Re: The Pages of Punch

Yes. That is exactly what they were. The actual clothes have, of course, changed completely. So has this blind faith in full-on Communism as practiced in the Soviet Union.

Re: The Pages of Punch

Well... I'd say there are still 'blind faith' communists about, and not a million miles from here!

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1936: Treating the telephone as a person

Since madam chooses to treat the telephone as a person he feels obliged to follow suit.

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1936: Imagining the story

The lady ‘lives’ through all the horrendous things she is reading. There is even an imaginary body under her bed.

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All those EU bogeymen creeping up on her.

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1936: A successful gambling strategy?

She hasn’t really understood.

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1936: A woman’s perspective

She probably has never worked for a salary. She is only interested in spending money – acquiring isn’t her responsibility.

Political Correctness hadn’t been discovered in 1936.

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1936: Early version of the mini

When the mini was launched in the early 1960s people used to make jokes of this kind. It seems they weren’t the first. It obviously is just a joke. You couldn’t really drive a car as small as this. Again how could she have got it into the bath?

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1936: What makes a good umpire?

I am under the impression that this related to a practice that has stopped a long time ago. With all the media attention surplus pullovers are no longer worn by the umpire.

Re: The Pages of Punch

1936: Hardly reassuring

Not the best way to convey the message.