CONUNDRUMS.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVI, Issue 3366, 12 March 1915, Page 1

CONUNDRUMS.

When is iron like a counterfeit banknote?— When it is forged. - What nouns are never declined by men and women ?—Money by men and matrimony by. women. * "Why does a duck put its head under water?— For divers reasons. Which is the most-, sarcastic of professions ?—A chemist; because he is always ready with a retort. What thing is that which if you name it you break it?— Silence. What most resembles a cat looking. out of a window.—A cat looking in at a window. What did . Adam first plant in this garden of Eden —His foot. What is the weight of the moon?— Four quarters. . If Faktaff were musical, what instrument would he have played upon?—A sackbut (sack butt).' What is smaller than a mite's mouth ? —That which 1 is put into it, What sea would do for a bedroom?— Adriatic .a dry attic). What belongs to yourself and is used by everybody more than yourself?— Your name. If you throw a stone into the water, what does it become before it reaches the bottom?— Wet. - . What people can never live long nor wear srr«at coats ?—-Dwarfs.