Book-bot.com - read famous books online for free

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 18th, 1920 by Various
page 35 of 63 (55%)
"Translate 'La femme avait une chatte qui était très méchante.'--'The
farmer was having a chat with thirteen merchants.'"

* * * * *

"Archbishop Mannix ... says he can go anywhere in England except to
Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and possibly Fishguard."--_Daily
Mirror._

Another injustice to Scotland.

* * * * *

"But this Bill creates new grounds for the dissolution of the marriage
bond, which are unknown to the law of Scotland. Cruelty, incurable
sanity, or habitual drunkenness are proposed as separate grounds of
divorce."--_Scotch Paper._

And so many Scotsmen are incurably sane.

* * * * *

[Illustration: THE PROBLEM.

POLAND (_to Mr. LLOYD GEORGE, organizer of the Human Chess Tournament_).
"HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY THE GAME? I WAS LED TO BELIEVE I WAS TO BE A
QUEEN, BUT I FIND I'M ONLY A PAWN."]

* * * * *

DigitalOcean Referral Badge