Riddles
When are soldiers not soldiers?— When they are mustered (mustard).
What is a button?—A small event that is always coming off. Why is a vessel a polite thing?— Because it always advances with a bow.
What is the difference between a toadstool and a mushroom?—lf you eat a mushroom and you die it was a toadstool, and if you eat a toadstool and you live it was a mushroom. What trade is that whose best works are trampled under foot?— Bootmaking.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21035, 10 February 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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