What sort of tune do we all enjoy most? For-tune, made up of bank-notes.
Why is a spendthrift, with regard to his fortune, like the water in a filter? Because he soon runs through it, and leaves many matters behind to settle.
Why is English grammar like gout? Because it's torture (taught yer).
Why is an office with no work to do like a good dinner eaten by an invalid? Because it's a sign-o'-cure (sinecure).
Why is a shoeblack like an editor? Because he polishes the understandings of his patrons.
Why is opening a letter like taking a very queer method of entering a room? Because it is breaking through the sealing (ceiling).
Why are persons with short memories like office-holders? Because they are always for-getting everything.
What word is it which expresses two things we men all wish to get, one bringing the other, but which if we do get them, the one bringing the other, we are unhappy? Miss-fortune.
When is sugar like a pig's tooth? When in a hog's head.
Why is a joint company not like a watch? Because it does not go after it is wound up.