The Mistress—“If the eggs are to be kept fresh, you must lay them in a cool place.”
The Cook—“Oi’ll mintion it to the hens at wanst.”
AN ILLOGICAL DEDUCTION
“Begorra,” said Patsy, “Oi couldn’t pay me five dollar foine, and Oi had to go to gaol for six days.”
“An’ how much did yez spend to get drunk?” asked Mike, rather sarcastically.
“Oh, ’bout five dollars.”
“Yez fool, if yez had not spent yez five dollars for drink, yez’d had five dollars to pay yer foine wid.”
IMPORTANT