RIDDLES

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 November 1925, Page 20

RIDDLES

Why is an Englishman like nineteen shillings?—Because he is under a sovereign. What is the difference between the sun and bread? —The sun rises in the east .and bread rises with yeast in it. What tables are most used throughout the world?: —Vegetables, eatables, constables, and time-tables. What is that which occurs twice in every moment, once in a minute, and never in a thousand years?—The Letter “M.” —Kathleen Coxhead. Why is a fish-hook like a silly boy? —lt is often baited. Why are feet like fables ?—They are legends (leg-ends). When is a well like unbuttered bread ?—When it is dry. —Nellie Rowlands. Why did the tap run ? —Because it saw the kitchen sink. What four letters would frighten a thief?—O IC U. Why is a washwoman like a navigator?—Because [she spreads. tier sheets, crosses the line, and goes from pole to pole. What is the difference between a coat and a baby?—The one I wear, the other I was.