APPLICANT—"Pass around the hat, sir."
POLICE COMMISSIONER—"That'll do; you're engaged."
"I advertized that the poor were made welcome in this church," said the vicar to his congregation, "and as the offertory amounts to ninety-five cents, I see that they have come."
See also Salvation.
CONUNDRUMS
"Mose, what is the difference between a bucket of milk in a rain storm and a conversation between two confidence men?"
"Say, boss, dat nut am too hard to crack; I'se gwine to give it up."