Nurse (reproachfully). "WHO DIDN'T FOLD UP HIS TROUSERS WHEN HE WENT TO BED?"
Tony. "I KNOW. ADAM. I CAN ALWAYS GUESS THESE SUNDAY RIDDLES."
"C'est la Guerre."
A brace of chemists' labels:—
This preparation is issued in amber glass pots, as a War Emergency Measure, when white glass is not available owing to shortage."
"War Bottle. Amber glass is not obtainable just now, so we have to use white glass. May we ask you to grant us your kind indulgence under the circumstances?"
"A bullet fired at a pig from a humane killer, struck the wall of a Merthyr Tydvil slaughterhouse, ricochetted and wounded a butcher's manager."—Daily Paper.
The victim regards the name of the instrument as most inept.