‘Tis the season of jokes and trivia: What has a head and tail and is brown but has no legs? What is Britain’s oldest recorded town? Who was the first UK Prime Minister? What is placed on the table, cut and passed but not eaten? Answers: 1. A penny. 2. Colchester. 3. Robert Walpole 1721.Continue reading “The Aftermath”
Category Archives: Riddle
Oceans of the World
Carole: “Clarice, how do you cut an ocean in two?” Clarice: “Ok Carole, how do you cut an ocean in two?” Carole: “You use a sea-saw, of course!”
Riddleday
Eddie: Tell me Mary, what is more foolish than sending coals to Newcastle? Mary: OK Eddie, tell me the answer. Eddie: Sending milk to Cowes, of course. Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles with a Few Thrown In” published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
Ask Me a Riddle
John B: “OK Linda and Steve, which is the smallest bridge in the World?” Linda: “Go on John, tell us”. John B: “It’s the bridge of the nose!” Source: Another Victorian Riddle from the book: “A Thousand and One Riddles – With a Few Thrown In”, published by George Routledge and Sons, Limited, London.
A Riddle
Brian: “Clare, what is the difference between a mare and an egg?” Clare: “Hmm, what is the difference Brian?” Brian: “A mare is a she gee-gee but an egg is an ‘e gee-gee“. Source: Another Victorian Riddle from the book: “A Thousand and One Riddles – With a Few Thrown In”, published by George RoutledgeContinue reading “A Riddle”
A Riddle
Question: Why is “I” the luckiest of all the vowels? Answer: Because it is the centre of bliss, while “E” is in hell and all the others are in purgatory. Source: Another Victorian Riddle from the book: “A Thousand and One Riddles – With a Few Thrown In”, published by George Routledge and Sons, Limited,Continue reading “A Riddle”
