The last two were excellent,imo.

                WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT

   A tax-collector's next call was down in a basement place.

   He knocked, all was dark and quiet, but the door gave a little. He entered and saw a tiny bit of light, so he made for it.

   As he walked towards it, he kept hearing a regular "tt!tssss". The light got bigger, the "tt!tssss" got louder.

   he reached a room and found a little old man, hunched over an itoning-board, under a single dim globe, regularly spitting on the iron, which then hissed (as they do)

   The two got talking, an the old man told his story.

   I used to be an explorer (he spits) "tt!tssss". One day, I was striding along in the jungle,"tt!tssss", and suddenly I was faced by a very hungry lion,"tt!tssss", so I turned and ran. But the lion, "tt!tssss", charged after me, "tt!tssss". he caught me, and ate me up "tt!tsss".

   But you're alive, said the tax man.

    "tt!tssss". The old man replied, you call this 'living'?


    Ivor