"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: