Tuesday July 6. 1937 /
Warsaw. Same /
Up at 9.30 breakfast. wrote letters / and cards. read book and / paper dinner at 4 P.M. / naped (sic) until 5.30. @ 6.30 / dressed and went to see the play / "Kroll Wloczegow " with D. Damiecki + Brochwiczowna / in the title roles. The play and players were very good. At 11.30 / came home had supper and bed. / Mr. F. Szerejkos joke Q. Jak sie prze / do lasu czy razem czy oddzielnie. / O. oddzielnie, wlasnie ze nie bo / do lasu razem a z lasu odziel / mi.
Tuesday July 6. 1937 /
Warsaw. Same /
Up at 9.30 breakfast. wrote letters / and cards. read book and / paper dinner at 4 P.M. / naped (sic) until 5.30. @ 6.30 / dressed and went to see the play / "Vagabond King" with D. [Dobieslaw] Damiecki + Brochwiczowna / in the title roles. The play and players were very good. At 11.30 / came home had supper and bed. / Mr. F. Szerejkos joke Q. [Question] How do you go / into forest whether together or whether separate. / A. [Answer] Separate, on your own because / you are separate from the forest and forest separate from / me
(Image and Text, Copyright (c) 2017 Cynthia Shentte) Okay, so I did my best with the joke. Clearly, something was lost in translation. Either that or it is way funnier in Polish. If you can come up with something better I'd love to hear from you.
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