RIDDLES

October 9, 2008 - 0:0

* Where do fish keep their money? In a riverbank, of course!

* Mary’s father has 4 children; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. So what is the 4th child’s name? If you said ""Nono"", then you are wrong. If Mary's father had 4 children, with three named Nana, Nene, and Nini, then the last child's name would have to be Mary!
* From what heavy seven-letter word can you take away two letters and have eight left? There are at least two possibilities: Freight or weights!
* What three numbers have the same answer when added together and multiplied together? 1, 2, 3
* What bone has a sense of humor? Humorous
* What did the leg bone say to the foot? Stick with me and you'll go places.
* What walks all day on its head? A nail in a horseshoe
* What is round as a dishpan and no matter the size, all the water in the ocean can't fill it up? A sieve
* I have many eyes but cannot see. I have no mouth or nose, but always smell. Do not eat my tree or you will be, a very rare FATALITY! A potato
* The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Footsteps
* He who has it doesn't tell about it. He who takes it doesn't know about it. He who knows what it is doesn't want it. What is it? Counterfeit money
* It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, and is born in air. What is it? An echo
* I fasten it and it walks. I unfasten it and it stops. What is it? A sandal
* What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood? The bark of a tree
* I have a little house in which I live all alone. My house has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I? A chicken in an egg
* Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, I am greedy and devour them all. Who am I? A pair of scissors
* It stands on one leg with its heart in its head. What is it? A cabbage
* What is that you will break every time you name it? Silence
* What fastens two people yet touches only one? A wedding ring.
* I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never seen out of darkness. The letter S