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Was Whittemore low or was Lowe low? It could have been that Lowe was high and the other low-Oh well, whatever their physical proportions, they were masters of the old 88. Plural 176? It was enjoyable.
I saw this in a paper the other day; a fellow claims to have seen a sign in a tobacco store that read: KEEP OFF THE GRASS. I think he was joking, don’t you?
How about the former baseball player who had retired on account of his age. His nameswas Joe Black. I wonder if a certain ethnic group would object to a song about Old Joe Black.
Did you hear about the atheist who was grateful and didn’t know who to thank for his good fortune?
And what has become of Wimpy, the glutton, in the Popeye comic? It is said that sometimes cartoonists get their ideas from certain people of their acquaintance. This cartoonist does not know me, so I am not his model. I’m not quite as paunchy as Wimpy, yet, give me a few more years.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day this Thursday. I understand that next year it will be celebrated on Monday. Was it Puck in A Midsummer Night Dream who said: “What fools these mortals be.” I don’t suppose it makes much difference what day of the
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