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Q'S ARE WEIRD O'S: More Puns, Gags, Quips and Riddles by Roy Doty

Q'S ARE WEIRD O'S: More Puns, Gags, Quips and Riddles

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Pub Date: June 1st, 1975
Publisher: Doubleday

Why are neglected teeth like a Polaroid camera? They develop their own film."" ""Did you take a bath? No, is one missing?"" ""Name some famous people and what they were famous for. Oliver Twist for his pretzel. . . King Cole for his slaw. . . Tom Swift for his lard."" (For his lard?) Doty's kids--one cartoon to a laugh, two laughs to a page--seem to be having a great time giving these old chestnuts a zappy new look. And that reminds us, why are old riddles like old soldiers?