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hsif isn't a big enough hint
oh, helen; I'm sorry, but that's just too funny, coming from you. how about fhis?
excuse me while i scrape the egg off my face-- or should i say roe?
Thanks, Rodward. I was also reminded of that Punch cartoon, although my memory of the caption was "I keep thinking it's Thursday."
What do you get if you cross an Italian?
A Spanish one:
What is black outside and green inside?
A catholic priest full of lettuce
An English one:
When a door is not a door?
when it’s ajar
<<When a door is not a door?>>
And when is adore not ajar?
Why didn't the cannibals eat the clown?
He tasted funny!
Here, now, from a book in my 19th Century schoolhouse published in 1829, "The Boy's Own Book' -- out of a chapter therein entitled "The Riddler" which features charades, conundrums, enigmas, rebusses, anagrams, and logogriphs are the following selections (I'll come back and edit in the answers in white in a day or so, 'cause I think you'll want a real shot at solving these...good luck!):
Enigma 1.
"Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest,
And the depths of the ocean its presence confess'd;
Twill be found in the sphere, when 'tis riven asunder;
'Tis seen in the lightening, and heard in the thunder;
'Twas alloted to man from his earliest breath,
It assists at his birth, and attends him in death;
Presides o'er his happiness, honor, and health,
Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth;
In the heap of the miser 'tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost in his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
It prays with the hermit, with monarchs is crown'd;
Without it the soldier and seaman may roam,
But wo to the wretch that expels it from home;
In the whispers of conscience 'tis sure to be found,
Nor e'en in the whirlwind of passion is drown'd;
'Twill soften the heart, though deaf to the ear,
'Twill make it acutely and constantly hear;
But, in short, let it rest; like a beautiful flower,
(O! breathe on it softly,) it dies in an hour.
--Lord Byron (referred to in the chapter's introduction as "the late Lord Byron." Gads!)
Answer:
And I thought this next might be fun for a certain well-known presence of the Board!
Conundrum: Why is the statute book like the Grecian army before Troy? Helen?
Answer:
And here's a classic Wordsmith conundrum: (actually there's a few of these that look like direct-to-Anu for AWADmail consideration material, but I have to get at least one out first, I can't wait!)
Conundrum: What word of ten letters can be spelled with five?
Answer:
Enigma:
A word of four syllables seek till you find,
That has in it the twenty-four letters combin'd.
Answer:
Have fun! There's plenty more where these came from...
And when is adore not ajar?
I'll think about it and meanwhile, what has four wheels and flies?
what has four wheels and flies?
(Waving hand madly in air -e to signify) : "I know! I know!"
A garbage wagon!
A garbage wagon!
You won!
But only the second prize.
I'll send to Of Troy her wagon and to you the assorted flies.
Don't worry, no Spanish fly there.
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