THINK TWICE.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 23, 28 January 1928, Page 14

THINK TWICE.

What is ''can't" short for?— Cannot. . : ' What is "don't',' short-for?—Douch-uut (!) Why is a builder like an author?— Because they both make stories. What is it. that occurs twice in a moment, oiicc in a minute, and never in a thousand years?— The letter "m." What is tho difference between a cat and.a comma?-I—One has claws at the end of its paws, and the other is a pause at. the end of a clause. Why is a secret like silence?— Because you cannot talk about it and keep it.. BEHEADING WORDS. ■ Complete I «in increasing; behead me and I am a manly pastime; behead again and I am due; behead a third time and I. am "part of a bird; curtail me this time and I am what a football team wishes to do; then behead me and I am a preposition. RIDDLEHESEE. What all boys one, day have to wear, They, in themselves, are but a pair; Yet, if to game the word relates, Then several pairs it indicates. Behead the word, and, oh, what fun! It is what children like to run I Behead again, and one regards The highest, yet the lowest cards. an acrostic. pillars; 1 and 3. 'Tis this' when, rolling up the beach, The sea's as far as it can reach. 2. Four vowels and four digits here. Ten hundreds also do appear. BARS. ■ 1.; When bat.meets ball, a boy makes . this; But not if he should strike and miss. 2. A century and just one more. A cricketer as much may score. 3. The fount of all things that are living, To Whom wo .render our thanksgiving. 4. For garden use, no, hot a lake. On one at Plymouth sported Drake.