So you were bound and gagged by bandits while in Italy were you
"So you were bound and gagged by bandits while in Italy, were
you?" asked the garrulous person; "regular comic-opera bandits,
eh?"
"No sir," said the traveler; "there was nothing of the
comic-opera style about them. The gags they used were all new."
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SIBLY--When Steve proposed to me he acted like a fish out of water. TIRPIE--Why shouldn't he? He knew he was caught. ... SILLICUS--Do you think we shall know each other in the hereafter
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"So you were bound and gagged by bandits while in Italy, were you?" asked the garrulous person; "regular comic-opera bandits, eh?" "No sir," said the traveler; "there was nothing of the comic-opera style about them. The gags they used were all ... SOLOMAN SOLOMAN--Our frent Cohen must pe goin' t' haf a fire
SOLOMAN SOLOMAN--Our frent Cohen must pe goin' t' haf a fire. ISAAC ISAACS--Vy? SOLOMAN SOLOMAN--Vell, he took oud an inshoorance bolicy yeste'day. ... Some fellows marry poor girls to settle down and others marry rich ones to settle up
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"Some men are easily satisfied," remarked the Observer of Events and Things. "There is the clock-maker, for instance, he never gets any extra pay, and yet every day he works overtime." ... Some men divide their lives between trying to forget and trying to recover from the effects of trying to forget
Some men divide their lives between trying to forget and trying to recover from the effects of trying to forget. ... Some men get up with the lark while others want a swallow the first thing in the morning
Some men get up with the lark, while others want a swallow the first thing in the morning. ... Some of us have more ups and downs in this world than others but when we get to the cemetery we will all be on the dead level
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STRANGER--"Boy, can you direct me to the bank?" BOY--"I kin for a quarter." STRANGER--"A quarter! Isn't that high pay?" BOY--"Yes, sir; but it's bank directors what gits high pay, you see, sir!" ... STUDENT--Professor which is the logical way of reaching a conclusion
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