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1. Riddles

   

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   1. Q. What can you sleep on, eat, and brush your teeth with?
   A. A bed, a bun, and a tooth-brush.

   2. Q. What can you see every day yet you never saw before?
   A. A dog's tail. It is always behind.

   3. Q. Why does a bell ring in towers each evening?
   A. Because somebody pulls the rope.

   4. Q. When is there a difference between a lady and her looking-glass?
   A. When the one talks without reflecting and the other reflects without taking.

   5. Q. When does a man impose upon himself?
   A. When he taxes his memory.

   6. Q. What coloured letters do we eat?
   A. Green-peas.

   7. Q. Why is the sun like a good loaf?
   A. Because it is light when it rises.

   8. Q. Why are pretty women like dogs?
   A. They show their teeth but don't bite.

   9. Q. Why is your nose in the middle of your face?
   A. It's the scenter.

   10. Q. Why is a pullet crossing the road, like a robbery with violence?
   A. It's a fowl proceeding.

   11. Q. Why is it that we have never known a whole day?
   A. Because every day begins by breaking.

   12. Q. Why does a Railway Clerk. punch a hole in your return tickets.
   A. To let you pass through.

   13. Q. When relating a story what letter of the alphabet shoud be avoided?
   A. The letter S. because it makes the tale stale.

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