Teeth in My Pocket Tit Bit Quip
A steamer battles a rough sea as a kindly steward consoles a pale old lady at risk of the cold. She replies with dry humor that her teeth are in her pocket, a wry Tit-Bits style moment from a humorous column.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1927
Page
4
A steamer battles a rough sea as a kindly steward consoles a pale old lady at risk of the cold. She replies with dry humor that her teeth are in her pocket, a wry Tit-Bits style moment from a humorous column.
A humorous exchange shows a professor and a student squinting at a woman’s skirt length while joking about glasses needing readjustment. The dialogue highlights campus humor and the temporary misperception of physical stature.
Uneasy verse recalls a lamb that drinks gasoline and wanders near fire before vanishing from sight and memory. The poem uses altered phrasing to hint at danger and disappearance through surreal rural imagery.
A humorous exchange on parental fault finding between Mrs Smith and James is quoted from London Til-Bits, noting that mothers never see faults in their children and men share a similar skepticism about fault detection.
In a compensation case the defense attorney asks if a lost thumb is worth 5 000 dollars, while the plaintiff contends the thumb was integral to keeping her husband. The exchange underscores disputes over injury valuation and damages.
A girl’s father asserts her daughter has a good home as the suitor expresses confidence in a satisfactory match. The exchange reflects cautious optimism during American Legion Month.
Dialog fragment shows Mrs Jones and Mrs Smith discussing a woman named Passe Sa and her disrupted engagement. The tone hints at social unease over marriage prospects and emotional reactions to the failed match. The excerpt preserves period voice and implied social pressure without graphic detail.
A riddle describes a joke that endured for centuries and, when finally told aloud in public, remains as fresh and strong as ever.
Jane asserts a drawing room exists in the building while Helen contradicts and says the dentist uses the space for an office. The exchange highlights a dispute over room identity in the same building.
A dialogue line from the Boston Tween script contrasts a customer seeking a 10 cent discount with a clerk questioning the risk of a life for a dime. The exchange highlights money and danger in a street market setting.
A waitress questions a troubled customer about his salad asking if it is gritty. The customer replies the path is gravel with a few weeds, reflecting a humorous exchange in a London Tit-Bits brief.
A Vancouver Province column suggests trying vaccination as a treatment for kleptomania. The quoted remark by a person asks for help for his wife and a doctor proposes vaccination as a possible preventive measure.
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