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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1926-1927

Theobald (Toby) Barrett Diary, 1926-1927-1.pdf

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One of Harry B's.

Peter, Peter, pun'kin eater,

Had a girl & couldn't keep her,

He put her in a pun'kin shell,

And there he kept her very nicely.

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Another one

Simple Simon, met a pieman, going to the fair

Said Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your underwear."

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Query from H.B.

"Do they have turkey in heaven for Christmas?"

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H.B. "Mother, how do you get whiskers?" Mother "I don't"

1927

Conversation between H.B. & Gay.

H.B. "Do you know how the rain gets in the cistern Gay?"

No answer from Gay.

H.B. "Say Yes or No."

Gay. "Yes or No." Loud Ha. Ha's from H.B.

H.B. "Say No" Gay - "No". H.B. proceeds to explain that it comes in through the drain.

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Mother asks H.B. to do something

H.B. "I won't"

Mother "That is very rude, you must never speak that way"

Gay - "Noo! I wouldn't say that, I'd say "NO!!! I don't want to!!!"

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