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"I beg your pardon! I thought you were my husband - your head is so much like his behind!"
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"I bet you'll be glad to get 'ome to yer wife and kids, Bill." "But I ain't got any kids!" "'ow d'yer know? You ain't been 'ome for ten years!"
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"I collect antiques." "I know old man - I've just seen your wife!"
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"I may not be smart - but thank goodness I'm respectable!"
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"I thought you'd gone playing tennis, dearie?" "I got my guts wet, Grandma, so thought I'd come home!" "Get off to bed, then… you'll get a chill!"
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"I told those kids to keep with me - but the little devils are out of sight again."
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"I want a birthday present for my husband, some nice little thing he would enjoy." "Miss Smith, forward."
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"I want ten pounds for this painting." "Nothing doing-but I'll give you ten bob for the address of the model!"
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"I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound, to do it both ways!"
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"I want to give this man in charge: he tried to tickle me in the bargain basement!"
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"I wonder if that's a male or female giraffe!" "Why worry, Clara? -- You're not a giraffe!"
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"I'd like a strong pair of corsets." "What bust?" "Nothing, they just wore out!"
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"I'd like to find the blighter who took my bathing suit!"
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"I'd like to speak to the captain where is he?" "Oh, he's forward, miss." "How nice! I love 'em that way!"
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"I'm afraid you'll be troubled with wind outside, lady?" "Well, you be thankful you're not troubled with it inside. That's all!"
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"I'm afraid you'll have to be vaccinated in the basement, Madam!" "Not me! On my arm or nowhere!"
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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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"Rickshaw Album" : Japanese lacquer-bound photographic album
A selection of commercial photographs, showing Japanese scenic views, gardens, costumes, traditions and everyday life. Includes ceremonies, priests, samurais, actors, people of various professions, unnamed persons, dancers, rituals like hara-kiri,…
"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!!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person