Category: Humour
A taste for guessing puzzles and enigmas is coeval with the race. The early Greeks were extremely fond of such intellectual exercises, and they are found in the language of all civilized nations. One of the brightest forms of these puzzles is that of the conundrum, the answer...
A taste for guessing puzzles and enigmas is coeval with the race. The early Greeks were extremely fond of such intellectual exercises, and they are found in the language of all...
2. Part 2What is the difference between a pitcher of water and a man throwing his wife over a bridge? One is water in the pitcher, the other is pitch her in the water.
3. Part 3What is the difference between a bee-hive and a bad potato? None. One is a bee-holder; a bee-holder is a speck’d ’tatur, and a speck’d ’tatur is a bad potato.
4. Part 4I am the first, and one of seven, I live betwixt the seas and heaven; Look not below, for I am not there, My home is in the ancient air. Come to my second, behold how fair I am,...
5. Part 5The following is a good sell if properly led up to: Who was the first man? Adam? Who was the first woman? Eve. Who killed Cain? The answer will very likely be Abel.
6. Part 6Suppose it were possible for a man in Cincinnati to start on Sunday noon, when the sun is in the meridian, and travel westward with the sun so that it might be in his meridian a...