Elevator riddle

[debodun]

What did Elisha Otis say was the reason he invented the elevator?

 

[jerry old]

go on, go on, make us wait

 

[debodun]

not my answer, jerry

 

[hossthehermit]

He needed a lift ...........

 

[toffee]

coz it was a stairway to hell ...

 

[Pappy]

I don’t have the answer, so I’ll just add my 2 cents worth.

 

[debodun]

I sent the riddle to my aunt who had a better answer than my original. She said "He wanted to rise to the top." My answer was "He wanted to get in on the ground floor." I'll let others decide the better answer.

 

[jerry old]

was it worth the wait, I guess, what do you think of PAPPY'S POST>

 

[JustBonee]

I sent the riddle to my aunt who had a better answer than my original. She said "He wanted to rise to the top." My answer was "He wanted to get in on the ground floor." I'll let others decide the better answer.

But I get in on the 3rd floor daily ... lol (sorry)

 

[Kaila]

I thought , someone had asked him, "Would you give me a lift home?"
He said:
"Where do you live?"

"Up there" (while pointing)

So, he gave them a lift. No?

BTW, Jerry, I do love Pappy's post!

 

[jujube]

He'd had his ups and downs, he'd already gotten the shaft, and he was a smooth operator....

 

[jerry old]

dumb responses
he like closed space (agoraphobic)
he came 'out of the closet,' was not happy, built his personal closet
he liked to feel his tummy roll

 

[Aunt Bea]

He got the idea for the elevator safety brake one morning while enjoying his Maxwell House coffee Good to the last drop!

 

[toffee]

didnt know it would be a sensible answer lol

 

[Kaila]

He got the idea for the elevator safety brake one morning while enjoying his Maxwell House coffee Good to the last drop!

THANK goodness for coffeeeeee!

I do get the joke in this reply, but still..... If there's any chance that his coffee helped him think of this idea of a safety break,
it's yet another great thing and one more reason, to be thankful for coffee!