CONUNDRUMS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 7

CONUNDRUMS.

What kind of face should an auctioneer have ?—One that is for-bidd-ing. - When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it?— When he folds it. / What is that which nobody wants but .which nobody likes to lose?— A lawsuit. When may a person reasonably con'lemn his coffee?— When he has more than sufficient grounds. Why is a tattler very unlike a mirror?— Because the one speaks without reflecting-, the other reflects without speaking. Which would travel fastest, a man with one sack of flour on his back, or a man with two sacks ?—The man with two sacks,, as two-empty sacks would bo lighter than one sack of flour. j What relation is your uncle's brother to you if he is not your uncle?— Four father. Tom went out and his dog went with him; the dog went not before, nor behind, nor on one side of him; where .did'lib go?—On the other side. To what oyo is everything invisible? —To the eye of a potato. When is a man truly over head and ears in debt?— When ho is unable tc pay for his wig. Who sits with his- hat on before tfco king?—A coachman. Give me a word of three syllables which contains in itself 26 letters.— Alphabet. ' When is a young lady like a poads* er ?—When '^he^Sv,)*^^^^^^^^