Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

These are simple catches, in which the sense is playfully cheated, and are generally founded upon words capable of double meaning. The following are examples: Where did Charles the First's executioner dine, and what did he take? _He took a chop at the King's Head._ When is a plant to be dreaded more than a mad dog? _When it's madder._ What is majesty stripped of its externals? It is _a jest_. [The _m_ and the _y_, externals, are taken away.] Why is hot bread like a caterpillar? _Because it's the grub that makes the butter fly._ Why did the accession of Victoria throw a greater damp over England than the death of King William? _Because the King was missed_ (mist) _while the Queen was reigning_ (raining). Why should a gouty man make his will? _To have his legatees_ (leg at ease). Why are bankrupts more to be pitied than idiots? _Because bankrupts are broken, while idiots are only cracked._ Why is the treadmill like a true convert? _Because it's turning is the result of conviction._ When may a nobleman's property be said to be all feathers? _When his estates are all entails_ (hen-tails). [EVERY MAN KNOWS WHERE HIS OWN SHOE PINCHES.]