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Subject: Re: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 18:25:00 EST
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       Robert Bickford     (rab@well.uucp) writes:
>
>/* Written 11:12 pm  Feb 86, 19783 by well!rab in umn-cs:net.jokes */
>In article <3200013@wvlpdp>, john@wvlpdp writes:
>> 
>> 	If you had a house that faced East and an rooster laid an egg on
>> 	the peak of the roof, which way would the egg fall?
>	Why, downward, of course.
Since when do roosters lay eggs?
>
>> 	Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
>
>	I believe there is a trick to this one, but can't remember it.
>	"Grant, of course."
	Grant's wife is buried there too, I believe.
> 
>> 	What color is George Washington's white horse?
>
>	White.
The trick to this one is that all white horses (until recently,
anyway) are registered as GREY horses.  Therefore, George Washington's
white horse was grey.
>
>> 	Which is heavier?  An ounce of feathers or an ounce of lead.
>> 	An ounce of lead or an ounce of gold.
>
>	They all weigh exactly one ounce.
Yes, but gold is weighed in TROY ounces, which are heavier than
avoirdupois(?sp) ounces.  Therefore, an ounce of gold is heavier than
an ounce of feathers.  However, a pound of gold is lighter than
a pound of feathers, because there are only 12 troy ounces in a
troy pound.