THINGS OVERHEARD IN WAR-TIME.

"There couldn't be room there for _all_ the Jews, could there?"

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"After waiting two hours I got half-a-pound."

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"It should be made compulsory."

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"Wherever else these matches strike, they won't strike on the box."

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"I just turned over and went to sleep again."

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"I wish the Government would tell _me_ what I could do for them."

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"Oh, another three years."

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"What puzzles me is--Where is the paper shortage?"

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"We keep a gramophone in the basement now."

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"No one is more willing than I am to do something."

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"It's the children's festival--that's what I always say."

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