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WHAT IS BATMAN'S FAVORITE SPORT?
BAT-MINTON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BATMAN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHAT DOES BATMAN DO THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?
HE PUTS ON HIS BAT-ROBE AND GOES TO BRUSH HIS TEETH IN THE BAT-ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BATMAN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHAT DO THEY CALL BATMAN AND ROBIN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN RUN OVER
BY A TRUCK?
FLATMAN AND RIBBON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BATMAN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
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WHAT TAKES 15 MINUTES AND LASTS 9 MONTHS? JOHNSON'S FLOOR WAX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
RIDDLE
WHAT SMELLS MOST IN A FLOWER SHOP?
-- YOUR NOSE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMELL."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT CAN A PERSON WEAR THAT IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE?
-- A SMILE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; TOLD AT ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMILE."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
IT SPINS AROUND BUT IS NOT SPINNING A WHEEL; IT CAN WALK A
ROPE BUT IS NOT A MONKEY.
-- A SPIDER.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ROPE FOR WEB
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
RUSSIAN RIDDLE
WHAT MOVES BUT LEAVES NO TRAIL, AND CHOPS BUT LEAVES
NO CHIPS?
-- A MAN IN A ROW BOAT.
Where learned: HOME ; RUSSIA ; TOLD AT ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): NAUTICAL BOATING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
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
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
MR GREEN IS A BUTCHER. HE IS SIX FEET TALL AND WEARS A
SIZE TEN SHOE. WHAT DOES HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT DO ALL SHIPS WEIGH, REGARDLESS OF SIZE?
-- ANCHORS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000