When first the marriage knot was tied
Between my wife and me,
My age as oft repeated hers
As three times three does three;
But when ten years and half ten years
We man and wife had been,
Her age came then as near to mine
As eight does to sixteen.
What age was hers, what age was mine,
When we were wed, from this divine.
40. A DIVISION SUM
“Take this half-crown,” said the vicar at a village festival, “and divide it equally between those two fathers and their two sons, but give nothing of less value than a penny to either of them.”
The schoolboy, who was a sharp lad, changed the half-crown, and divided it equally among them. How was this possible?
41. A CROOKED ANSWER
Tom (yawning) to Nell—“I wish we could play lawn-tennis!”
Nell (annoyed).—“Odioso ni mus rem. Moto ima os illud nam?”