"Can you give me a front room on the first floor?" asked a travelling man of the recently installed clerk.
"Can I give it to you?"
"Yes, that is what I remarked."
"That's queer," said the clerk, "you're the fourth man to-day who thought I owned this hotel."
"I know a man who says he can't sit down and he can't stand up."
"Well, if he tells the truth, he lies."
Mirrors reflect without speaking and women often speak without reflecting.