Conundrums

1.     What sea would a man like to be in on a wet day? – Adriatic (a dry attic)

2.     What grows the less tired the more it works? – A carriage wheel.

3.     What musical instrument invites you to fish? – Cast – a net

4.     What is it from which you may take away the whole and still have some left? – The word wholesome.

5.     What is the difference between a farmer and a seam stress? – One gathers what he sows, the other sews what she gathers.

6.     Why does the conductor cut a hole in your railroad ticket? – To let you pass through.

7.     What is that which is seen twice in “every day” and four times in “every week”, yet only once in a year? – The vowel e.

8.     Which are the only two words in the English language where the five vowels follow in successive order? – Facetious and abstemious.

9.     What word is there of eight letters which has five of them the same? – Oroonoko.

10.                         What word composed of five letters can you take the first two letters from and have one remain? –Stone