Following their Noses.—We read a report of whales running ashore on the Orkney coast last week. They were of the bottle-nose kind, and probably followed their noses, tempted by the free flow of “het-pint,” a very tempting new year’s tipple, largely indulged in north of the Tweed.
Question. Why may Scotsmen be supposed to like policemen?
Answer. Eh, sirs, it’s just because they’re vera fond of the Bawbees.
PRETTY DRY
Young Beginner (fishing with dry fly). “Am I keeping my fly properly dry, Duncan?”
Scots Keeper. “Oh, I’m thenkin’ she’ll be dry enough. She’s stickin up in that big willow near by where ye started fushin’.”