1) “This is the policeman you will see all along the road. He has a watch in his hand, so that if you want to know the time, you can ask him.”
2) This is the policeman you will not see all along the road. He is hiding behind a milestone to find out whether you are driving too fast.
The Motor Car Dumpy Book by T.W.H Crosland. Illustrations by J.R. Monsell. London: Grant Richards, 1904.
The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
