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It was dinner time. A customer entered a restaurant and sat down
at a table. He asked for a menu and said to the waiter:” Here is sixpence
tip for you; tell me what you can recommend me”.
The waiter leaned over and whispered: "I shall recommend you to
go to another restaurant”.
4
The Americans grow a lot of fruit. They eat what they can, and
can what they can’t.
5
A rich gentleman, walking in his park before breakfast, met a poor
man, whom he knew.
”Good morning, sir”, said the poor man, ”you have come out very
early this morning.”
"I came out to see if I could get an appetite for dinner. But what
are you doing here?” the gentleman asked suspiciously.
”You see, sir,” said the poor man, ”I just came out to see if I could
get a breakfast for my appetite.”
6
A customer sat down at a table in a smart restaurant and tied a
napkin round his neck. The scandalized manager called a waiter and
instructed him, ”Try to make him understand, as tactfully as possible,
that that's not done.”
Said the thoughtful waiter to the customer: ”Excuse me, sir. Shave
or haircut, sir?”
7
In a small restaurant we lunched at, there was a notice on the wall:
”Please do not insult our waitresses by tipping them.” But on the table
was a small box, with a slit across the top, labelled: ”Insults.”
8
Willie was invited to a party, where, of course, refreshments were
bountifully served.
”Won't you have something more, Willie?” the hostess said.
”No, thank you”, replied Willie, with an expression of great
satisfaction. ”I'm fu11".
”Well, then,” smiled the hostess, ”put some fruit and cakes in your
pockets to eat on the way home”.
”No, thank you,” came the rather startling response of Willie,
”they are full too.”

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