Longfellow Junior High School - Echoes Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Jokes and Riddles . . . in 1. If a mans boot marks on the highway are called footprints, what would you call the marks of a motor car ?n An autograph, of course. u 2. Who was Homer ?,' That's the guy Babe Ruth made famousf, 3. But how could skin trouble give you a broken arm? It was a banana skinf, 4. An American literature teacher was giving an assignment. Tomorrow we shall take the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, she said, Come prepared. 5. Teacher: Your recitation reminds me of Quebec. Pupil: How's that? Teacher: Built on a bluff. . 6. Gentleman in snowbound bus: I say, driver, we can't sit here all day. What are we going to do? Driver, impatiently: Well, how'd you like to build a snow man? 7. Customer at riding academy: I want a saddle horse. Riding Master: What kind of saddle, English or Mexican? Customer: What's the difference? Riding Master: The English is plain and the Mexican has a horn. Customer: Give me the one with the horn. I'm not used to traffic. 8. You look hollow chested and thinf said the air pump to the inner tube. 'lWhat seems to be the trouble? Income tacks, replied the inner tube. 9. An old villager had been offered two dollars if he would let an artist paint him. He hesitated. It's easy money, prompted the artist. Shore, yo're right, was the reply, I was jes' thinkin' how in tarnation I'd git the durn stuff off afterwards. 10. Voice on telephone: Aspar'gus caint come to school. He is sick. Teacher: Who is talking? Voice: This yere ah mah pappy talking. 11. How would you classify tailspin?,' I'd say it was the last word in aviation. Longfellow 4 52 P Eclaoef

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Tongue Twisters If Peter Piper picked a peck of prickly peppers, where's the peck of prickly peppers Peter Piper picked? How much wood would woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood? Sister Sally sat silently sewing seventeen slippery silk stitches in seventeen slippery silk stockings. Simple Simon systematically slopping sticky sugar syrup. Bright buddies boisterously bringing burning butter. What noisy noise annoys a noisy oyster? Bumping baby buggy bumpers bumped by big baby buggy bumpers. john Gallagher Howard Lucas. wk A41 fx.. Rx X f J. - ' QW f. X t he N Ea Nursery Rhymes Hickory dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse fell down-Sissy. Little boy blue, Come blow your horn, The cowls in the meadow, The sheep in the corn. Time to knock off. Little Miss Muifet, Sat on a tulfet, Eating her curds and whey, When along came a spider And sat down beside her, And said, ls this seat taken? The boy stood on the burning deck, Roasting peanuts by the peck. Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Stole a pig and away he ran. Roast pork tonight! john Gallagher. Longfellow 4 51 P Ecboer

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12. Author: Well, sir, the upshot of it was that it took me ten years to discover that I had no talent for writing. Friend: You gave up? Author: Oh, no! By that time I was too famous. 13. Boy: Say, Dad, if the world is round and turns every twenty-four hours, what keeps us from falling off when it's upside down? Dad: Why, the law of gravitation. Boy: That's what our teacher says, but I can't figure out how folks stuck on be- fore the law was passed. Evelyn Hansen. Riddles 1. Which is the swifter, heat or cold? Answer-Heat. You can catch cold. 2. Why is the emblem of the United States more enduring than that of France, Eng- land, Ireland, and Scotland? AnswerAThe Lily may fade, and its leaves decay. The Rose from its stem may sever. The Shamrock, and 'iThistle may pass away, But the Stars will shine forever. 5. What is the biggest room in the world? Answer-Room for improvement. 4. What was the biggest island in the world before Australia was discovered? Answer4Australia, discovering it didnlt make it larger. 5. What is the difference between the North and South poles? Answer-All the difference in the world. 6. A beggar had a brother, the brother dies but the man that dies had no brother. How do you account for it? Answer-The beggar was a woman. 7. If you threw a white stone in the Red Sea, what would it become? Answer-Wet. 8. Though it stays by the house, Yet it leaves in the spring. I know well its bark, But don't think it can sing. Answer-A tree. 9. Why is a bee hive like a bad potato? Answer-Because a bee hive is a bee holder, and a beeholder is a spectator, and a specked 'tater is a bad potato. 10. Why is it dangerous to go out in the spring? Answer-Because the trees are shooting, the grass puts forth blades, every flower has a pistil and the bull-rush is out. Barbara Laack. Longfellow 4 33 P Echoes