The Fun Corner

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 596, 29 July 1933, Page 8

The Fun Corner

Teacher: "One from two leaves — ?" Johnnie: "I don't know, miss." Teacher: "Well, liere are two oranges. Suppose I say to Willie, 'You may have one of these.' What would be left?" Johnnie: "The littlest one!" Made it Lighter. An Irishman sent his brother in London his old, heavy overcoat. With the parcel he sent the folowing note: "Dear Pat,— I am sending you my old overcoat. To make it lighter, I have cut the buttons off. "P.S. — You will find the buttons in the inside pocket." Did It Herself. Teacher: "Who helped you with this arithmetic, Betty?" Betty: "No one, Miss." Teacher: "Did your sister help you ? " Bstty: "No, Miss; she did it all herself." -Q: Who can go in the church as two and come out as one? A: A man and wife. (Original.) (Sent in by Gurly Locks, Pukuatua Street. Very Small. Tom: When I was shipwrecked I had to live on a tin of sardines for a week. Jim to Tom: Gosh! You must have been small. (Sent in by Tom Burton, Ranolf St.) RIDDLES • Question: What is the difference he. tween a rejected' lover and a devoted • husband. j Answer: One misses the kisses and the i other kisses the missus.

Question: Which is the right side of a wedding cake? Answer. The side that has been eaten, because the other is left. Question: What beats a good wife? Answer: A bad husband. Question: Why are pretty girls like fireworks ? Answer: Because they .go off. (Sent in Alfred the Great, Pukuatua Street.) Question: Why is the sun cruel? Answer: Because it tans so many women. Question: When should . you lose temper? Answer: When it is a bad temper. Question: Why is a king like a book? Answer: Beca.use he has pages. Question: When is a smack like a hat? Answer: When it's felt. Question: What is the difference between one yard and two yards? Answer: A fence. Question: On which side of th'e jug is the handle ? Answer: On the outside. (Sent in by Fairy Sunlight, Pukuatua Street.) Question: When do you have breakfast hefore you get up? Answer: When you have a roll and a turn-over in bed. Question. What is it that the more you dry, the wetter it becomes. Answer: A towel. Question: What is it that the moi'e you take away from it the larger it grows. Answer: A ho'a. A Daughter's Criticism. A lady was singing at a charity concert, and the audience insisted upon hearing her song a second time. Her little daughter was present, and on being asked how her mamma. had sung, she replied. "Very badly, for ; they made her do it all over again." | (Sent in by Peppercorn, Ngongotaha.) Not Worrying. I Two little boys had gone fishing and were late home. "Dorothy," said Mother to their sister, "you will have to look for them." "I don't want to go; it's1- too far," objected Dorothy. "Oh, but you must. They may have been drqwned." Dorothy: Then I will h'avei had all that long walk for nothing. (Sent in by Red Riding Hood.) Left Behind. Pat (running after the train he had missed) : "Stop, ye bally ould injin. Stop! You've a passenger on board who's left behind." (Sent in by Slippery, Malfroy Rd.) Question: Why did the fly fly? Answer: Because the spider spider (spied her). Toolc a Penny. A little boy bad been taught only to take one cake off the plate, so one day his mother sent him to Sunday School for the first time and when he came home- he said to his mother: { "Mother, when th'e plate came round I only took one penny." And the good lady1 nearly fainted. (Sent in by Frances Clay, Meade Street.)