"What do you want?" he asked.
"Want my pay raised."
"What are you getting?"
"Three dollars a week."
"Well, how much do you think you are worth?"
"Four dollars."
"You think so, do you?"
"Yes, sir, an' I've been thinkin' so fer three weeks, but I've been so blame busy, I haven't had time to speak to you about it."
NOT A FAIR HEAD
An Irishman was arrested and convicted for killing a man in a fight at a fair by cracking him over the head with a shillalah. At the trial it was shown that the victim possessed a very thin skull and the Irishman being asked if he had anything to say before sentence was pronounced, replied: