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Of the Channel swimmer who said that he was a little water tender.
That he would not, however, be of much use to the Fire Service.
That Britain has no Statue of Liberty and is on the way to having no liberty statutes.
That a Champion may eventually have to give up—after plugging well for a long time.
Of those who think that the fact of there being "plenty of room in the trains" speaks for itself.
That a certain municipality proposes to purchase a vehicle "fitted with a Fordson Thames chassis." __••••.
That the B.W.A.N.S. should make the Ministry of Transport realize that 15,000 busmen can't be wrong.
That many who carry goods to Brighton are being vaccinated lest they take on a return load of mischief.
That the Government is too busy poking its nose into other people's business to pay much attention to its own.
Of the inhibited oil which found freedom in the Meadows. . _
'Sulphur supplies cut? You wouldn't think so if you listened to drivers in traffic jams."
That quite hair-raising fare taising Might, in present circumstances, be only fair raising.
Of an old reader saying that, in his youth, to wait until the bus stopped before alighting was considered a sign of stodgy old age.
That nowadays it is looked upon as a suicidal tendency
Of a foreign visitor's surprise at so few objectionable insects being picked up by bus travellers, despite the frequent use of cloth upholstery.
That careful cleaning, particularly by vacuum, may account for their absence.
That State-controlled industries, having access to our supposedly bottomless pockets, are the only ones which can afford to go on putting more into their businesses and getting nothing out of them.