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                                                                                                        Story 49

                                          Impoliteness Reigns

               When Skip Lane ordered steak but was served chow mein,

               he said aloud, "I must complain !"



               He did, only to have his waitress exclaim, "Buddy

               boy, you're lucky to be in out of the rain."


               Lane - shocked by this ill-mannered vein of disdain - said, "I find my temper

               hard to rein.  Never have I seen such im•po•lite•ness reign, especially here in

               Duquesne, and in a public domain.


               “No tip shall I tip you,” Skip said to Jane, “for ev•i•dent•ly you’re already

               quite tipsy on champagne !”









                                                                                                        Story 50
                                               Home on the ange It


                                               is not so strange

                                              To see buffalo range.

                                        Near the Rocky Mountain range.

                                 You might think that some have the mange,

                        But it’s just an old coat that they’re trying to exchange.
















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