Monday, February 8, 2021

“Didn’t Know It Was Loaded”

Livingston Hopkins, “Didn’t Know It Was Loaded”, The Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 493 (27 Jul 1889, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-442812422
“Didn’t Know It Was Loaded”
Little Higgins: “Please, mum, I wasn’t tryin’ to hit your school and I didn’t mean to break your windows I was a-shien’ at some school houses over yonder across the sea!”
Schoolmarm: “Well, the next time you feel like throwing at schools across the sea, just go over there and do so at shorter range!”