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A Nose Boy and the Northern Hotel Boot Joke
An amusing anecdote from a Northern hotel features an African boot boy who, in response to a customer request for a boot-jack, eyes the crowd then exclaims with growing certainty that the item exists. The tale highlights humorous misperceptions and regional humor in old reportage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
Yellow Dock
Barsapa
Ring
M. Bhonard
Spon Geysett
Broomme Grove
Meee
Gersett
C. M. Leonard