FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 19, 14 May 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Why is ' o ' the noisiest of all the vowels ? Because you can't make a horr:d, loud noise without it, while all the others are dn audible. Why can you never expect a fishmonger to bo generous ? Because his business makes him seh iish. Why should , an owl be offended at your calling him a pheasant ? Because you would be making game of Him. What 'is that which is black, white, and re-d all over, which shows some people to be green, and makes others look black and blue ? A newspaper. What is that from which you can take away the whole amd yet have some left ? The word ' wholesome. ' When is it easiest to steal a wa.tch ? When at is off its guard. ' What word becomes shorter by adding two letters to it'? The word ' short.' On which side of a jug is the handle ? The outside. What is that which we never borrow, yet often return V- Thanks. When is an umbrella like a person convalescent ? W'hetf it is recovered. W r hat coat is finished without buttons and put on wet ? A coat of paint. What is that which has neither flesh nor blood, yet has four fingers andi a thumb ? A glove. Why is a historical event like a parcel untied and tied again ? Because it is recorded. Why does an aching tooth impose silence on the sufferer ? Because it makes, him hold his jaw. What is it that no one wishes to have, and yet ■when he has it does not wish to lose? A bald head. . „,,., Where was Adam going when he was m his thirtyninth year ? Into his fortieth.