1973
R Is for Riddles
September 1973


“R Is for Riddles,” Friend, Sept. 1973, 27

R Is for Riddles

How do you make gold soup? Add fourteen carrots.

What do you get if you cross a carrier pigeon with a woodpecker? A messenger that knocks.

What is a pickle? A cucumber in a sour mood.

What did one hot dog say to another hot dog? “Hi, Frank!”

What did one candle say to the other? “Birthday parties really burn me up.”

What did the adding machine say to the clerk? “You can count on me.”

What did one arithmetic book say to the other? “I’ve got problems.”

Why was the little cannibaal expelled from school? For buttering up the teacher.