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40 THE VILLANOVAN
Johnnie Pickett— "I want a dime to give a
lame man, Bill."
Bill Pickett—All right. Who is the lame
man?"
Johnnie Pickett — "Oh, he sells tickets at the
movies."
* * *
Mac — "She was as irresistible as a five-dollar
bill on a sidewalk."
Spike — "You simply had to pick her up, huh ?"
* * *
Prefect — "Did you notice the beautiful sunrise
this morning?"
McDermott — "No; I never stay up as late as
that."
* * *
Fritz had just laughed aloud in History class.
McKenna then quoted: " 'Loud laughter bespeaks
the vacant mind,' says Shakespeare."
Fritz retorted by citing: " 'Every man is a
liar,' says St. Paul."
* * *
Granahan— "Times have changed. A war
can't be won nowadays without money."
McCann— " Name one that ever was."
Granahan— "Why, the American people
fought for years and achieved their independence
after they had given up their last sovereign."
A Pennsylvanian boasts that he makes a soap
that would "wash a solitician's character as
white as snow." There must be a good deal of
" lye " about that soap.
* * *
Wiegand — "What became of that poem, 'The
Turtle Dove,' I sent in?"
Editor—"Oh, we put that in a pigeon-hole."
My Long Distance Girl
I see you nearly every day
In the railway car
And like the humble publican,
I worship from afar.
Your sparkling eyes of deepest blue
Are full of mystery.
My heart within me seems to leap,
When'er you smile at me.
Your hair, a glittering mass of gold,
Reflects the sun's bright beams:
I see your charming, sunlit face
In all my fondest dreams.
The poets say that distance lends
Enchantment to the view;
Perhaps that is the reason why
I "fell" so hard for you.
,
H. J. W., '2L
James J. Egan, '19.