15Sep08

Smith was relating his experiences in South America.

"I was taking my usual morning dip when I spotted three gladiators making for me, so I had to swim for my life!"

"You mean navigators--something like a crocodile?" interposed Jones.

"Well, what are gladiators?"

"Gladiators? Why, they're a sort of flower grown from bulbs."

A diplomatist is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday, but never remembers her age---Frost