CAN YOU GUESS?

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

CAN YOU GUESS?

(Sent by Rex Woodley.) Why Is the sun like a jelly? —Because they both set. Why is the'sea restless at night?— Because it has stones in its bed. (Sent by Jean Taylor.) If he wanted to go to Dover quick, how would he go?—Cross off the “d”and you are over. If he wanted to get over a hedge quick, how would you go’--Cross off the “h” and you are on the edge, * .(Sent by Viti Gosnell.) Who was the thinnest man in the Bible?—Joseph, because he was made a ruler. (Sent by Mavis McGillivray.) What bow is it that no one can tie or untie ?—The rainbow. What is the difference between the oak tree and a tight shoe?—-One makes acorns and the other makes corns ache. Why is a motor ’bus like an orches-tra?—-Because it has a conductor. What room can no one enter?—-A mushroom. Why is the root of a tongue like a dejected man?—Because it is down in the mouth. What Is a scouts weakest part?—A tender foot. What is on at the theatre to-night?— The roof. What is the difference between a milkmaid and a swallow ?-—One skims the milk and the other skims the water. i What is the difference between a lazy hoy and a fisherman? —One baits his hook and the other hates his book. (Sent by Ethel Bailey.) What becomes shorter by adding to it?-—Short. Why is a queen like a book? —They both have pages. Why is a schoolmaster like a boy with one eye?—Because he always has a vacancy for one'pupil. If a man’s trousers had fifty patches what time would it be I—Time1 — Time he had a new pair. WHAT AM I? (Sent by Ethel Batley.) My first is in pink, but not in blue, My second is in rain, but not in dew, My third is in drown and also in sink, I have a bright head, yet cannot think. What am I?—A pin.