Joseph Leeming - Riddles, Riddles, Riddles. Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!

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I hope that you, dear reader, will find them just as fresh.Oddly enough, hardly anyone seems to know the difference between a riddle and a conundrum. A riddle is a question to which the answer, while unexpected, is pretty straightforward. For example: What can be heard and caught but never seen? The answer is: A remark.Conundrums, on the other hand, are based on double meanings or plays on words. Hundreds of these puns are so outrageous that they would make the shaggiest of shaggy dogs howl, tear up the ground with his paws, and run away and hide for shame. An example of a not-too-shaggy kind would be: What is the difference between a mouse and a pretty girl? The answer: One harms the cheese, the other charms the hes.Independent research, however, has shown that really shaggy conundrums split more sides than do cautious ones!Riddles and conundrums are a kind of puzzle, and the answers to many of them can be figured outafter a while. In this book they are told mostly just for fun, and for this reason, the answers are printed right beneath the riddles.

It is easier for the reader than looking for the answers in a separate section in the back of the book, and it is done because most people would rather laugh at the answers right away than try to puzzle them out. WHATS WHAT? 1 What kind of shoes are made out of banana skins? Slippers. 2 What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It never eats. 3 What colors would you paint the sun and the wind? The sun rose and the wind blue. 4 What would happen if a girl should swallow her teaspoon? She wouldnt be able to stir. 5 What is the easiest thing for a stingy man to part with? A comb. 7 What most resembles half a cheese? The other half. 8 What is never of any use unless it is in a tight place? A cork. 9 What, besides a good rule, works both ways? A ferry boat. 10 What ship has two mates but no captain? Courtship. 11 What do all ships weigh, regardless of their size? Their anchors. 12 What mans business is best when things are dullest? A knife-sharpener. 13 What is always filled when it is used and empty when at rest? A shoe. 14 What becomes higher when the head is off? A pillow. 15 What is sure to go out the tighter it is locked in? A fire. 16 What coat is put on only when it is wet? A coat of paint. 17 What can be a speaking likeness and yet is dumb? A photograph. 18 What man can raise things without lifting them? A farmer. 19 To what man does everyone always take off his hat? The barber. 20 What tongue can wag and yet never utter a word? The tongue of your shoe. 21 What does everyone take off last when going to bed? His feet from the floor. 22 What may have wings, yet not fly? A house. 23 What kind of boat is like a knife? A cutter. 24 What musical instrument has the best character? A piano, because it may be grand, upright or square. 25 What keeps the moon in place? Its beams. 26 What liquid is like the load a freight ship carries? Gasoline, because it makes the car go. 27 Why is the Senate like a book? Because it has so many pages. 28 What time is it when a pie is divided among four hungry boys? A quarter to one. 29 What cord is always full of knots, not one of which can be untied? A cord of wood. 30 What kind of clothing lasts the longest? Underwear, because it is never worn out. 31 What is the keynote of good manners? B natural. 32 What kind of noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster. 33 What is the right kind of lumber for castles in the air? Sunbeams. 34 What is the highest pleasure you can think of? Riding in an airplane. 35 What is smaller than an ants mouth? What the ant eats. 36 What American has had the largest family? George Washington, who was the father of his country. 37 What insect does a blacksmith manufacture? He makes the fire-fly. 38 What did the blind man say to the policeman when the policeman said he would arrest him if he didnt move on? Id just like to see you do it. 39 What do you call a boy who eats all the apples he can get, whether they are green or old? He is what we might call a pains-talking youngster. 40 What is the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of a nose. 41 What is the highest building in New York? The Public Library has the most stories. 42 What does a hen do when it stands on one leg? Lifts up the other leg. 43 What is the most indigestible meal you can eat? Bolt the door and tuck in the sheets. 44 What part of a fish weighs the most? The scales. 45 What is the best way to keep goats from smelling? Cut off their noses. 46 What man has eyes in the back of his head? The man whose hindsight is better than his foresight. 47 What do you think is the greatest feat of eating ever known? The one in which the man began by bolting a door, threw up a window, and then sat down and swallowed a story whole. 48 What game do the waves like to play? Pitch and toss. 49 What geometrical figure represents a lost parrot? Polygon (polly gone). 50 What is the best thing to make in a hurry? Haste. 51 What should you do if you split your sides laughing? Run fast until you get a stitch in them. 52 What kind of money do girls like the most? Matrimony. 53 What is the most difficult key to turn? A donkey. 54 What is there about a yardstick that is very remarkable? Though it has no head nor tail, it has a foot at each end and another foot in the middle. 55 What good quality does the North Pole remind you of? Justice (just ice). 56 What makes the ocean angry? It has been crossed so many times. 57 What is the best thing to put into pies? Your teeth. 58 What makes more noise than a pig caught under a fence? Two pigs. 59 What is worse than finding a worm in an apple? Finding half a worm. 60 What great benefit is there in a paper of pins? It has a lot of good points. 61 What word is usually pronounced wrong, even by the best of scholars? Wrong, of course. 62 What question is it to which you positively must answer yes? What does Y-E-S spell? 63 What roof never keeps out the wet?