Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1912 — GOOD JOKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD JOKES

DANGEROUS LINE OF TALK. “Mother, I wish you wpuldn t mention dishwashing when George is calling on me.” “Why not, indeed?” “I don't like it It sounds common.” “Common, eh? We have to eat, <lon’t we?” “Of course.” “And George knows we eat and use dishes?” “That’s very true.” “And knows that dishes have to be washed, therefore somebody has to wash them?” “But, mother —” “What now?” “If you keep on talkihg about it, George may discover that you make father wipe them, and he may think the same thing is coming to him if he should propose to me.”