Why is an infant like a diamond? Because it is a dear little thing.
Why is anything that is unsuitable like a dumb person. Because it won’t answer.
Why is the letter l in the word military like the nose? Because it stands between two i’s.
What is that which the dead and the living do at the same time? They go round with the world.
The motto of the giraffe—Neck or nothing.
A paying business—The cashier’s.
Always under the lash—The eye.
Romantic youth, rheumatic age.
A striking affair—A prize-fight.
Where did the gas-man meter.