What word composed of five letters can you take the first two letters from and have one remain? Stone.
Which word in the English language contains the greatest number of letters? Disproportionableness.
What relation is a child to its own father when it is not its own father’s son? A daughter.
What is the difference between the milky way and a room full of great-grandfathers? One is a lot of pale stars, the other a lot of stale pas.
What was it a blind man took at breakfast which restored his sight? He took a cup and saw, sir (saucer).
Why are pipes all humbug? Because the best of them are all meer-shams.
Why is a meerschaum like a water-color artist? Because it draws and colors beautifully.
If you saw a dude riding on a donkey, what fruit would you be reminded of? A pair.
What is that which a cat has, but no other animal? Kittens.
What are the features of a canon? Cannon-mouth, cannon-ize, and cannon-eers.