SUNSHINE CORNER

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6844, 23 February 1929, Page 14

SUNSHINE CORNER

When is the sea without water? In a map. Why are watches like grasshoppers; Because they go by springs. How many sides are there to a tree? Two —the inside and the outside. What small animal is turned into a largo one by being beheaded? Fox —ox. Daddy (stepping over front gate): There, Bobby, you couldn’t do that. Bobby (rolling under front gate): “There, daddy, you couldn’t do that.” Why aro ships most convenient to keep chickens in? Because they usually have yards. What man is the slowest writer? The convict. He sometimes spends 15 years on one sentence. Why is the letter G like the first sweet you eat out of a bag? Because it makes one gone. Wha-t seven letters did Old Mother Hubbard use when she looked into the cupboard? 0.1.0.U.A.M.T. (Oh I see you are empty.

Music teacher (to unpunctual pupil): Rosa, you're a quarter of an hour late. Precocious pupil: Never mind; I’ll play twice as fast to make up! Grandma (questioning Muriel after her first visit to the zoo): And which animal did you like best, dear? Muriel: Oh, the elephant. It was wonderful to see Mm pick up buns with his vacuum cleaner. Jimmy (proudly): Father, we’ve only been beaten once this year at cricket. ■ Father: Really, my son; that’s fine. How many games have you played? Jimmy: Oh, we’re ploying the second to-morrow! Father: Johnny, 1 see your little brotb'er has the small apple. Did you let him have his choice, a.s I told you? Son: Yes, father! I told him he could have his choice —the little one or neither —and he took tho little one. Why does mother never make a square plum pudding? Because she wants it to go round. What is the difference between a gardener and a Chinaman? One keeps the lawn wet, and the other keeps tho laundry. (Lawn dry.)

When Betty came in from the children’s parly she had attended, her mother said: “Well, daughter, did you have a nice time?” “Oil, yes,” said Betty enthusiastically, “it was the best party I ever tasted.” Isaacs: My son gets 3d a day pocket money. Jacobs: 3d. a day, and only six years old? Isaccs: Yes, but you sec be puts it in tho gas motor, he thinks it is a money box. Teacher (to scholars): I will give a crown to any one who asks me a question 1 canuot answer. Georgia: Why am I like the Prince of Wales? Teacher: lam afraid that beats me, why are you? Georgie: Because I am waiting for the crown.

An Irishman, wishing to take his donkey a journey by train, went to the stationmaster and asked Mm where he should put the animal. “At the back of the train,” he was told. Eventually the Irishman got in with, the guard. “And how fast moiglit we be goin’ now?” he asked after about an hour’s travelling. “About sixty miles an hour,” replied the guard. “Bcgorra,” exclaimed tho man from the Emerald Isle, “my noddy must be st-eppin’ it out.”

Tongue Twisters. A pretty crop of poppies in a coffee pot. She stood on the stop welcoming him

Two Seasons Teacher: How many seasons are there in the year, William? William: Two, miss—the strawberry season and the apple season. Generous. Mother: But., Bobby, I told you to give Mary half that orange and you have eaten it all yourself. Bobby (with dignity): I have given her tho pips. She can plant those and have a whole orange grove.

A POEM WITH A “CATCH.” There is a little catch in the following riddle poem. I wonder how many of you will bo able to guess the answer. Hero is the poem first of all: I am a feathered creature That very seldom flies. Cut off my head and you will find A bird that does not move its eyes. The answer is Fowl—owl. How many of you knew that an owl cannot move its eyes without moving its head, I wonder.