The Fun Corner

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 662, 14 October 1933, Page 8

The Fun Corner

Tickets, Please. Once when hy grandmother was out she left a Chinaman to look after the house, but while she was out some visitors came and the Chinaman said: "Nubody here, so get out, I tell you deres nobody herq,- so scoot." The people went away but when my grandmother came home she was shocked and told him he should have asked for their visiting cards. But ' when she went out next time and left him in charge again and visitors came, he said: "Tickets, please," the way a showman does, only much more ' sternly. A Meaty History Lesson. One day in school our form mistress asked th'e class what the remainder of the Parliament was called after Cromwell had dismissed most of the' members, and a boy answered "Hjndquarters, Miss," instead of Rump Parliament. Riddles. Question: Why should tailors' children be boiled. Answer: Because they are parsnips. Question: Wlhat is it that will eat but but as soon as it drinks it dies ? Answer: A fire. Question: When is a horse not a horse ? Answer: When it's led. Question: Should you say the yolk of the egg are white, or yolk of the ' egg is white ? Answer: Yolk of the egg is yellow. — Sent in by Tui. (Original.) Riddles. Question: What is the difference between a f-ace of a clock and a reptile? Answer: One is a clock's dial and the other is ' a croCodile. Question How much silk would it take to make a kangarooo a jumper ? Answer: None; a kangaroo is a jumper already. — Sent in hy Marigold. A Beginner's Lluck. A man had just had his first game of golf and returned to the clubhouse flushed- with pride. "What was your score?" asked a fellow member. "Seventy-two," replied the novice. "Seventy-two? That's jolly good!" "It's not so bad,' 'agreed the novice, "but I'm hoping to do better at the second hole." Smart Deduction. Teacher: "When was the Magna Carta signed, Billy?" Billy: "At a quarter past twelve." Ieacher: "How do you make that out?" Billy: "Well, .it sa.ys that it was signed in 1215 (12.15). — Sent in by Rohin Hood. The National Emblem. Teacher: "Now, Billy, what is Australia bounded hy?" Betty: "Ivangaroos." Popularity. Dick: "Yes, my brother always gets a warm reeeption wherever he goes." Jack. "Really! He must be popular." Dick: "It isn't that; he's a fireman."