"AT ONE FELL SWOOP"
Wife. "Well, did ye find th' puddin' I left for you in the saucepan?"
Collier (whose favourite dish is boiled puddings). "Oh, ay; I found it right enough. It were a stunner!"
Wife. "Did you take the cloth off?"
Collier (after a pause). "Were there a cloth on?"
Rector (short-sighted). "Well, Richard, hard at work, eh? Let me see, you are Richard, aren't you?"
Labourer. "No, sir, oi be John, sir. You 'ad the pleasure o' buryin' Richard last week, you remember, sir!"
First Tramp. "Why don't you go in? 'E's all right. Don't you see 'im a-waggin' his tail?"
Second Tramp. "Yus; an' don't you see 'im a-growlin'? I dunno which end to believe!"
