"A cat may look at a king."
"Aching teeth are ill tenants."
"A creaking door hangs long on the hinges."
"A drowning man will catch at a straw."
"After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile."
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Each player is furnished with a pencil and two slips of paper. On the first slip a question must be written. The papers are then collected and put into a bag or basket.
Then the players write an answer on their second slip. These are put into a different bag, and the two bags are then well shaken and handed round to the company.
Everyone draws a question and an answer, and must then read the two out to the company.
The result is sometimes very comical; for instance:—