Jones—That's nothing. I've often seen a lobster do that.


"Why do you call him 'Mr. Gimlet?' That isn't his name."

"I know. But he's such a bore!"


American—"You have noticed, I suppose, that the balance of trade, so far as your country and ours are concerned, is still in our favor?"

Englishman—"Nothing of the sort, sir. We exchange a worn-out title for a beautiful American heiress almost every day in the year."


Husband—"I am going to buy two little children."

Wife—"Where in the world can you buy them?"