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patgfisher patgfisher November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 1:25:49 AM UTC link Permalink

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An explanation of this punning riddle is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_riddle

Raizin Raizin November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 1:57:44 AM UTC link Permalink

Just to be clear, by "1800s" do you mean the century (1800 to 1899) or the decade (1800 to 1809)?

CK CK November 8, 2015, edited November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 2:33:03 AM UTC, edited November 8, 2015 at 2:33:45 AM UTC link Permalink

It means the century (1800 to 1899) .

So "the middle of the 1800s" means around 1850, maybe plus or minus about 5 or 10 years.

Hybrid Hybrid November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 3:03:26 AM UTC link Permalink

And what's the answer??

Raizin Raizin November 8, 2015, edited November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 3:05:47 AM UTC, edited November 8, 2015 at 3:08:30 AM UTC link Permalink

@CK: Well, it can mean both. That's why Wikipedia has a disambiguation page for "1800s". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800s)

Although of course nowadays there is rarely a reason one would talk specifically about the first decade of the 18th century, so "19th century" is indeed most often the one people mean. But still, I wanted to make it 100% clear for any people who would want to translate this.

Raizin Raizin November 8, 2015, edited November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 3:08:03 AM UTC, edited November 8, 2015 at 3:10:24 AM UTC link Permalink

@Hybrid: As Patgfisher said, the explanation is found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_riddle

But if you really can't wait to find out, the answer is a newspaper, which is *read* all over.
I know, very punny.

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The punning riddle "What's black and white and red all over?" has been kicking around American and British schoolyards since at least the middle of the 1800s.

added by patgfisher, November 8, 2015