Why is a toll-collector at a bridge like a Jew? Because he keeps the pass-over (Passover).
What class of people bears a name meaning “I can’t improve?” Mendicants (Mend I can’t).
Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker? Because he is a Commission-agent.
Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor? Because he is apt to lose his patience (patients).
When is a wall like a fish? When it is scaled.
Why is a village cobbler like a parson? Because he attends to the soles (souls) of the people.
When may a country gentleman’s property be said to consist of feathers? When his estates are all entails (hen tails).
Why are certain Members’ speeches in the Times like a brick wall? Because nobody can get through them.
Why is a man searching for the philosopher’s stone like Neptune? Because he is a-seeking (a sea king) what never existed.