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Ten Not Too Terrible Historical Puns

The following riddles are spectactular dad jokes from the last ~200 years. During this research its probable that our language now would be not discernable to people of older time frames. The context of most of these jokes are lost on a modern reader. I scoured old riddle books to bring you some of the best historical riddles! Raunchy riddles or those out of context are omitted. Enjoy!

  1. I saw a sign at the hardware store today, “Cast Iron Sinks. As though everyone wasn’t wise to that.

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