Conundrums
Dec. 26th, 2013 03:45 pmWhat trade is the King?
A cabinet maker.
What trade is the sun ?
A tanner.
Which of the King's subjects is allowed to sit before him
with his hat on?
His coachman.
Why is a tallow chandler the most wicked as well as the most unfortunate man ?
All his works are wicked, and all his wicked works are brought to light.
A lady asked a gentleman his age. His answer was, "What you do in every thing?
Excel, XL. (forty)
Why is a proud lady like a music book ?
She is full of airs.
What is highest without a head?
A pillow.
What is that which goes from London to York without once
moving ?
The road.
My first's a lie, my second's a lie, my whole is an emblem of innocence.
A lily.
What is that which a coach cannot go without, and still
of no use to it?
Noise.
Why is a nail drove home to the ¡head like an old man?
Because it's in-firm.
Why is a thief that is breaking in at the top of a house like an honest man?
Because he is above, doing a bad action.
(Courtesy of the Colonial Times, 1830)
A cabinet maker.
What trade is the sun ?
A tanner.
Which of the King's subjects is allowed to sit before him
with his hat on?
His coachman.
Why is a tallow chandler the most wicked as well as the most unfortunate man ?
All his works are wicked, and all his wicked works are brought to light.
A lady asked a gentleman his age. His answer was, "What you do in every thing?
Excel, XL. (forty)
Why is a proud lady like a music book ?
She is full of airs.
What is highest without a head?
A pillow.
What is that which goes from London to York without once
moving ?
The road.
My first's a lie, my second's a lie, my whole is an emblem of innocence.
A lily.
What is that which a coach cannot go without, and still
of no use to it?
Noise.
Why is a nail drove home to the ¡head like an old man?
Because it's in-firm.
Why is a thief that is breaking in at the top of a house like an honest man?
Because he is above, doing a bad action.
(Courtesy of the Colonial Times, 1830)
