Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 36 – Anonymous · Library Across
Literature · Humor
Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 36By Joseph Fume
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Literature · Humor
Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 36
By Joseph Fume
AnonymousEnglish
The man who smokes half his cigar, and puts the remainder by, knows nothing about smoking.
The man who carries no cigar-case has no right to levy contributions on those who do.
Never buy a cigar at a chemist's, they are sure to remind you of their origin. I once knew a chemist, who also sold wine and cigars, and I am sure he could only have had one workshop for his three businesses, and that was his laboratory.
Mistrust the tobacco that is given in half-payment of a bill. Such dealers may be clever in drawing a bill, but it is rarely that their cigars are distinguished for being good "drawers."
The man who smokes with wine is quite capable of taking sugar with oysters.
