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WHAT DID THE BIG CHIMNEY SAY TO THE CHIMNEY?
"YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO SMOKE."
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT DID THE MAYONNAISE SAY TO THE ICEBOX?
"CLOSE THE DOOR, I'M DRESSING."
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
MAKE ANY GESTURE WITH ONE HAND AND HAVE IT RUSH BY YOUR FACE.
WHAT'S THIS?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT HERE IT GOES AGAIN!
REPEAT THE GESTURE.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
GESTURE: FINGERTIPS OF BOTH HANDS HORIZONTAL AND TOUCHING
EACH OTHER; HAVE HANDS BOUNCE UP AND DOWN SYMMETRICALLY LIKE
CAR SPRINGS
WHAT'S THIS?
A SPIDER ON A MIRROR.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
MAKE A GESTURE BY HAVING FINGERS WALK BACK AND FORTH ACROSS
FOREHEAD.
WHAT'S THIS?
A PRIEST WALKING FROM TEMPLE TO TEMPLE
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BOXER AND A MAN WITH A
COLD?
ONE KNOWS HIS BLOWS AND THE OTHER BLOWS HIS NOSE.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LION WITH A THORN IN HIS
FOOT AND A CLOUD?
ONE ROARS WITH PAIN AND THE OTHER POURS WITH RAIN.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT DID ONE TOOTH SAY TO THE OTHER TOOTH?
"THE DOCTOR'S TAKING ME OUT TONIGHT."
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT DID THE BIG FIRECRACKER SAY TO THE LITTLE
FIRECRACKER?
"MY POP'S BIGGER THAN YOUR POP."
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
A BANANA AND AN APPLE WERE ON THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
THE APPLE JUMPED OFF, WHY DIDN'T THE BANANA?
HE WAS YELLOW.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
A NICKLE AND A DIME WERE ON TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING. THE NICKLE JUMPED OFF, WHY DIDN'T THE DIME?
THE DIME HAD MORE CENTS.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHY DOES THE POPE WEAR UNDERWEAR IN HIS SHOWER?
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE TO LOOK DOWN ON THE UNEMPLOYED.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT LIES IN A DITCH, IS YELLOW, AND HAS WHEELS ON TOP?
A DEAD SCHOOLBUS
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND BLACK AND WHITE AND BLACK AND WHITE?
A NUN FALLING DOWN STAIRS
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S THE SQUARE ROOT OF NEGATIVE SIXTY-NINE?
EIGHT SOMETHING?
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S HARDER THAN GETTING A PREGNANT ELEPHANT IN A
VOLKSWAGON?
GETTING AN ELEPHANT PREGNANT IN A VOLKSWAGON.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT IS PURPLE AND CONQUERED THE WORLD?
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S BIG AND PURPLE AND STOMPS OUT FOREST FIRES?
SMOKEY THE GRAPE
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF TEN CROWS ARE SITTING ON A FENCE AND YOU SHOOT ONE, HOW
MANY ARE LEFT?
ONE, BECAUSE THE OTHER NINE YOU DIDN'T SHOOT FLEW AWAY.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT DO YOU CALL A TWO-STORY OUTHOUSE?
BIG JOHN
AT THIS TIME THERE WAS A SONG ON THE RADIO ABOUT A
COALMINER NAMED BIG JOHN.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968