Now for another specimen:

"Q. Wise Oracle show,

A good reason why,

When from tavern we go,

You're welcome they cry.

"A. The reason is plain,

'Cause doubtful to know,

Till seeing their gain,

If you came well or no."

The following is an example of unanswerable refutation. To show why a man has not one rib less than a woman, it is stated that imperfections are not hereditary; as in the case of