Thursday, May 09, 2024
Jokes
Berthold L. Ullman, "Hints for Teachers," Classical Journal 20.4 (January, 1925) 246-248 (at 248):
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A correspondent recalls the following which he read in copies of Harper's Drawer published 70 years ago:Hat tip: Alan Crease.
Motto for a tea-caddy: Tu doces (thou tea-chest).
Motto given by a wag to a newly rich tobacconist who had just acquired a carriage: Quid rides (English pronunciation). Soon the tobacconist lost his money and absconded. The wag wrote on the door of the shop: Quid fles.
An English gentleman serving clam stew to his guests found much broth and few clams. In serving the last guest he searched long for a clam. Finally he brought up from the bottom of the tureen a single bivalve and exclaimed triumphantly: De profundis clam-avi (clam 'ave I).
