CONUNDRUMS.
These aro simply catches in"wMcoC the sense is playfully cheated, 'and gen. erally founded upon words capable oil double meaning. V Where did Charles the First's e_ec-"t tioner dine, and what did he take?—• He took a chop at the King's Hea<_, "' When is a plant to be dreaded niorflj than a mad dog?—When it's madder. What is majesty stripped of "its"-ex-ternals'—lt is a jest. (The m'and-the y," externals, are taken away.) Why is hot. bread like a caterpilier? —Because it's the grub that makes the butter fly. ' :■.*' Why are bankrupts more to be pitied than idiots?—Because bankrupts aro broken, while idiots are only cracked.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 102, 26 October 1929, Page 20
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106CONUNDRUMS. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 102, 26 October 1929, Page 20
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