FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 22 April 1909, Page 638

FAMILY FUN

When is a pie like a poet? — When it is Browning. Why is a pig's tail lilce the letter X? — Because it is the end of pork. Why is the letter V like a young spendthrift ?— Because it makes pa pay. Why is a schoolmistress like the letter C ? — Because she forms lasses into classes. Why is your shadow like a false friend? — Because it only follows you in sunshine. Why is a banker's clerk necessarily well informed? — Because he is continually taking notes. What is the difference between the North and South Poles? — All the difference in the world. Which is easier to spell — fiddle-de-dee or fiddle-de-dum? The former, because it is spelt -with more e's. Son : ' Pa, why does he say his head is as clear as. a liell?' Pa: 'Because there is nothing in it but his tongue.' Why are the complaints of married people like the ■waves upon the shore? — Because they are the murmurs of -the tied (tide). Why are. photographers the most uncivil of all tradesmen ?— Because when you ask for a photograph they begin with a negative.