Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 by Various
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(III.) With three toots of an ordinary motor-horn indicate the
following:--(_a_) contempt, (_b_) rage, (_c_) homicidal mania. (IV.) Under what circumstances, if any, should the words "Thank you" be employed? (V.) Having been engaged at 11.35 P.M. to drive an elderly gentleman, wearing a fur-coat, to Golder's Green, you are tendered the legal fare plus twopence. Express, within ladylike limits, your appreciation of this generosity. (VI.) On subsequently discovering the same gentleman to be a member of the Petrol Control Committee, revise your answer accordingly. (VII.) Sketch, within ten sheets of MS., your idea of a becoming and serviceable uniform for a lady-driver. (VIII.) Who said, and in what connection-- "The hand that stops the traffic rules the world"? "This flag shall not be lowered at the bidding of an alien"? (IX.) At the top of St. James's Street you are hailed simultaneously by two spinster ladies with hand luggage, wishing to be driven to Euston, and by a single unencumbered gentleman whose destination is the Savoy Grill. Well? (X.) At what hour do performances at the London theatres end, and which do you consider the best places of concealment in which to secrete yourself at that time? |
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