Once in Nice an Englishman and a Frenchman were about to separate on the Promenade des Anglais.
The Englishman, as he started toward the Cercle Mediterranee, called back:
“Au reservoir!”
And the Frenchman waved his hand and answered:
“Tanks.”
During a Baptist convention held in Charleston the Rev. Dr. Greene of Washington strolled down to the Battery one morning to take a look across the harbor at Fort Sumter. An old negro was sitting on the seawall fishing. Dr. Greene watched the lone fisherman, and finally saw him pull up an odd-looking fish, a cross between a toad and a catfish.
“What kind of a fish is that, old man?” inquired Dr. Greene.
“Dey calls it de Baptist fish,” replied the fisherman, as he tossed it away in deep disgust.