Wit and Humour on a Busy Morning Minefield
A collage of humorous vignettes and character sketches from a night and morning, with banter about detentions, barbering, music fans, and everyday miscommunications. Gamblers, lovers, travelers, farmers, and clerks populate this brisk collection of exchanges and punchlines.
Amusing public school examination spoof skit
A periodical gag from a leading public school mocks exam papers with absurd questions. It features bizarre arithmetic about rivers Alps and prices in London Paris and turns on improbable scenarios such as partridge killing rates and a milkmaid’s field size and family details.
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Merchant Prince Refuses Loan Then Spins Rope Tale
A West End merchant, famed for not lending money, tells a fable to an old friend who asks for a loan. He recounts an Arab tale where a neighbor is asked to lend a rope to tie five feet of water, asserting that Allah is great and permits strange deeds when lending is refused.
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