Riddles
Which is the best ship?—Friendship. • * * • When does a knife travel?—When it goes through Turkey and Greece. a * * * What turns yet never moves?— Milk (turns sour). a * * a What can go up the chimney down, yet can’t come down the chimney up? —An umbrella. a a a * Why is it hard to get honey in 3ritain? —Because there is only one bee (B) in Britain. • a a a A man had a fox, a cabbage, and a goose. He wanted to cross a river and he had a small dinghy, but could only take one at a time. How did he manage it? Answer.—The goose first, the fox second, which he put down immediately, picking up the goose and taking it back with him. Placing the goose down, he picked up the cabbage, took that over, and then went back and got the goose. —Sent by Peter Curphey.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21206, 31 August 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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148Riddles Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21206, 31 August 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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