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Riddles Worth Asking

If two apples make a pair what do two apples, a pear and a banana make ? A fruit salad. * * • • Why is a father taking his boy into a cave like snow? Because they both disappear with the sun (son). * * * • When are people like nails? When they are in doors. * * * * Why is a good speaker like a pin? Because lie has a good head and always comes to a point. * * * * Where did Tell stand when he shot the apple from his son's head? On his feet. Why are soldiers very tired at the beginning of April? Because they have just finished thirty-one days of March. What country has only one “E” in each word. Ceylon, because it is the land of Cingalese .single E's). What is always in a hole? A coal-mine. What is the biggest door in the world ? Labrador.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19390218.2.128.26.7

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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)

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143

Riddles Worth Asking Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)

Riddles Worth Asking Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)

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