Diplomacy: Lying In State.

The Irish Gave The Bagpipes To The Scotts As A Joke, But The Scotts Haven't Seen The Joke Yet.

Manuscript: Something Submitted In Haste And Returned At Leisure.

My Wife Has A Whim Of Iron.

The Elf And The Dormouse Under A Toadstool Crept A Wee Elf, Out Of The Rain To Shelter Himself. Under The Toadstool, Sound Asleep, Sat A Big Dormouse All In A Heap. Trembled The Wee Elf, Frightened And Yet Fearing To Fly Away Lest He Get Wet. To The Next Shelter-maybe A Mile! Sudden The Wee Elf Smiled A Wee Smile. Tugged Till The Toadstool Toppled In Two. Holding It Over Him, Gaily He Flew. Soon He Was Safe Home, Dry As Could Be. Soon Woke The Dormouse-"good Gracious Me!" "where Is My Toadstool?" Loud He Lamented. -and That's How Umbrellas First Were Invented.

A Pest Is A Person Who Can Talk Like An Encyclopedia, And Does.