Young Housewife (trying to hide her ignorance in this direction):—“I tell you what, Adolf; we’ll go together. You pick it off, while I hold the ladder.”
Poor Memory
Servant:—“Will you please tell me, madam, where you buy your sausages?”
Mistress:—“On Humboldt Street.”
Servant:—“I am afraid I can’t remember that.”
Mistress:—“Just think of the Kosmos.”
A Different Meaning
Bride:—“What is the name of that beautiful star over there?”
Bridegroom:—“That is Venus.”