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What is the difference between a gossip and a mirror?— One speaks Without reflecting; the other reflects without speaking. Why should tortoises be pitied?— Because their's is a hard case. Why is a mouse like a hayrick? —Because the cat'll (cattle) eat it. What tree, beheaded, becomes an animal?—B-«x. Why should you always stand when wearing a lilk dress?— Because silk is never satin. What, weed is: like a rent in a garden?—A tare. When is an •original idea like a clock?— When it strikes one. Why is picking a pocket like paint ing?—lt is a work of. art, requiring great skill and delicacy of touch. What is taken from you before j*ou get it?— Photograph. Why is an alligator a most deceitful animal?— Because it takes* you in with an open countenance. When does a waiter resemble a racehorse?— When he runs for cups, j plates, and steaks (stakes). When are broken bones useful?— When they begin to knit. Wlfat. is the best time for laying crazy paving?— When the weather is balmj*.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 51, 26 February 1943, Page 6
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176RIDDLE POT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 51, 26 February 1943, Page 6
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