RIDDLES WHICH WILL AMUSE YOU.
Exactly how long should a man's legs be ?—Long enough to reach from tho body to the ground. On which side of a cat dries the most hair.grow?—Tho outside, of course. When do people resemble King John?— When they lose things in the wash. What part of a dog is like a carf ? The tail—because it is often a wagyiu' (waggon). Who was (ho smallest man in history? —The Roman soldier who went to sleep on his watch. In what place did the cock crow so loudly that all the inhabitants of the world could hear him '!—ln the Ark. Why is .an egg underdone like ail Cfrg overdone?— Because it is "hardly" done. Which letter of tho alphabet is never late?— The letter " i," because it is always in time Why is a selfish friend like the letter "p" Because if is the first in pity, but the last in help. Why is ;t staircase most unfortunate?—? Bccauso it is always being run down.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20137, 24 December 1928, Page 5 (Supplement)
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