowl of clotted cweam," and "This is Mr. Piggy Wee, With tail so pink and curly, And when I say, 'Good mornin', pig,' He answers _vewwy_ surly, Oomph! Oomph!'" and sometimes the hutch that harbours a cotton-wool creation supposed to be a white rabbit, and stated by the owner to be "munsin' and munsin' and munsin' a carrot"--when, I say, I consider all these things I anticipate that the proceedings of the Reparation Commission will be something like this:-- _He (looking a little ruefully at the round music-stool)_. I suppose your wife plays the piano a good deal? _I (brightly)_. If you mean the detachable steering-wheel, it is only fair to remember that a part interchangeable between the motor-omnibus and the steam-roller-- _He_. I don't understand. _I_. Permit me to reassemble the mechanism. _He_. You mean that when you put that armchair at the end of the sofa and the music-stool in front of it-- |
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