RIDDLES.
What is the difference between an honest and a dishonest laundress? — One irons your linen the other steals i r . (steels). llow does a sailor know there is a man in the moon?—He has been to sea (see). Why is a baker a most improvident person ? — Because he is continually selling that which he kneads (needs). Why is the isthmus of Suez like the first "u" in cucumber? Because it is between two seas (c’s). (Copied) Sent by, "Flanders Poppy"
What is it that stands all day oft one leg and has its heart in its head? —A cabbage. / What is it that turns without moving?—Cream. What is the difference between a hill and a pill?—One is hard lo get up and the other is hard to get down. Why is the inside of a Jug mysterious?—Because you can’t make it out. What country expresses sorrow?— Wales (wails). (Sent by Maud Collett.X
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Waikato Times, Volume 115, Issue 19272, 2 June 1934, Page 15 (Supplement)
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