Why will seeing a school-boy being thoroughly well switched bring to your lips the same exclamation as seeing a man lifting down half a pig, hanging from a hook? Because he’s a pork-reacher (poor creature).
Apropos of pork hanging, what should a man about to be hung have for breakfast? A hearty-choke (artichoke) and a hoister (oyster).
Why is a wainscoted room like a reprieve? Because it saves hanging.
Why is the hangman’s noose like a box with nothing in it? Because it’s hemp-tie (empty).
Why is a man hung better than a vagabond? Because he has visible means of support.
My first is a thing, though not very bewitchin’,
Is of infinite use when placed in the kitchen;
My second’s a song, which, though a strange thing,
No one person living could ever yet sing;
My whole is a man, who’s a place in the City,
But the last of his race you’d apply to for pity?
Jack Catch!
Mention the name of an object which has two heads, one tail, four legs on one side, and two on the other? A lady on horseback.
Why is a four-quart jug like a lady’s side-saddle? Because it holds a gall-on.