RIDDLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 129, 2 June 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)

RIDDLES.

(Sent in by Eleanor Bralley, Massey Road. Mangere.) Q.: Who is the cleverest person in the . world ? A.: A man who can extract a beam out of his eye and start a windmill. Q.: How could you cure a slow horse 1 ? A.: Tie him to a post and make him fast. Q.: If I went into a dark room and had to light three things—a gaslight, a lire and a candle, what would I light first? A.: A match. Q.: Ah ostrich has one at the beginning and a kangaroo has one at the end. What is it? A.: The letter "0." GETTING THINGS RIGHT. (Sent in by Maurice Roycroft, Waihi.) A sportsman carrying a gun came across a farmer's boy. "Did you see a hare run l>y here?"' asked the sportsman. "A hare, sir?" asked the boy. '"Yes," answered the sportsman. "What, a hare, sir?" asked the lad. "I said a hare," repeated the sportsman. "A thing that goes along very fast, with very long ears?" asked the boy. "Yes," said the (sportsman. "That go loppety, loppety, lop?" asked the boy. "Yes, yes, my boy," said the impatient sportsman. "And very long ears?" questioned the boy. "Y-yes!" cried the sportsman. "Oh!" said the boy, "i didn't eee it."