7 "XN Ma CONUNDRUMS. 832. Why is a trick of legerdemain like declining an offer or marriage ?— Because it is a slight of hand. 833. When is your tocth not a tooth ?—When it’s a-king (aching). 334, When are two apples alike ?—When they're pared (paired). 335. What is the difference between an auction and sea-sickness ? —One is a sale of effects: the otber is the effects of a sar. 336. Why is a colt like an egg?—Because it’s of no use till it’s broken. 337. Why is a bad epigram like a uscless pencil ?—Because it has no point. 388. When is water like fat ?—-When it’s dripping. 389. Why is a good wife always worth five shillings ?—Because she is a “crown to her husband.†340. Why is a bed-cover like a blister ?—Because it’s a counter- pane (pain). 341. When is a nosegay literary? —~ When it’s @ book—eh? (bouquet). 342. When do you shorten your journey by going out of the way to cross the water ?—When you a-dridge it. 3438. What sweetmeat do you get by slamming a door on your fingers ?—Jam. 344, - Why is @ tale-beorer like a bricklayer ?—Because he raises stories. 345. Why are the fixed stars like old rakes? — Because they scintillate (sin till late). 346. Why may carpenters believe there is no such thing as stone ?—Because they never saw it. 347. Why is an uncut leg of bacon like the Prince of Denmark in a soliloquy ?—It is ham let alone (Hamlet alone). 348. Why do the Irish make better sailors than the Welsh ?— Because they prefer a sham rock to a leak. 349. Who is the most tender-hearted man in any town?-—-The Crier, because he will cry for a shilling. 350. Why was it just that the Pope was divested of his temporal power ?—Because it takes four crowns to make a sovereign, and he has only three. 351. Why would tying a slow horse to a post seem to improve his pace ?—Because it would make him fast. 352. Why does wit resemble a Chinese lady’s foot ?—Because brevity is the soul (sole) of wit. 353. Why is a stupid fellow beaten in the street like a pickled donkey ?—He is ass-salted (assaulted). 19 oe