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What is the difference between humor and odor?
Sometimes one will stink while the other dosen't??....................Infy


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Sometimes one will stink while the other dosen't??....................Infy
While that is true, it is not the precise answer I have in mind. The correct answer implies your observation, but with an indirect twisted turn of phrase that makes this riddle a standout.
It's not my invention this time; I think I first heard it from my father. The riddle is not susceptible to clues without giving it away, which I intend not to do for a bit.


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So, what about my answer, on the previous page?
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So, what about my answer, on the previous page?
Checking...please have a seat in our well endowed waiting room...smoke 'em if ya got 'em...
I asked: What is the difference between humor and odor?
You replied:
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Humor is a shift of wit.
You have it correct Sir; have a cigar.

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What do you call a leg perpendicular to a foot?
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more like normal..


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I asked: What is the difference between humor and odor?
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Humor is a shift of wit.
You have it correct Sir; have a cigar.
Will do. I'll be smoking a Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 #5 Robusto very shortly.


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more like normal..
While seemingly valid, this is not the response for which I am searching.

Good tries, gentleman. Well played, but the riddle is still afoot. Perhaps you would care to venture another guess?


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A right ankle...

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A right ankle...
That's the one!


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Riddle me this:

When is a riddle not a riddle?


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