Re: Puzzle

Posted by SR on September 21, 2004

In Reply to: Re: Puzzle posted by R. Berg on September 21, 2004

: : : A farmer with a lot of corns may say,"We eat what we can; what we can't, we___." What word is in the blank?

: : : Thanks to all of you

: : : I would say "sell."

: It's an old American joke. "We eat what we can; what we can't, we can." The British version is "We eat what we can; what we can't, we put up in tins."

: What a wonderful language! Thank you! I had not heard that one.