1924 Gallaher The Reason Why

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1924 Gallaher The Reason Why

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					1					A clock has IIII for IV
					2					Yeomen of the guard are called beef-eaters
					3					Some fountains have a lion's head
					4					Every British mercantile ship has a plimsoil mark
					5					We shake hands
					6					We have lines in our hands
					7					People do not walk under ladders
					8					Some shops display royal arms
					9					A Vaccum flask keeps liquids hot
					10					A silver soin has a milled edge
					11					Some cows carry a plank about
					12					A hard felt hat is called a bowler
					13					Why women wear wedding rings
					14					Steamer funnels have bands round
					15					A cage of white mice is carried in a submarine
					16					A horse wears blinkers
					17					Pails of sand hang in some buildings
					18					An archway hangs in stations
					19					An incandescent light has a regulator
					20					Wheels have curved spokes
					21					Sailors wear baggy pants
					22					We see the words "Ancient Lights'
					23					A cone is hoisted on the coasts
					24					Belfry windows have slanting boards
					25					Moths fly against a candle flame
					26					Lightning strikes some objects and not others
					27					There are three flags in the Union Jack
					28					Some garden rollers are in two parts
					29					A fuse is necessary
					30					An American flag has stars and stripes
					31					Geysers occur in certain parts of the World
					32					Railway wheels are tapped
					33					An electric lamp glows
					34					Water troughs are placed between railway lines
					35					A coal mine has an anemometer
					36					We have a best man at a wedding
					37					We get the different seasons
					38					An anthracite stove has mica in front
					39					White knobs are attched to telegraph poles
					40					A submarine cable is very thick
					41					An Electric bell rings when we touch a button
					42					A waterspout occurs
					43					Some chimneys are covered with gauze
					44					A rainbow is round
					45					A red triangle appears on roadsides
					46					We know the Earth is round
					47					Pipes burst during frosty weather
					48					Some railway walls have recesses
					49					White marks appear on finger nails
					50					A beard is worn
					51					A tailor sits corss-legged
					52					A miner's lamp cannot set fire to gas
					53					A chemist's shop shows coloured bottles
					54					A navel officer wears epaulettes
					55					A plane has a button
					56					Some idols have many heads
					57					A ship has figures on its bow
					58					A sailor's collar have three white lines
					59					Rantgen rays are called x-rays
					60					Large saws have a notch in the top
					61					A datum line is seen
					62					The royal Welsh Fusiliers wear a flash
					63					A canal has locks
					64					Some canal bridges have wooden rollers
					65					A safe has thick walls
					66					Some lawyers wear a wig and gown
					67					A flag flies half-mast
					68					Sections of railway lines are not laid together
					69					Railway engines carry lights in front
					70					A golf ball in uneven
					71					A pig has a ring in its nose
					72					A coin works an automatic machine
					73					Pancakes are eaten on Shrove Tuesday
					74					Some railway signal arms are forked
					75					The Scotch wear tartans
					76					Special railway carriages are required for carrying bananas
					77					Sirlion is so named
					78					Ship's sails are often perforated
					79					Telegraph wires do not run parallel
					80					A Tailor's thimble has no top
					81					There are always twelve on a jury
					82					An eclipse occurs
					83					A mooring rope has a tin disc
					84					We have cenotaphs
					85					A figure head was carved on old war vessels
					86					Some locomotives have white discs
					87					A grenadier wears a bearskin
					88					An army or navy eating place is called a "mess"
					89					An iron ship floats
					90					Purple is worn at royal functions
					91					Pawnbrokers have the three-ball sign
					92					Some telegraphs have netting
					93					We call an Englishman "John Bull"
					94					Policemen are called "Bobbies"
					95					A soldier is called "Tommy Atkins"
					96					A gun barrel is "rifled"
					97					A motor tyre valve does not allow air to escape
					98					The red cross is used
					99					The Gloucentershire Regiment wear two cap badges
					100					Valves and crystals are used in wireless