[79.] I have a box. The pieces forming the sides are 5 ft long, and those forming the ends are 4 ft. broad. The box, when measured externally all round, measures 18 ft 4 in., and when measured all round internally, measures 17 ft 8 in. How can this be?
Teacher: “Who was it that supported the world on his shoulders?” Bright Pupil: “It was Atlas, ma’am.” Teacher: “And who supported Atlas?” Bright Pupil: “The book don’t say, but I s’pose it was his wife.”
ON BOTH SIDES OF A DOOR
IN A MELBOURNE OFFICE.
THE MAN WHO FORGETS THE DOOR.
Oh, there’s an individual who ev’rywhere abounds, Thro’ trains and shops and offices he makes his busy rounds, And in and out for ever he is going o’er and o’er, To keep somebody after him attending to the door!
In sultry summer, when to catch a cooling breeze we’ve tried, And carefully have opened every door and window wide, ’Tis then you may be certain as he vanishes from sight, He’ll die but that he’ll shut the door—and close it very tight!