Fortune Built by Seizing Opportunity in a Transit Tale
A reshaped parable from the New York Sun recalls two travelers who split with 50 cents. One pursues labor, rises to head salesman then partner in a major midwestern retail house. the other declines every offer, ends in penury. The fortune is built in twenty two years.
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Third Marriage Mandate From Relatives Prompts Odd Rite
An inn keeper from Badaon in upper Burma faced two widow losses and a superstition about a third marriage. Relatives urged him to marry a doll to appease death, then wed their daughter as his fourth wife after feigning the doll’s death.
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A Dry Bath Ha is Shower Bath Practical Joke
A Scotsman follows advice to fit a shower bath using a cistern and colander. He completes the setup quickly and proclaims the bath “fine” and dry. When asked how he stayed dry, he jokes he did not stand under the water without an umbrella.
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