The Silly Syclopedia by Noah [pseud.] Lott
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page 56 of 100 (56%)
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telephone for the undertaker.
OSLERITIS. An attack of hysteria which broke out at a banquet and became epidemic in the newspapers. OSLEROOZA. A man who believes in _Oslerism_. He is generally a young man in love with a girl whose Papa is over forty and who wears No. 11 shoes of a high voltage. OSLERETTA. A young woman who believes in _Oslerism_. She is the same girl whose Papa has just been mentioned. [Illustration: "P--Philosophy makes good reading for the man who has his rent paid."] Perseverance is the root of all money. Perhaps you have met the man who is so wrapped up in himself that he thinks he is a warm baby. Pleasure travels with a brass band, but Trouble sneaks in on rubber shoes. Philosophers do not believe half the things they tell themselves. * * * * * |
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