Owner (as the car insists upon backing into a dike). "Don't be alarmed! Keep cool! Try and keep cool!"
[Friend thinks there is every probability of their keeping VERY cool, whether they try to or not!]
Village Constable (to villager who has been knocked down by passing motor cyclist). "You didn't see the number, but could you swear to the man?"
Villager. "I did; but I don't think 'e 'eard me."
