"Yes, I have!" cried a dozen at once.
OLD GENTLEMAN (calmly)—"Well, I've just picked up the elastic."
"Cohn, I've lost my pocketbook."
"Have you looked by your pockets?"
"Sure, all but der left-hand hip pocket."
"Vell, vy don't you look in dot?"
"Because if it ain't dere I'll drop dead!"
The following exchange of courtesy was recently chronicled in a German paper's advertisements: