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Thank you scifi and Rod.
Rod, your riddle has me stumped, but made me think of another one I've heard:
Q: How is a naughty boy like a postage stamp?
A: They both need a good licking.
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SM, this was solved on another NG I belonged to some years ago,
and I have promptly forgotton the answer :(
Sorry.
BTW that's an 1898 cigarette card.
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Rod, I've been thinking about your riddle and wonder if the answer is similar to the riddle I posted.
Maybe something like: One GIVES lickings and the other GETS lickings?
Maybe someone else can come up with the real answer! |
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Rod, I did a Google search and found a similar one to your cigarette card:
Q: What is the difference between a stubborn horse and a postage stamp?
A: You lick one with a stick and stick the other with a lick.
(From The Literary World, 1861)
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Here's another similar to Rod's cigarette card. It's from "The Literary World," 1851.
Q: What is the difference between a stubborn horse and a postage stamp?
A: You lick one with a stick, and stick the other with a lick.
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That was me that solved it years ago on SCF here Rod. I remember Spock commenting on it and saying the rod should be cane or something. Quote:
Q: Rod, I did a Google search and found a similar one to your cigarette card:
Q: What is the difference between a stubborn horse and a postage stamp?
A: You lick one with a stick and stick the other with a lick.
. . . and that's basically how I arrived at a solution also Spanish Moss. Well done indeed. |
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Well, nice to see the reverse of the card after all this time. Patience is a virtue.
I remember that as it was near my joining here I think but for the life of me I can't find it using Search on here nor on Google nor and I have little experience using the Way Back machine to look for such stuff. Maybe I imagined it all! A precognitive dream! |
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Sorry for the double post above. The computer was acting up.
The actual date from the article with the riddle should be 1851. |
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