RIDDLE POT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 185, 12 July 1940, Page 6

RIDDLE POT

Two boys fell down a chimney. One was covered in soot and the other was quite clean, and the clean one went and washed himself , and the dirty one didn't. How was that? Answer: The dirty one saw the clean, and the clean one saw the dirty one and thought he was dirty., so he went and washed himself. Why is a girl's .jumper like a banana skin? —Both arc easy to slip on. I ! Why is a waiter like a racehorse? I —He runs for cups, plates and j stiakes. I Why is a boy being caned like a I milkmaid's eye?— Both arc beneath the lash. Who drives their customers away and yet lceeji them?—A bus-driver. Why is the letter G never short? —T3ccau.sc it ahvaj r s ends long. On Avhat fish does a tired bird rest?- —Perch. Why is a carpet to be pitied?— Because it is always being trodden on and often beaten. Why is your mother like a fish? —Because she is such a good sour (sole) of course. When is ihe sun like a jelly?— When it sets, of course. A Riddle in Rhyme. In church, but not in steeple, rit priest, but not in people, In tapper, put not in bell, in oyster, but not in shell. Answer: The letter R,