... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere A visitor to an asylum, saw a man sitting by a wash-basin, the tap of which was turned on full. The inmate held a walking-stick, to which was fastened a length of string. On the end of the string was tied a piece of bent wire. This he worked slowly up and down the splashing flow of water. Have you caught many salmon today? asked the visitor, ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere The boss called one of his clerks into his private office. I have noticed, Jones, he began, that you, of all my clerks, seem to put your whole life and soul into your work. No detail is too small to escape your attention. No hours are too long for you. Jones glowed with pride and anticipation of the satisfactory promotion and increase in salary which ...

... By Richard King: FANATICISM sometimes takes the strangest forms, doesn't it? I can remember years ago one had only to mention the former film-star Rudolf Valentino in a slightly critical sense to await a whole avalanche of letters-- all vulgarly abusive. That they were mostly written from false addresses, or were anonymous, and all from middle-aged men and women, is beside the point. The point ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere Two golfers were annoyed by a slow couple in front of them. At one hole there was a particularly long wait. One of the offending couple dawdled on the fairway, while his companion searched industriously in the rough. At length the waiting couple on the tee could contain their impatience no longer. Why don't you help your friend to find his ball? she ...