Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD granddaughter has been learning about red deer. She asked me: ‘Grampa, if only

Joke

AN ELECTRICIAN arrives home at 3am. ‘Wire you insulate?’ asked his wife. ‘Watts it to you?’ he replied. ‘I’m ohm, aren’t I?’

Maurice Brown, Comber, Co. Down.

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Would end his post

Tom Myers, Rockledge, Florida. male deer have antlers, why aren’t they called unclers?’

Bob McFarlane, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

One-line Philosophers

■ I DON’T have grey hair — it’s wisdom highlights.

■ Paul Carter, Stafford. I FIND it easy to lie about my age these days because most of the time I have absolutely no idea what it is! Lucy Travell, Barnwood, Glos.

Wordy Wise

LITTLE LORD FLAUNTLEROY — excessively well-attired etonian boy likes to show off. A. Dean, Keighley, W. Yorks.

FUNCERTAIN — pantomime cast’s show promises. T. John Foster, Stafford.

STATES QUO — as things are in America. Dave Cullen, Leeds.

NINENTITY — what an insignificant number. Sylvia Dugard, Witney, Oxon.

HERSAY — wife’s side of a row. Mrs Valerie Ashton, London N14. LINGERING FROG — amphibian sitting around in the mist.

Richard Myers, Bookham, Surrey.