What musical instrument invites you to fish? Cast-a-nets!
Why is the Ohio river like a drunken man? Because it takes in too much Monongahela at Pittsburgh, runs past Wheeling, gets a Licking opposite Cincinnati, and falls below Louisville.
When is the Hudson river good for the eyes? When it’s eye (high) water.
My first she was a serving-maid—
She went to fetch some tea;
How much she brought my second tells,
As plainly as can be.
Now when you have the answer found,
Name it to others too;
My whole is just the very thing,
In telling them, you’ll do.
Ann-ounce.
Which are the lightest men—Scotchmen, Irishmen, or Englishmen? In Ireland there are men of Cork; in Scotland men of Ayr; but in England, on the Thames, they have lighter-men.
What Islands would form a cheerful luncheon party? Friendly Society, a Sandwich, and Madeira.
Tell us the best way to make the hours go fast? Use the spur of the moment!