Simple Questions

Is a well-wisher someone

Who wishes at a well?

Is a bad speller one

Who casts a wicked spell?

Is a pop singer someone

Who sings and then pops?

Is a shoplifter a giant

Who goes round lifting shops?

Is a night nurse a nurse

Who looks after the night?

Who puts it to bed

And then turns out the light?

Is a potholer a gunman

Who shoots holes in pots?

Does a babysitter really

Sit on tiny tots?

Does a pony trap

Trap ponies going to the fair?

Is fire-hose stockings

That firemen wear?

Is a fly fisherman an angler

Who fishes for flies?

Is an eye-opener a gadget

For opening eyes?

Is a light bulb a bulb

That is light as a feather?

Does an opera buff sing

In the altogether?

Does a lightning conductor

Conduct orchestras fast?

Is a past master a master

Who has mastered the past?

Is a scratch team so itchy

It scratches?

When a bricklayer lays a brick

What hatches?

Is a waiting room a room

That patiently waits?

Is a gatekeeper’s hobby

Collecting gates?

Is a prayer mat a carpet

That sings hymns and prays?

Is a horsefly a fly

That gallops and neighs?

Will a pain killer kill you

In terrible pain?

Is a rain hood a gangsta

Who sings in the rain?

Is a card sharp a craftsman

Who sharpens cards?

Who guards women

When a guardsman guards?

Is a tree surgeon a doctor

Who is made out of wood?

Is a blood donor pitta bread

Stuffed with blood?

Is a sickbed a bed

That is feeling unwell?

Is a crime wave a criminal’s

Wave of farewell?

Is a bent copper a policeman

Who has gone round the bend?

Is the bottom line the line

On your bottom?

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