Taking the Census.
– How many males are there in this family?
Do you mean children and all?
Certainly.
Ah, then there ain’t none — cause my children’s all galls ‘cept John, and he ain’t my child. D’ye count John?
How many females are there in the family?
Females! Let me see there ain’t none but Biddy, the hired gal.
I understood [...]
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Census Humor
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