Jolson approached the patient and inquired “If you had only one wish in the world, and it would be granted, what would you wish for?”
The patient looked at Jolson and said, “I’d wish that Volstead was born with a thirst!”
With a smile Jolson replied, “You might have been crazy when they brought you here yesterday, brother, but you’re talking good sense today!”
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Our Traffic Cop
Thomas Patrick Gallagher, typical Irish traffic copper, was stationed on Madison street in Chicago at the point intersected by the River.
One bustling Saturday afternoon, Gallagher held up his hand to halt traffic for the draw bridge. In front of him was a new handsome limousine motor car.
While waiting for the bridge to close, a runabout flivver crashed into the rear end of the handsome car.
Gallagher was on the job promptly and hustled over to the driver of the flivver.