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"Was papa the first man who ever proposed to you, mama?"
"Yes; but why do you ask?"
"I was just thinking that you might have done better if you had
shopped around a little more."
Here is a story of a lady who seemed to want a lot for her money. She
rushed excitedly into the hardware department.
"Give me a mouse-trap!" she exclaimed. "Quickly, please, because I
want to catch a train."
HUSBAND (discovering the hall full of packages)--"Heavens! You must
have had a successful shopping day."
WIFE--"Yes, dear, and that isn't the best of it. I have actually got
something that I am going to keep."--_Life_.
An old fellow who was noted through the town for his stuttering as
well as for his shrewdness in making a bargain, stopped at a grocery
and inquired:
"How m-m-many t-t-t-turkeys have you g-g-got?"
"Eight, sir," replied the grocer.
"T-t-t-tough or t-t-tender?"
"Some are tender and some tough," was the reply.
"I k-keep b-b-b-boarders," said the new customer. "P-pick out the four
t-toughest t-t-turkeys, if you p-p-please."
The delighted grocer very willingly complied with the unusual request,
and said in his politest tones:
"These are the tough ones, sir.
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