Conundrums for Christmas.
Wrick is.the largest room in the world ?'- The room for improvement. When does a (lea become a grasshopper ? When it is let loose in a meadow, . .'■■. ■When is it that a person ought not to keep his temper?-When it is a bad one. Why should a Humane Society's man be a pet with the ladies?— Because he's a'nice man (an ice man). When is a lover like a weary traveller in London ?—When he takes a buss. . "'' Why is a coachman the most ungrateful of servants ?—Because he turns his back Wilis', master. ' ..-.'■',
What is the difference between a bee and a donkey ?—One has the honey, the other lias the whacks,
Why might a duck feel offended at being called a pheasant?— Because it would be making game of it., . . , What is the difference between a church organist and the influenza ?-One stops the nose, and the other knows the stops.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 958, 24 December 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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155Conundrums for Christmas. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 958, 24 December 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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