Ribald Classic: The Latest From London
December, 1983
A famous teacher of arithmetic had long been married without being able to get his wife with child. Once, a friend said to her, ''Madam, I hear that your husband is an excellent arithmetician.''''Yes,'' replied she, ''except that he can't multiply.''•Mr. Dryden, once at dinner, was offered the rump of a fowl by a lady. When he refused it, she said, ''Pray take it, Mr. Dryden; the rump is the best part of the fowl.''''Yes, madam,'' said he, ''and, I think, also the best part of the fair.''•A mode...
