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RIDDLE
HOW LONG IS A CHINA MAN?
-- SO LONG IS HIS BROTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO KAREN BY HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
RIDDLE
"HOW LONG" IS A CHINAMAN'S NAME.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS A DECLARATIVE SENTENCE STATING THE NAME OF
A PARTICULAR CHINAMAN. MOST PEOPLE INTERPRET IT AS
A QUESTION. THEY BECOME PUZZLED IN TRYING TO ANSWER IT.)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
WHY DID TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THE BEST
RESTURANT IN NEW YORK?
-- BECAUSE THEY WERE FINISHED EATING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
RIDDLE
HOW CAN YOU TELL THE AGE OF A CHICKEN?
-- BY HIS TEETH. (CATCH - CHICKENS DO NOT HAVE TEETH).
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
IF A PLANE CRASHES ON THE BORDER OF CANADA AND
THE UNITED STATES, WHERE WOULD YOU BURY THE
SURVIVORS?
-- YOU DON'T BURY "SURVIVORS".
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FLYING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
RIDDLE
IF A DIESEL WERE HEADING UP A HILL INTO A SEVENTY MILE AN
HOUR CROSS WIND WHICH WAY WOULD THE SMOKE GO?
-- NO DIRECTION BECAUSE DIESELS DON'T SMOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): LEFT RIGHT NORTH EAST WEST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT ANIMAL HAS EYES THAT CANNOT SEE, LEGS THAT CANNOT
MOVE, BUT CAN JUMP AS HIGH AS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?
-- A WOODEN HORSE (THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING CAN'T JUMP)
Keyword(s): WOOD INANIMATE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-29-1967
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
RIDDLE
HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE 28 DAY?
-- ALL OF THEM
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TIME CALENDAR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-26-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT WAS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD BEFORE
AUSTRALIA WAS DISCOVERED?
-- AUSTRALIA
Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
RIDDLE
FOUR MEN FELL INTO THE WATER, BUT ONLY THREE OF THEM GOT
THEIR HAIR WET. WHY?
-- ONE OF THEM WAS BALD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
RIDDLE
HOW DID THE BUCKWHEAT COME TO AMERICA?
-- IT CAME THREE-CORNERED. (THE GRAIN ITSELF)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FARMING AGRICULTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CARRY WATER IN A SIEVE?
-- FREEZE THE WATER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT TIME IS IT IF FOUR MEN ARE SHOVELING SNOW AND
A POLICEMAN IS WATCHING?
-- WINTER TIME.
Keyword(s): SEASON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO LOVES OTHER MEN?
-- A CHRISTIAN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO MARRIES ANOTHER MAN?
-- A MINISTER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHICH CANDLES BURN THE LONGER: WAX CANDLES OR TALLOW CANDLES?
-- NEITHER, THEY BOTH BURN SHORTER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
RIDDLE
IF A FARMER CAN RAISE 50 BUSHELS OF CORN IN DRY WEATHER,
WHAT CAN HE RAISE IN WET WEATHER ?
-- AN UMBRELLA
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; Sylvania ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FARMING AGRICULTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT LETTER IS NEVER FOUND IN THE ALPHABET?
-- THE ONE YOU MAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
APRIL FLOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS. WHAT DO MAY FLOWERS BRING?
-- PILGRIMS.
Keyword(s): HISTORY SPRING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-22-1970