There’s a wonderful family called Stein,
There’s Gert, and there’s Epp, and there’s Ein:
Gert’s poems are bunk,
Epp’s statues are junk,
And no one can understand Ein.
(Anon)

John Lentell
20th February, 1971

If you your lips would keep from slips
Five things observe with care;
To whom you speak, of whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
(William Edward Norris, 1847 – 1925)

John Lentell
27th December, 1970

At a banquet of firemen the chief proposed this toast:
“The Ladies! Their eyes kindle the only flame which we cannot extinguish, and against which there is no insurance.”
(Anonymous Toast quote)

John Lentell
23rd December, 1970

Here’s a health to all those that we love,
Here’s a health to all those that love us
Here’s a health to all those that love them – that love those – that love them – that love those – that love us.
(Anonymous Toast quote)

John Lentell
22nd December, 1970

There was a young lady of Riga,
Who rode with a smile on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the Lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
(Anon)

John Lentell
17th December, 1970

“See the happy moron,

He doesn’t give a damn,

I wish I were a moron,

My God! Perhaps I am!”

(Anon)

John Lentell

17th November, 1969