The Silly Syclopedia by Noah [pseud.] Lott
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saying "Aha! aha-eo! I-am-getting-one-thousand-dollars-a-night--tra-la-la-
la!-aha!-aha-eo! For-doing-this,--for-doing-this-with-the-pipes-I-get-one- thousand-plunks-oh-plunks-per-night-aha!-aha-eo!" Then the soprano responded with much emotion from the orchestra, "Ditto, ditto, ditto! me too, me too! oo-oo-me too!" It was delicious. But just then came the bitter moment when all my deliciousness was crushed because the narrow-headed man on my left switched softly into "Hiawatha" with a few personal additions to the coda. So I stood up and went home. [Illustration: "H--It takes a real hero to laugh with an empty stomach."] He laughs best who laughs with a full stomach. How many people in this world are being coaxed when it's a club they need! Here are two things any man can find in the dark--a carpet tack and a limburger sandwich. "Handsome is as handsome does them"--the motto of the bunco steerer. |
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