FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

What lock requires the attention of a physician ? Lock-jaw. What have you to expect at a hotel ? Inn-atten-tion. What is the worst seat a, man can. sit on ? Selfconceit. Who always sits with his hat on before the queen ? Her coachman. Why is a hive like a spectator at a show ? Because it is a bee-holder. Why are ships called she ? Because they always keep a man on the lookout. What is the finest ship in the world ? "Friendship. Why is a proud woman -like a music book ? Because she is full of airs. Why cannot a deaf man be legally convicted ? Be- . cause it is unlawful to convict a man without a hear- . ing. Why~~is a clock the most modest piece of furniture ? ' Because it covers its face with itp hands and runs down its own works. What is the sun's trade ? A tanner. • What is the difference between a farmer and a dressmaker ? One sews wljat she gathers and the other gathers what he sows. % If a man bumped his head against the top of a room, what article of stationery would he be supplied with ? Ceiling whacks (sealing wax). * Why are stout gentlemen prone to melancholy ? Because they are men of size (sighs). • • W^y is a melancholy young lady the pleasantest of all companions ? Because she is always a-musing. Why are parliamentary reports called * Blue Books 1 ? Beeause-they are never (re(a)d.