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Sewing machine for sale

(from my inbox)

A man with a sewing machine to sell placed a classified ad in a newspaper
with the following results.

MONDAY: For Sale: R.D. Smith has one sewing machine for sale. Call 958.
Call after 7 p.m. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap.

TUESDAY: We regret having erred in R.D. Smith's ad yesterday. It should have
read: For Sale: R.D. Smith has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 958
and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: R.D. Smith has informed us that he has received several annoying
telephone calls because of an error we made in his classified ad yesterday.
His ad stands corrected: For Sale: R.D. Smith has one sewing machine for
sale. Cheap. Phone 958 after 7 p.m. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who loves with
him.

THURSDAY: Notice: I, R.D. Smith, have no sewing machine for sale. I smashed
it. Don't call 958, the phone has been taken out. I have not been carrying
on with Mrs. Kelly. Until yesterday, she was my housekeeper.