Vicar. "I understand from the doctor that your husband is hearing better with this ear."
Darby. "Eh, what? What's 'e say, Joan?"
Joan. "'E says 'e understands from the doctor that you're 'earing better with that there."
From a stores catalogue:—
"The —— Wringer.
Guaranteed for one year—Fair wear and tear excepted."
There is always a catch somewhere.
"A consignment of Rumanian eggs has arrived in this country. This shipment, which is the first to arrive since the war closed this source of supply in 1914, consists of 100 cases, each containing 1914 eggs."—Scots Paper.
Referring, we trust, to the number and not the vintage.