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13 * ATTENTION

He smiled condescendingly. "That, my dear lady, is supposed to be a mother and her child."

"Well, then," snapped the little old lady, "why isn't it?"

Art, Modern

58. Two teenagers on a tour of a modern art gallery found themselves alone in a room of modern sculpture. Staring at the twisted pipes, broken glass, and tangled shapes, one of them said, "Let's get out of here before they accuse us of wrecking this place."

59. An American GI who met Pablo Picasso in Paris told the artist that he didn't like modern paintings because they weren't realistic. Picasso made no immediate reply. A few minutes later the soldier showed him a snapshot of his girl friend.

"My word," said Picasso, "is she really as small as all that?"

Atomic age

60. When the lady who was making out the application came to the little square marked "Age," she did not hesitate. She simply wrote: "Atomic."

61. A group of atomic scientists held a convention at Las Vegas, and one of the professors spent all of his free time at the gambling tables. A couple of his colleagues were discussing their friend's weakness.

"Fenwick gambles as if there were no tomorrow," one said. "Maybe," commented the other, "he knows something."

Attention

62. A professor who had taught for many years was counseling a young teacher. "You will discover," he said, "that