QUESTION TIME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)

QUESTION TIME

What is it that a cat has that no other animal has?—A kitten. As I was passing a farm-house I saw in tho yard four domestic birds; they were neithor hens, ducks, geese or turkoys. "What were they?—A. lien, a duck, a goose and a turkey. „ , , —Sent in by Vera Drower (13). What is it that no ono has ever seen?— To-morrow. AVho first introduced tho forty-hour week ? —Robinson "Crusoe, because ho had all his work dono by Friday. —Copied by Edna Dixon (12). Why should you never starvo in the desert? —Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) thero. How catno tho sand which is there? — Hani went there and his descendants bred and mustered. —Copied by Isobel Johnson. On which side of a jug should-the spout be?—On the outside, of course. Why did the milk turn? —Because it heard the ice-cream When is butter like Irish children?— When it is made into little Pats. —Copied by Erica Brodie (13). What ships are unwelcome?— Hardships. Why is an.eel like a poet?—Becauso he is a Longfellow. When is a tree as comfortable as a bed? — When it is down. What- is often asked for but seldom taken? Advice. -—Copied by Beverley Headdey (I£o-