249.pictorial puzzle
249.pictorial puzzle
249.
250. When are politicians particularly sweet?
251. Why is my inkstand like the leaning tower of Pisa?
252. When does a temperance lecturer say a grammar lesson?
(Fill the blanks with the same word reversed.)
253. By a machine many —— can be made from one ——.
254. Marks of an —— are often found in ——.
255. My first is an abbreviated name for a young lady; my second comes from the large end of a dog, runs up a tree, and floats on the sea; my whole is required of all persons in time of war, before they leave for a foreign land.
256. When is a fish a rod?
257.
I am as black as black can be,Yet by a curious fantasy,See my tracings, when time has fled,You’ll find them black, though often red.
I am as black as black can be,Yet by a curious fantasy,See my tracings, when time has fled,You’ll find them black, though often red.
I am as black as black can be,
Yet by a curious fantasy,
See my tracings, when time has fled,
You’ll find them black, though often red.
258. What is that which strikes itself frequently, and yet does itself no injury?
259. Why are different trees like different dogs?
260. What is the difference between a chemist and an alchemist?
261. Why is a tree like a French dancing-master?
262. Why is a mouse like grass?
263. Why are some kinds of pigeons like drinking-glasses?
264. If a bushel of potatoes comes to $1, what will a horse come to?
265. What is that which burns to keep a secret?
266. Why is a tallow-chandler one of the most sinful and unfortunate of men?
267. Why does a man in paving the streets correct the public morals?
268. Why is an obstinate man like a mastiff?
269. How does the wood-cutter invite the tree to fall?