Riddles
What has a tongue but cannot speak?—A boot. What has eyes but cannot see?—A potato. • • * * What has ears yet cannot hear?— An ear of corn. * * * * Why is twice ten like twice eleven? —Because, twice ten is twenty, and twice eleven is twenty-two too. ••' V * Why does a donkey prefer thistles to corn?—Because he's an ass. What mountains are never still?— The Rockies. Why did the soap-box?—Because it saw the picket-fence. • What is the difference between a cook and a steam-roller?—One stones the jam and the other jams the stones. Why are tall people more lazy than short ones?—Because they are always longer in bed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)
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105Riddles Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)
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