RIDDLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1922, Page 10

RIDDLES.

What is the difference between an accepted and a rejected lover? —The one kisses his misses, and the other misses his kisses.

Why are pretty girls like fireworks? —Because they soon go off. Why are good resolutions like fainting ladies? —Because they want carrying put. -Why are lovers like apples?—'Because they are often paired (pared). Why is first love like a. potato?—Because it shoots from the eyes and becomes all the less by pairing (paring).

Which age do most girls wish to attain ? —Marri-age. What kind of men. do women like best ?—Husband-men.

What ties two people together, yet touches one?—A wedding-ring. Why should a man never marry a woman named Ellen? —Because by doing so he rings his own Nell (knell).

Why is the bridegroom more expensive than the bride ?—Because the bride is given away, while the bridegroom is usually sold. Why are ladies like bells? —Because you never know what metal they att» made of until you ring them. What money lasts longest when you get it?—Matrimony. Why is matrimony like a besieged city? —Because those who are in it wish to be out, and those who are out wish to be in.

Why are some women like facts? — Because they are stubborn things. Why are rough seats like domineering wives ? —Because they wear the breeches.

Why are husband and wife ten, instead of one?—Because the wife is number one, and the husband goes for nought. What miss is always making blunders?—Mistake.

What miss plays more tricks than ft monkey?—Mischief. .

What miss is that whose company no one wants ?—Misfortune.

What miss occasions a great many quarrels ?—Misunderstanding. What miss has ruined thousands?— Mismanagement.

What is that which ladies look for, and never wish to find? —A hole in their stocking.

What is that which a man nearly always wears in his sleep, frequently takes off, and never puts on again?— His beard.

Why is a new-born baby like a gale of wind?—Because it begins with a squall. When is a baby not a, baby? —When it is a little duck.

Why is ah infant like a diamond? — Because it is a dear little thing. "When is a soldier like a baby? —When he is in arms.

When is butter like Irish children? — When it 'is made into little Pats.

Why is a church clock often like a little boy receiving a beating ?—Because its hands move over its face. Why is a boy like a potato?—Because they both wear jackets. Why is the earth like a School blackboard? —Because the children of njen multiply over the face of it. Why does a ladies’ school, out for a walk, resemble the notes of a flute? — Because it goes two,, two, two, two (toot-oot-oot-bot). What tree is a lady’s name?—Olive. When do young ladies eat a musical instrument? —When they have a piano-for-ten.. Why is a four-quart jug like a. ladies’ side-saddle? —Because it holds a gallon.