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READERSVOICE.COM aims to provide a few samples from interesting out of print books. This issue features jokes from a small red hardback entitled Bubble and Squeak by “The Tatler Man”. The book was a first edition. There was no publication date recorded in this copy. But there were some advertisements for the book in English newspapers […]
Some more jokes from Bubble and Squeak by “The Tatler Man”, published around 1927… It was at a public function that a certain bishop and a millionaire got into conversation. “I never go to church,” said the latter somewhat patronisingly. “Perhaps you’ve noticed that, bishop?” “Yes, I have noticed it,” replied the bishop gravely. “No […]
Jokes from Bubble and Squeak by “The Tatler Man”, 1927… As the vicar walked across his lawn, he noticed how very dry and sunburnt it was. “Everything looks terribly dried up, John,” he remarked to the old gardener; “I think I shall pray for rain to-morrow.” The old man scratched his head thoughtfully. “Don’t think […]
READERSVOICE.COM aims to give a few interesting samples from out of print books. This edition features some 1930s editions of the UK magazine, Motor. It ran from 1903 until it was absorbed by its rival Autocar in 1988. It included some news gags and other humor. Motor had a section called In the News. This […]
Some more items from the section In the News, from the pages of Motor magazine… May 4, 1937: Heard at Tottenham. Solicitor: “You take full responsibility for the car?” Motorist: “Yes, I don’t think it knows what it’s up to half the time.” Heard in the Courts: “What right have the police to say I […]
Some more items from the In the News section of Motor magazine in the 1930s… September 27, 1937: Is the road a cul-de-sac? No, it’s a tarred road. March 1, 1938: Heard in the court: “How did you know he was a genuine mechanic?” “He got straight out of the car, produced a hammer, […]
READERSVOICE.COM aims to give a few interesting samples from out of print books. Here are some gags and stories gleaned from a couple of anthologies of The Strand Magazine. The volumes were published in 1897 and 1906. The Strand was a popular magazine sold in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running […]
Anecdotes from an article on The G.P.O. Museum by Framley Steelcroft, featured in The Strand, from the July 1897 to December 1897 anthology.: A Portuguese once handed in this telegram: “Is ar 8.” He had to be cross-examined in French and Spanish before it became clear that the message was meant for: “It is all […]
Anecdotes from an article entitled Sideshows by William G. FitzGerald Featured in the July 1897 to December 1897 anthology of The Strand magazine. Nothing can be more certain than that parody and travesty will follow a big boom in the entertainment world. And provided that the parody is really funny and clever, there is money […]
READERSVOICE.COM aims to give a few samples from interesting and often out of print books. The Defence of Duffer’s Drift is a short 1904 book by British army officer E. D. Swinton. He was a captain of the Royal Engineers in South Africa during the Boer War (1899-1902). The book aims to instruct officers in […]