Student:—“Well then, good-night, Herr Nachtwächter!”

He Had the Watch

Student:—“What time is it?”

Pawnbroker:—“Did you waken me in the middle of the night to ask me that?”

Student:—“Why of course, you’ve got my watch!”

Knew His Father

Professor:—“Well, young man, if your father should borrow a thousand marks, promising to pay them back in yearly instalments of two hundred and fifty marks, how much money would he still owe at the end of three years?”

“A thousand marks.”

“Why, my dear sir, you don’t even know the rudiments of arithmetic.”