Forever Stuck
I can’t go right,
I can’t go left.
I’m forever stuck going only up and down.
What am I?
An elevator.
Dead At The End of An Alley
A man is found dead at the end of an alley. A detective who enters the scene sees the letter X and immediately knows who killed the man and why. What did the detective conclude?
The alley is a bowling alley. The man who was killed was a pin spotter (an old profession where they would reset the pins by hand). The X was the marking on the score sheet for a strike. The detective saw the letter X and knew that the person bowled last, got a strike, and was due to bowl again. But they bowled before the pin spotter could get out of the way.
Submitted by Dennis
September 10th In Britain
What happened on September 10th, 1752 in Britain?
Nothing happened that day. It didn’t exist due to the transition from a Julian calendar to Gregorian.
This Is What Some People Do
This is what some people do,
For a compliment or two,
Anglers do it on a bank,
Others keep theirs in a tank.
What am I?
A fish. Some people fish for compliments, anglers are fishermen and fish live in a tank.
Old Mother Hubbard’s Seven Letters
What seven letters did Old Mother Hubbard use when she opened her cupboard?
O I C U R M T
(Oh, I see you are empty)
Not Seen Nor Felt
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
The darkness.