“A WEEPING WILL-OH!”
LESSONS IN PUNMANSHIP.
We have been favoured with the following announcement from Mr. Hood, which we recommend to the earnest attention of our subscribers:—
MR. T. HOOD, PROFESSOR OF PUNMANSHIP,
Begs to acquaint the dull and witless, that he has established a class for the acquirement of an elegant and ready style of punning, on the pure Joe-millerian principle. The very worst hands are improved in six short and mirthful lessons. As a specimen of his capability, he begs to subjoin two conundrums by Colonel Sibthorpe.
COPY.
“The following is a specimen of my punning before taking six lessons of Mr. T. Hood:—
“Q. Why is a fresh-plucked carnation like a certain cold with which children are affected?
“A. Because it’s a new pink off (an hooping-cough).