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juicylucy
13-02-2012, 04:00 PM
Hi all, this may be old hat to some but it made me chuckle.....

See how many you get without cheating....

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

2. There is an apprentice at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

7. You cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

8. What was the Prime Minister's name in 1975?

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

hammy
13-02-2012, 04:36 PM
1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name? Johnny

2. There is an apprentice at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh? meat

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Mt. Everest

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? none

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly? incorrectly

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? he was born in Australia

7. You cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? wooden legs cant take pictures

8. What was the Prime Minister's name in 1975?

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? 2nd place

10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"? neither its yellow

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field? one

Shaun
13-02-2012, 04:38 PM
I got them all too. Is no.8 David Cameron? I presume his name was the same in 1975 as it was today.

juicylucy
13-02-2012, 04:43 PM
Spot on Hammy and Shaun....well done treat yourself to a virtual :beer1: :)

hammy
13-02-2012, 04:49 PM
I got them all too. Is no.8 David Cameron? I presume his name was the same in 1975 as it was today.

Oh yeah, For the life of me I just couldnt get that one

DazzyD
13-02-2012, 06:47 PM
I got them all apart from the wooden leg. Very funny, that one!!

The Prime Minister one had me thinking "Prime Minister" which is a title, not a name, so I had to have a rethink. Quite obvious when it finally hits you!!

Daryll
13-02-2012, 06:59 PM
Got them all , but it took some time.....:D

Daryll