This 100-Year-Old Local Newspaper Story About A Mongoose Is Brilliant

From the Heckmondwike Herald in 1916, this is the best joke about a mongoose you may ever hear.

Stick with it to its droll conclusion.

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This first appeared in the Heckmondwike Herald in 1916.

No mongooses could be contacted for comment at the time of publishing.

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