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[Elgart, 1951]
Mrs. Abigail Sludge, secretary-treasurer of the ladies’ bridge and Frank Sinatra club, has a passion for telling “off-colour” stories, which were resented by fellow members. One day just before the meeting convened the girls made a pact in which they agreed to leave the room when, and if Mrs. Sludge began her stories. Shortly after the meeting convened Mrs. Sludge settled herself at the bridge table and began, “Girls, did you know that there’s a boatload of a thousand prostitutes leaving for Alaska in the morning?”
Then, as one, the members of the club rose and headed for the door.
“What’s the rush, girls? The boat doesn’t leave ’til 10 a.m.,” retorted Mrs. S.