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by Marriott Edgar (1937)
Illustrations by John Hassall
Q: What animal could Noah not trust?
A: The Cheetah.
Q. Which animal on Noah's Ark had the highest intelligence?
A. The giraffe.
Q: Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A: Noah - he was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.
Q: What's the difference between Noah's Ark and Joan of Arc?
A: One is made of wood and the other is Maid of Orléans.
After the Ark had successfully landed on Mt. Ararat, the survivors went forth. After a while, a little girl noticed Noah sitting on the ground and chewing animal hides. Every now and then, Noah would chew a particularly hirsute hide and write a number on a tablet. The girl asked her mum what he was doing, to which mum replied, "What can I say; there is No-ah counting fur taste."
And you've noah doubt herd of dozens of other jokes in the ark hives.
Marriott Edgar, however, pushed the boat out with this poem: The 'Ole in the Ark
One evening at dusk as Noah stood on his Ark, Noah said, "Is that so?" Then he went down below, Said he, "There's an 'ole in the bottom somewhere, | |
Se he went and fetched bloodhound from place where it lay, They followed the sound as it went sniffing round, And by gum! how the wet squirted in through that hole, The bloodhound tried hard to keep water in check, The poor faithful hound, he were very near drowned, And then Mrs Noah shoved her elbow in t'hole, |
Mrs Noah with elbow in leak |
When she saw as her elbow weren't doing much good, Noah didn't think much to this notion, at all, They took him his breakfast and dinner and tea, |
And that is how Noah got them all safe ashore, That's why dog has a cold nose, and ladies cold elbows, |
Noah sits on the leak |