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What rises from the ground yet never moves?—A mountain. Why is a window a queer thing? - Because you cm throw a dirty stone clean through it. What night is the longest in the whole year? A fortnight. Why would a sparrow be angry if you called it a pheasant?—Because you would be making game of it. What business never progresses? - The stationery business. Why is a shoemaker unfortunate ? - Because all his work is trodden on. What is neither right nor fair? A black man’s left foot.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 11
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87RIDDLES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 11
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