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RIDDLE
WHAT HAS TEETH BUT CAN'T BITE?
-- A COMB
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS IN THE DORMITORY AT U OF D.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PRIVATIONAL CONTRADICTIVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
RIDDLE
WHICH BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY.
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
JOKE
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THERE (CEMETERY)
ARE DEAD?"
-- ALL OF THEM.
Submitter comment: TOLD WHILE PASSING A CEMETERY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS CAR
Keyword(s): DEAD DEATH CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): STOREY STORY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PUBLIC BUILDING IN YOUR CITY?
-- THE LIBRARY HAS THE MOST STORIES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT TWO WORDS HAVE THE MOST LETTERS IN THEM?
-- POST OFFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
RIDDLE
IF THERE WERE A ROW OF MEN AND WOMEN STANDING ALONG
A WALL AND ANOTHER MAN WAS ASKED TO PICK OUT ADAM AND
EVE, HOW COULD HE? BY THE WAY, ALL THESE MEN AND
WOMEN ARE NAKED.
-- ADAM AND EVE WOULD BE THE TWO PEOPLE WITHOUT BELLY
BUTTONS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): NAVEL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-23-1971
SHERLOCK HOLMES RIDDLE
SHERLOCK HOLMES DIES AND GOES TO HEAVEN AND SAINT PETER
WANTS TO FIND OUT IF THIS GUY WAS REALLY THE FAMOUS SHERLOCK
HOLMES. SO HE LINES UP EVERYONE IN HEAVEN (THEY ARE ALL NUDE)
AND ASKS HIM TO PICK OUT ADAM AND EVE. SHERLOCK SAYS, "THOSE
TWO". HOW DID HE KNOW?
-- ADAM AND EVE DID NOT HAVE ANY NAVELS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): BELLY BUTTON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
DICK AND JANE RIDDLE
DICK AND JANE WERE LYING ON THE FLOOR DEAD. ON THE FLOOR THERE
WAS BROKEN GLASS AND WATER. HOW DID THEY DIE?
-- THEY WERE GOLDFISH AND THEIR AQUARIUM BROKE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS RIDDLE FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS AT U OF D.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FISH WATER AQUARIUM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
SHERLOCK HOLMES RIDDLE
JOHN AND MARY WERE IN A SEALED ROOM DEAD. WHEN YOU
WALK INTO THE ROOM YOU SEE A PUDDLE OF WATER, BROKEN
GLASS AND A CAT. WHO KILLED JOHN AND MARY?
-- THE CAT, JOHN AND MARY WERE GOLDFISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FISH CAT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
RIDDLE
SOMEONE CAME INTO THE ROOM AND FOUND JOHN AND MARY DEAD
ON THE FLOOR WITH WATER AROUND THEM. HOW DID THEY DIE?
-- JOHN AND MARY WERE GOLDFISH AND THEIR BOWL GOT KNOCKED
OFF THE TABLE AND BROKE WHICH KILLED THEM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
ONE WAY PASSAGE
JOHN AND MARY SAILED TO EUROPE. ON THE WAY OVER JOHN
THREW MARY OVERBOARD. NO ONE SAW HIM DO IT. EVERYONE
THOUGHT MARY FELL. UPON HIS RETURN JOHN WAS ARRESTED
FOR THE MURDER OF MARY. WHO KNEW THAT JOHN KILLED MARY?
(THE TELLER OF INFORMANT IS THEN ASKED QUESTIONS THAT
CAN BE ANSWERED "YES" OR "NO" UNTIL THE STORY UNFOLDS.
-- THE TICKET SELLER KNEW. HE SOLD JOHN ONE ROUND-TRIP
TICKET AND ONE ONE-WAY.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD THIS AROUND 1952 AND WAS PASSED ON AND HEARD
FREQUENTLY SINCE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
RIDDLE
THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS FOUND HUNG TO DEATH IN AN EMPTY
ROOM WITH A PUDDLE OF WATER UNDER HIM. WHAT HAPPENED?
-- ORIGINALLY, THE MAN WAS LEFT STANDING ON A BLOCK OF
ICE WITH A ROPE TIED LOOSELY AROUND HIS NECK. AS THE ICE
MELTED FURTHER DOWN, THE MAN WAS HUNG.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1971
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RIDDLE
IF HE HAD SEEN THE SAWDUST HE WOULDN'T HAVE DIED. WHY?
-- HE WAS A BLIND MIDGET WHO WORKED IN THE CIRCUS. HIS WHITE
CANE WAS ACCIDENTALLY CUT OR SAWED OFF. WHEN HE WOKE IN
MORNING, HIS CANE WOULDN'T TOUCH THE GROUND. THEREFORE, HE
KILLED HIMSELF BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD GROWN AND WOULD
LOSE HIS JOB IN THE CIRCUS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CIRCUS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
RIDDLE
A MAN WAS FOUND LYING DEAD IN AN ALLEY WITH FIVE BICYCLES
ALL AROUND HIM. HOW AND WHY DID HE DIE?
-- HE WAS KILLED BECAUSE HE CHEATED IN A POKER GAME AND
THE BICYCLES WERE FIVE "BICYCLE" BRAND PLAYING CARDS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): POKER BICYCLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
RIDDLE
FIFTY PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN A CABIN ON THE TOP OF A
MOUNTAIN. HOW DID THEY DIE?
-- THE CABIN WAS AN AIRPLANE CABIN. THERE WAS A PLANE
CRASH IN WHICH ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE PLANE DIED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLANE CABIN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
THREE WORMS
ONCE THERE WERE THREE WORMS - MOM, DAD, AND WEE LITTLE BABY -
WHO DECIDED TO HAVE A PICNIC. THEY PACKED A LUNCH AND
SCAMPERED OFF. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PARK IT CLOUDED UP
SO THEY RAN AS FAST AS THEY COULD TO THEIR HOLE. WHEN THEY
ARRIVED THERE SAFELY THE WEE BABY WORM SAID, "GEE, I'M GLAD THE
FOUR OF US ARRIVED SAFELY." WHY DID HE SAY "FOUR" WHEN THERE
WERE THREE? (TELLER IS ASKED QUESTIONS WITH "YES" AND "NO"
RESPONSES)
-- HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO COUNT ACCURATELY.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD IN 1952 AND MANY TIMES SINCE. SOMETIMES WITH
MICE INSTEAD OF WORMS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): HUMOR INTELLIGENCE ATTIBUTED TO ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
RIDDLE
WHY IS ETERNITY LIKE A CIRCLE?
-- IT HAS NEITHER A BEGINNING NOR AN END.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): ETERNITY CIRCLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
RIDDLE
HOW MANY SIDES DOES A BARREL HAVE?
-- TWO, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1968