"Why did you insist on only $99,000 a year as your salary?"
"Because," answered the high financier, "as soon as people hear a hundred thousand mentioned they get suspicious. It is better to keep the figure marked down a little."
Tom—I kissed her when she wasn't looking.
Clara—What did she do?
Tom—Kept her eyes closed the rest of the evening.
Jenks—Why on earth did you laugh so heartily at that ancient jest of Borem's?
Wise—In self-defense.