“Everyone knows that’s not new. I read that in one of the comic papers when I was a little boy.”
“You’re not much more than that now,” sniffed Pod.
“Go ahead,” said Fleet, good-naturedly. “You can’t make me mad after a meal like that.”
“Stop quarreling, you fellows,” said Chot. “I read that joke myself three years ago.”
“You see!” said Fleet, triumphantly.
“No, I don’t see,” said Pod. “The first time I ever heard it was when I cracked it.”
“Say, fellows, let’s have a few songs,” suggested Bert.
“What! on a full stomach,” protested Fleet.
“Not on a full stomach—on a bunch of notes,” said Pod, and burst into a roar of laughter. “Ha, ha ha! Got you that time, all right. You steal my joke from me, then I give it back to you with interest.”
“I don’t see the point,” said Fleet.