RIDDLES.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 21, 9 December 1927, Page 15

RIDDLES.

_-_- Why is a man stronger than a horse? --Because he carries two buildings, two trees, two animals, four fishes, and a bird. ‘The two buildings are the two temples, the two trees are the two palms, ‘the two animals are the two calves, the four fishes are the two soles and (h)eels, ‘and the bird is the swallow. An apple on a tree, a bird .on the apple. How can you get the apple ‘without disturbing the bird? Answer.-Just keep quiet and wait | till the bird flies away. If you put the kettle on at four o'clock, what time would it boil for tea? Never, but the water in it would boil very quickly if the fire was good. If a goose weighs seven pounds and half its own weight how much does it weigh?-Fourteen pounds, What is the resemblance between a thought, a sigh, a motor-car, and a donkey? Answer.-A thought is "idea;" a sigh is "oh, dear"; a motor-car is "too dear"; and a donkey is you, dear!