Will he come home on time? You bet
He’ll also come home straight.
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Have a Drink, Boys?
They were on a fast train through Arkansas (?).
Every few minutes the lady across the aisle held a bottle to her lips. The traveling man was thirsty.
“How do you do,” said he. “What have you in that bottle, home brew?”
“No,” she said, “I have consumption.”
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