"Twins," was the unexpected reply.
A colored woman one day visited the court-house in a Tennessee town and said to the judge:
"Is you-all the reperbate judge?"
"I am the judge of probate, mammy."
"I'se come to you-all 'cause I'se in trubble. Mah man—he's done died detested and I'se got t'ree little infidels so I'se cum to be appointed der execootioner."
ENGLISHMEN
At a dinner in New York an Englishman heard for the first time and, probably after due explanation, was much amused by that "toasted" chestnut:
"Here's to the happiest hours of my life,