Why is a bad hat like a fierce snarling pup dog? Because it snaps (its nap’s) awful.
My first is my second and my whole. Pa-pa.
How is it the affections of young ladies, notwithstanding they may protest and vow constancy, are always doubtful? Because they are only miss givings.
Why is a hunted fox like a Puseyite? Because he’s a tracked-hairy-un (tractarian).
Why did Du Chaillu get so angry when he was quizzed about the gorilla? Because his monkey was up!
What’s the difference between the cook at an eating-house and Du Chaillu? One lives by the gridiron, the other by the g’riller.
Why is the last conundrum like a monkey? Because it is far fetched and full of nonsense.
My first, loud chattering, through the air,
Bounded ’mid tree-tops high,
Then saw his image mirror’d, where
My second murmured by.
Taking it for a friend, he strayed
T’wards where the stream did roll,
And was the sort of fool that’s made
The first day of my whole.