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What are the most contented birds in the world? See answer

Crows, who never complain without caws. Hide

Why is last year like a ball game? See answer

Because it's pastime. Hide

What is the difference between a poor man and a feather bed? See answer

One is hard up and the other is soft down. Hide

What kind of ears does an engine have? See answer

Engineers. Hide

Why did the little moron eat bullets? See answer

He wanted his hair to come out in bangs. Hide

What is most useful when it is used up? See answer

An umbrella. Hide

Who is the man that always finds things dull? See answer

The scissors grinder. Hide

Can you prove that a piece of tablet paper is a lazy dog? See answer

A piece or tablet paper is an ink-lined plane; an inclined plane is a slope up; a slow pup is a lazy dog. Hide

Why is the letter D like a wedding ring? See answer

WE are never WED without it. Hide

What does Truman have first that Roosevelt had last and Lincoln didn't have at all? See answer

Letter T. Hide

What table has no legs? See answer

Timetable. Hide

What is the difference between a rain cloud and a child who hurts himself? See answer

One pours with rain and the other roars with pain. Hide

When is a bear most likely to enter your house? See answer

When the door is open. Hide

How does a sailor know there's a man in the moon? See answer

Because he went to sea. Hide

Why should a trolley passenger always carry a lunch? See answer

So he would have carfare. Hide

Where should a dressmaker build her house? See answer

On the outskirts of the city. Hide

Why is an island like the letter T? See answer

It's in the middle of water. Hide

Why does the ocean get cranky? See answer

Because so many people cross it. Hide

What nut is like a sneeze? See answer

Cashew. Hide

How would you find a dog who was lost in the woods? See answer

Listen for the bark on the trees. Hide

What stays hot no matter how long it's kept in the refrigerator? See answer

Pepper. Hide

What has twenty heads and still can't think? See answer

A book of matches. Hide

My first is almost all, so is my second, and also my whole. What word am I? See answer

Also. Hide

In what language should the last chapter of a book be written? See answer

Finnish. Hide

Why did the modest little moron go into the closet? See answer

To change his mind. Hide

What is the difference between a six-year-old girl and a postage stamp? See answer

One is a female and the other is a mail fee. Hide

Why is a calendar like a pudding? See answer

Because it's full of dates. Hide

There is a girl in a candy store who is five feet two inches tall and wears a size 10 shoe; what does she weigh? See answer

Candy. Hide

What did the mother sardine say to her baby when they saw a submarine? See answer

Don't be afraid; it's only a can of people. Hide

What men shave twenty times a day? See answer

Barbers. Hide

What was the first use for cowhide? See answer

Covering a cow. Hide

What kind of tools would you use to make toad stools? See answer

Toads' tools. Hide

A slender body, a tiny eye; no matter what happens, I never cry. Who am I? See answer

A needle. Hide

If you buy a quarter's worth of molasses, what do you want it for? See answer

A quarter. Hide

When does an automobile go exactly as fast as a train? See answer

When it's in the freight car. Hide

Why do boys have to go to school? See answer

Because school will not come to them. Hide

My first syllable is a farm animal, my second is the end of it, and my whole is something girls wear; what am I? See answer

Pigtail. Hide

Why did the little moron carry a kitchen clock instead of a watch? See answer

He wanted to have a big time. Hide

When is a baby not a baby? See answer

When it's a little cross. Hide

What can letter B do to a narrow road? See answer

Make it broad. Hide

What is something that we can all swallow and it can also swallow us? See answer

Water. Hide

What nut is a girl's name? See answer

Hazel. Hide

What nut lives at the seashore? See answer

Beechnut. Hide

What nut is a sneeze? See answer

Cashew. Hide

What nut is a large, strong box? See answer

Chestnut. Hide

What nut can you hang a picture on? See answer

Walnut. Hide

Why is a music teacher necessarily a good teacher? See answer

She is a sound instructor. Hide

When is a student hungriest? See answer

When he devours his books. Hide

When is the school flag not a flag? See answer

When it is aloft. Hide

When is a book page like a wheel? See answer

When it's turned. Hide

Why are fish well educated? See answer

Because they travel in schools. Hide

What must all pupils pay to go to school? See answer

They must all pay attention. Hide

What is the difference between a person late for the train and a teacher at a girls' school? See answer

One misses the train, the other one trains the misses. Hide