A Quote by – Leo C. Rosten

Topic of this Quote:

Author Name:

Leo C. Rosten

Born As:

Leo Calvin Rosten

Other Names:

Leo C. Rosten

Born:

11 Apr 1908

Died:

19 Feb 1997
Riddle presented in The Joys of Yiddish - 1968

The answer: "A Herring" - because you can paint it green, nail it to the wall - and the whistling part is added just to make the riddle hard.

Rosten did not claim to be the author of this riddle, but he popularized it.