What letter of the Greek alphabet did the ex-King Otho probably last think of on leaving Athens? Oh!-my-crown (omicron).
If Old Nick were to lose his tail, where would he go to supply the deficiency? To a grog-shop, because there bad spirits are retailed.
Hold up your hand, and you will see what you never did see, never can see, and never will see. What is this? That the little finger is not so long as the middle finger.
Which were made first, elbows or knees? Knees—beasts were created before men.
What is the difference between an auction and sea-sickness? One is a sale of effects, the other the effects of a sail!
Why is credit not given at an auction? Because all goods brought to the hammer must be paid for—on the nail!
What’s the difference between “living in marble halls” and aboard ship? In the former you have “vassals and serfs at your side,” and in (what the Greeks call thalatta) the latter you have vessels and surfs at your side!
When are soldiers most admired by an infant? When they are abreast.
What sense pleases you most in an unpleasant acquaintance? Absence.
Why is a doleful face like the alternate parts taken by a choir? When it is anti-funny (antiphony).