The Fun Corner

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 638, 16 September 1933, Page 7

The Fun Corner

A Restaurant Egg. A middle-aged bachelor was in a restaurant .at breakfast when he noticed this inscription on his egg: — "To whom it may concern: Should this meet the eye of some young man who desires to marry a farmer's daughter, eighteen years of age, kindly communicate with ." After reading this, he made haste to write to the :girl, offering marriage, and in .a few days received this: — "Your note came too late. I have been married five months to-day!" Not Its Shin. "Ain't that cow got a loveiy coat, 'Erh ?" "Yes; it's a Jersey." "Jersey! Coo. I thought it was its ! skin." Good Enough for Him. Policeman. "Why do you salute me, i my hoy? I'm not your superior officer." i Boy Scout: "I know. I know that, j but you'll do to practise on." — Sent in hy Syringa, 15, Old = Taupo Road. Trains the Mind. Question: Why is an enginedriver j like a school teacher. | Answer: The ehginedriver minds the trains; and the other one trains ] the mind. Question: What has a tongue and cannot speak? Answer: A shoe. Rude to Auntie. "One day Auntie Emma came to >a house and the hoy said: "Please Ma, may I go to the circus," and she said: "Why go to the circus when Auntie Emma is here." Sent in by Mickey Mouse, Easson Street. Humorous Advertisements. Lost. — A pen by a man half full of j ink. j Lost. — A bike by a girl with'out a seat.

For Sale. — A table by a lady witn carved legs. , Lost. — A parcel by poor lad tied | up in brown paper and white string. } Riddles. Question: Why does a donkey prefer thistle to corn? Answer: Because he is1 an ass. Question: What key is the hardest t0 turn. Answer. A donkey. —Sent in by Tom Thumb, Herewini Street. More Losts. Lost. — A brown handhag by a lady with a chain handle. ^ Lost.— A 'goodd woollen purse by a girl with a zip fastener. i Wanted. — An organist and a boy to blow same. i Wanted. — A boy to be partly outside and partly bebind the counter. — Sent in by Violet, Herewini St. Riddles. Question: Why can a horse never starve ? Answer: Because it always has a bit in its mouth. Question: What are the most difficult ships to conquer. Answer: Hardships. — Sent in by Marigold, 9, Lytton Quite Comfortable, Thanks! lEmployer (to applicant for job as office boy) : And, my boy, have you ( been well hrought up? Cheerful Applicant: Yes, thanks, sir. I came up in the lift. A Donkey for Sale. A man had a donkey for. sale and happOned to htar that . one of his frlends was wanting one. He therefore wrote as follows: — "If you are looking for a really good donkey, don't forget me." H,e Did His Best. Customer: My hair seems to be falling out lately. Can you give me something to keep it in? jBarber (anxious to please): Certainly, my dear sir, here's a nice little box for you. Question: What orders do soldiers like? ' Answer. Postal orders. Question: When is a window like st&r ? Answer. — When it is a skylight. -—Sent in by Wh'irlwind, Lytton St. The Cleanest Letter. Question: • Which is the cleanest letter in the alphabet? Answer: H, because it is always in the midst of washing. —Sent in by Pirate, Un'ion St. Riddles. •Question: Why are sheep the most dissipated animals ? Answer: Beoause they are always ( ' on the turf, even the little ones gam- j f bol, and there are many blacklegs. ) ' Question: What is it that remams 1 hot after cold water is poured over it? Answer: Mustard. Question What is it that never was, never is, and always will he? ' Answer: To-morrow. • Question: Who bad the first euI trance into a theatre? ) Answer. Joseph, when he was taken } from the family circle and put in the pit. — Sent !in hy Red Rose, 13, Union Street. Quiclc Work. The American and Pat had met once more ahd as usual their favourite conversation led to the American boasting of his experiences. Ue was telling Pat how fast they ! put up buildings in America. I 'For instance, he said, you see that , 70-storey building .over there: well, ■that was started three months ago ' and was completed yesterday. ( j That's prety good, said Pat. But i 'do you know, that a while back I 1' remember a row of houses being started, one morning when I was on ' my way to work and when I came hbrne that night they were turning tenants out for back yent.