Why is Asia like a market in Thanksgiving or Christmas week? There is always a Turkey in it.
Why will an insolent fishmonger get more business than a civil one? Because when he sells fish, he gives sauce with it.
Why does a fat man, when squeezed, compliment the ladies? Because the pressure makes him flatter.
Why is an old man like a window? He is full of pains (panes).
What’s the difference between photographing and the whooping cough? One makes fac similes, the other makes sick families.
What is smaller than a mite’s mouth? That which goes into a mite’s mouth.
What is it that is a cat and not a cat, and yet is a cat? A kitten.
Why was the dumb waiter returned? Because it didn’t answer.
Born at the same time as the world, destined to live as long as the world, and yet never five weeks old. The moon.
Why are clouds like coachmen? Because they hold the rains (reins).