Punch, Volume 225Punch Publications Limited, 1953 - English wit and humor |
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Page 21
... comes out at 10s . per flea . You can literally watch the big notes fluttering away like butterflies until you're down to that heavy and useless clump of rappen and centimes . But in Austria - which is a " cheap " country like Spain and ...
... comes out at 10s . per flea . You can literally watch the big notes fluttering away like butterflies until you're down to that heavy and useless clump of rappen and centimes . But in Austria - which is a " cheap " country like Spain and ...
Page 45
... come the old shirts - arf a dollar . " " No , well , one of these blokes , " said Jack , " e comes up , ' e says : ' Karfy ? Karfy ? ' Like the old Arabs , I thought . " " If they was Arabs , " said the garage man , in to collect the ...
... come the old shirts - arf a dollar . " " No , well , one of these blokes , " said Jack , " e comes up , ' e says : ' Karfy ? Karfy ? ' Like the old Arabs , I thought . " " If they was Arabs , " said the garage man , in to collect the ...
Page 266
... comes back to me munching pie in the sun the following item leapt at me out of the Daily Telegraph . " HARPS AT MEALS The first word of advice given to Welsh hotel - owners and caterers for the enjoyment of a traditional meal appears to ...
... comes back to me munching pie in the sun the following item leapt at me out of the Daily Telegraph . " HARPS AT MEALS The first word of advice given to Welsh hotel - owners and caterers for the enjoyment of a traditional meal appears to ...
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