Sunday, February 14, 2021

“Who Dares to Laugh?”

“Who Dares to Laugh?” | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, “Who Dares to Laugh?”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 564 (6 Dec 1890, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448599618
“Who Dares to Laugh?”
“Who dares to laugh?”—Premier Parkes.
“A young man has been sent to gaol for a month at Adelaide for Hooting Governor Kintore.” —Daily Paper
His Excellency: “I say, gardenaw—aw—didn’t I heah a sound of dewisive laughtaw just now?”
Gardener: “You did, my Lord, but it’s only a bird called the Laughing Jackass or Kookaburra—wery common in these parts!”
His Ex.: “Well—aw—get a gun and—aw—make an example of the creachaw.”