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What has two hands but no fingers?
A clock or watch.
What ship has two mates,
But not a captain?
Courtship
What has 25 feet,
But never walks?
A tape measure.
What must you take before you can give?
A photograph.
Johnny's mother had three children, Penny, Nickel, and ________. What is the third
child's name ?
Johnny
Why don't Polar Bears eat Penguins?
Polar Bears live at the North Pole, Penguins at the South Pole.
What can you cut off at both ends to make it longer?
Smiles. Taking away the "s" at the beginning and end leaves a "mile".
How can you make "IX" into an even number with a single stroke?
Make the mark "S", which yields "SIX".
What word in the English language is the same word whether it's spelled forward, backwards or upside down?
The word "NOON".
A man is walking blindfolded.
A drum sounds, and the man dies.
Who was the man and how did he die?
The man is a tightrope walker. When the drum sounded the man thought
he was on the platform. He relaxed, plunging to his death.
I know a word of letters three.
Add one to it and none there will be.
What is the word?
The word "one." Add an "n" to it, and then you "none."
Swirling, sparkling, shining bright,
You can see it the dead of night.
What is it?
The Milky Way Galaxy.
Sometimes I am loud,
And viewed with distaste.
Poke out my "eye",
Then I'm on the front of your face.
The word "noise." Poke out its "eye" ("I"), then you're left with the word "nose."
A New York woman has never been widowed, and has never divorced her husband. How can she legally marry 7 men?
She is a preacher.
What word in the English language,
when written, can be turned upside-down
to result in the abbreviation
of the antonym of the original word?
The word "up." Turn "up" upside down, and you get "dn", the
abbreviation of "down", opposite of "up."
What is yours, but is used by others more than yourself?
Your name.
If you keep me the way you got me,
No one will know you have me.
What am I?
A secret.
It has often been observed that individuals lost in a desert will set off with the intention of walking in a straight line but will eventually return to their starting point. Why is this?
Most people take one stride that is ever so slightly longer than their other
stride. Over a period, this results in their walking in a huge circle.
Incidentally, most atheletes have a right stride longer than their left stride,
relating to the fact that they always run counter-clockwise around athletic
tracks.
I am a word that can be typed using only the letters
traditionally typed with the left hand.
I am human, but you often think of me in
relation to peanuts and drinks or baggage and travel.
What word is being referred to?
Stewardess or steward .
My thunder comes before the lightning,
My lightning before the clouds,
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?
A volcano.
You can break me, and I won't stop.
You can touch me, and I am the one who will feel it.
If you lose me, you may find me with a ring soon after.
What am I?
The human heart (reference to ring = losing heart to love may mean
marriage).
A golden treasure inside me is hid.
I'm something without key, hinges, or lid.
What an I?
An egg.
What goes up and down,
And also goes around and around.
But it never moves?
A spiral stair case.
A carpenter has some wood. On Monday, it is in the shape of a cube. On Tuesday, he changes it into the shape of a cylinder, and on Wednesday, he changes it into the shape of a pyramid. But the twist is he does NOT cut or carve the wood to make these shapes. How is that possible?
The wood he has is sawdust, and each day he puts it in a different container.
What question can be asked all day,
Each time has different answers and,
And the answers are always correct?
What time is it?
What is as tall as a house, and round as a cup,
And all the Kings horses can't draw it up.
A well.
What has feet and legs and nothing else?
Stockings
I was the beetle of early Egypt.
I was thought to be the bridge of immortality
if worn around the neck in amber.
But, my bite meant instant death.
What am I?
A scarab.
Soldiers line up spaced with pride.
Two long rows lined side by side.
One sole unit can decide.
If the rows will unite or divide.
What am I?
A zipper.
A man walks into a semi-dark room holding a single match. In the room he sees an oil lamp, a gas lamp and a candle. What does he light first?
The match. He has to light the match before he can light the lamps or candle.
I can live inside you, I can come and go as I please. You can have me for an hour, a day, or even a week. You can also pass me on to a friend. But of all the things I know, there is no sure way to stop me no matter what method you try.
What is it?
The hiccups.
You can always have one.
You can always give one.
But, when given it's usually returned.
What is it?
A smile.
I am very small, you see,
And I travel over land and sea.
With my help, you could get stuck,
I usually cost less than a buck.
A postage stamp.
I can't hear you, but I can touch you,
You can feel me, but you can't see me,
I can't see you, but I can kill you,
You can't kill me, but you can hear me.
The wind.
I stand on one leg
With my heart in my head.
What am I?
A cabbage or artichoke.
I never was
But always will be,
I'm the confidence of all,
But none have ever seen me.
What am I?
Tomorrow
When first I appear,
I seem mysterious,
But when I am later explained,
I am nothing serious.
What am I?
A riddle or a puzzle.
Whether I am long or short
Often depends on how you treat me.
Or sometimes by luck.
It can seal my fate.
But you would not be here without me.
What am I?
Life
Most people feel me every day,
But I am often undescribable,
People who try to describe me,
often declare different meanings.
I do have a name.
Many people think I have no limits or boundaries,
But most people will agree there is no doubt I exist.
What am I?
Love
What can go up and will always come down,
Yet it never leaves where it was?
A body's temperature.
A barge loaded with pig iron was in a lock.
For some unknown reason the captain of the barge
threw his iron overboard into the water.
What happened to the water level in the lock?
The water level is lowered.
I have four legs,
One head
But only one foot?
What am I?
A bed.
What has rivers but no water,
Forests but no trees
And cities but no buildings?
A map.
I'm a screecher its said,
Found around the dead.
White as a ghost,
Of terrain host.
What am I?
Chalk
Water, water everywhere.
But there is one state that has no water.
Can you name it?
The solid state.
This you can hold,
But you can't touch it.
What is it?
Your breath.
I have two poles.
I shed light; if you want it.
I can be found in almost every home.
What am I?
A light switch. There are two "electrical poles" in a
light switch.
It is generally very expensive,
It is bought exclusively for one person.
It is almost always purchased by someone else other
than the person who will use and own it.
Though expensive and exclusive, the recipient might
not even ever see it.
What is it?
A casket.
It's always first.
And from what its called it should also sparkle.
But it can be dull and often is.
Regardless it should be peaceful and restful.
What is it?
Sunday (the reference to sparkle - sun=sparkle).
Alive without breath,
Almost as cold as death.
Never thirsty,
Always drinking.
What am I?
A fish.
I may be good, I may be bad.
You may give me, you may receive me.
One way or the other, everyone has one.
What am I?
Attitude
I am reusable,
But most people prefer to use me just once.
I can accompany you all day long if you'd like.
Sometimes you will find me hiding where you can't see.
Beware, for I am very stubborn and stay where I am put.
What am I?
Chewing gum.
They are found everywhere, in the country and in town;
Many are white and under some conditions a few are brown;
But all of them live in a cave, some up, some down.
Teeth
I can touch the ground while reaching the sky.
I can breath but have no lungs.
I have veins but no heart.
What am I?
A tree.
I come in numerous amounts of shapes and sizes.
I am constantly transforming.
My color can vary from one shade to another.
My affect on you will also vary.
Some times I appear to be at a stand still,
And at other times I appear to be in a hurry.
What am I?
Clouds
A man leaves home, makes three left turns, and when he comes back home there is a man wearing a mask waiting for him. What does the first man do for a living?
The man is a baseball player.
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