From Once a Week, by A. A. Milne:

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I know her name was Hopkins, because I had her down on my programme as Popkins, which seemed too good to be true.

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"I mean a name for her [a parrot] to call you. Because if she's going to call you 'Auntie' or 'Darling,' or whatever you decide on, you'd better start by teaching her that."

And then I had a brilliant idea.

"I've got the very word," I said. "It's 'hallo.' You see, it's a pleasant form of greeting to any stranger, and it will go perfectly with the next word that she's taught, whatever it may be."

"Supposing it's 'wardrobe,'" suggested Reggie, "or 'sardine'?"

"Why not? 'Hallo, Sardine' is the perfect title for a revue.

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"Do you happen to want," I said to Henry, "an opera hat that doesn't op?"

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"Do you know 'Hunt the Pencil'?"

"No. What do you do?"

"You collect five pencils; when you've got them, I'll tell you another game."

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I also quite like "A Trunk Call," more or less in its entirety:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24313/24313-h/24313-h.htm#A_TRUNK_CALL