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"I've broken the vase in your bedroom, Sir!" "Vase?...vase?...I haven't a vase in my bedroom!" "I know you don't keep it on view, Sir, but it's broken!"
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"If you do, Jim, I'll scream."
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"If you've anything to spare, come here and feed the birds!"
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"Is it scotch, Mac?" "Aye, mon, but it's… Scotch terrier!"
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"Is that your dog, lady?" "Of course it is!" "Well, you can pull the chain… he's finished!"
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"Is the wind troubling you, lady?" "I'm afraid it is, Verger, but I'll be alright when the organ starts!"
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"Look at his tentacles hanging down!" "Aint they a funny shape - an' eight of 'em too!"
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"Many a battle has been fought under this grand old flag!"
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"Me heart's in dear old Ireland, doctor!" "is that so? Well, get your bowels in the "free state" and you'll be alright!"
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"Mother! I want to whisper!" "It's no good whispering - you'll have to wait!"
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"Mummy, who's that man saying 'O-o-o-oh' to?"
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"Mur tschoffen," wall in Dinant before which Germans shot many loyal Belgians
There is little in the peaceful scene before us to recall the terrible tragedy enacted on this very spot in August, 1914. Here, in that fateful month, 116 citizens of Dinant were pitilessly massacred by German soldiers acting under the command of…
"My darling - soon I must go, but believe me I shall leave you with an aching heart!"
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"My wife's first Cousin once removed are you? Well, you're going to be removed once more."
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"No love-making in front of that statue. If you want to kiss the girl, you will have to kiss her behind!"
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"No more charabanc trips for me - every minute I thought I'd be hurled into maternity!"
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"Now that you've examined my wife, what is your opinion, doctor?" "Crikey! I'm no doctor - I'm the piano tuner!"
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"Now, which of you is going to be Mother?"
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"Oh George, let's get married!" "Why, Lizzie, what harm have I ever done you?"
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"Oh, painter, I want you to touch up the place where my husband put his hand last night!
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"Out where the bombs are bursting and the cannons like Hell-doors slam"
The foreground looks peaceful enough in the bright sunshine of this July day, but in the woods beyond an inferno is roaring. Shells are tearing great craters in the brown earth, flinging showers of dirt and rock to every side ; trees are crashing to…
"P'raps I can have my bath while you're having your lunch?" "That's O.K. with me, Mum, so long as you don't splash me dinner!"
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"Porter, will you put my bags up for me, please?"
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"She says her holiday cost her her reputation." "She had a pretty cheap holiday, then!"
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"So Miss Ethel is your eldest sister, is she, and who comes after her?" "Nobody ain't come yet, but father says the first fellow that does can have her."
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"So you've been to the dogs, have you? What kind of dogs have long golden hair?" "Pekinese!"
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"Talking of shocks, I got a terrible fright on my wedding day." "I know it, old chap - I've seen her!"
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"That was a splendid sermon of yours on the foolish virgin - I'm rather afraid I'm one myself!"
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"That's a funny thing to do, isn't it, old girl?" "What is?" "Well, he's biting her corns out, ain't he?"
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"That's not Daddy, duck, that's a gentleman."
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"That's right little hen! Rather death than dishonour!!"
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"The girls set their caps at boys when you were young, Auntie." "Yes, but not their kneecaps."
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"The Little Mother's Club meets every Friday at 4:30. Any young lady wishing to become a little mother should follow me to my study after the meeting."
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"The Rocks," Hayfield
Message on card reads "I pass these rocks every day. R."
"There, my son - if it hadn't been for that old style, you wouldn't have been here!"
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"There's one of the gentlemen in, Ma'am -- I can see his bald head!" "Good heavens, woman! You haven't a bald-headed man staying here!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Third single pleash." "What station?" "Well, what stationsh 'ave you got?"
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"Tolarno" Glen Huntly Road
Handwritten note on back reads "Pop … lived here with mother & father after they came out from Eng … Now Safeway Supermarket"
"Well, Bill, if that's the ideal woman they made a 'orrible mess o' my old bundle o' trouble!"
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"Well, it's your own fault - you shouldn't let him bite your shoulder!"
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"What are you going to do with that?" "Put it on the rhubarb!" "Oh! We have custard with ours!"
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"What are you thinking about, Jack?" "Same as you, dear!" "If you do, I'll slap your face!"
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"What are your intentions towards my daughter, young man?" "Well, Sir, I hardly like telling you."
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"What do you think of 'er, Bill?" "Not much! Too top-heavy for my liking!"
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"What have you stopped for?" "Why, I heard the lady say stop!" "Well, you stick to your job, she wasn't talking to you!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person