Which is the merriest sauce? Caper sauce.
Why is a cat going up three pairs of stairs like a high hill? Because she's a-mounting (a mountain).
Why is a lead pencil like a perverse child? Because it never does write (right) by itself.
Why are wooden ships, as compared with ironclads, of the female sex? Because they are the weaker vessels.
At what time of life may a man be said to belong to the vegetable kingdom? When long experience has made him sage.
When is a sailor not a sailor? When he is aloft.
What wild animals may be correctly shut up in one enclosure? Twelve ounces in one pound.
What makes a pair of boots? Two boots.
What tree is of the greatest importance in history? The date.
Why is the superintendent of a children's play-ground like a stranded vessel? Because he runs a-ground.