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"Mother, how old is our maid," asked Toto.
"Why do you want to know," his mother replied.
"I just do, that's all," he said in an anxious voice.
"Twenty-two years old," his mother answered.
"What a liar," Toto exclaimed. "Yesterday I heard her tell daddy
she was eight months."
Submitter comment:
In Greece there are commonly found jokes of a boy named Toto who
is a smartmouthed wiseguy.
Where learned: GREECE
James Callow Keyword(s): PREGNANCY
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00001947CA