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Why is it so easy to weigh fish? | Because they have their own scales. | 24edda8219b1cc3b8718778f957e80d9 |
What question can a person ask all day long, getting a different answer each time, and yet all the answers were correct. | The question would be: What time is it? | 33a921fa15aca38a282cb5d60c5b5c0d |
What are two things you cannot eat for supper? | Breakfast and lunch! | 386a9fd1504511fd09bd5972f28e250e |
What kind of room has no windows or doors? | Mushroom | 3979079462ccb3eeacd9ffd9bc6fc350 |
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 | 3a5e3dae533ee6db03920dcdc1522104 |
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 | 41e5ee8c1f65adbca30903aaa6e6c6ff |
What can pass before the sun without making a shadow? | The wind. | 43be26e30818455738a870cf353ad768 |
What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it? | Water. | 465555092a833ccd30bae733e8923e2b |
I have a face, two arms, and two hands, yet I can not move. I count to twelve, yet I can not speak. I can still tell you something everyday. | A clock. | 4860ad9001da68e3b7e0fd411d23dfe0 |
What has four fingers and one thumb, but is not alive? | A glove | 495db04fdda4d7312d3397a7fec404a6 |
If you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you have? | Two. You'd have the two that you took. | 4aa4913e73d90d1c487f089b64849b2a |
Who can shave 25 times a day and still have a beard? | A barber. | 4c0bbf80248f14b8273fafda15960233 |
What weighs more—a ton of feathers or a ton of gold? | They weigh exactly the same, one ton each. | 50e4355dc389cd7c26b429ac2f69afc6 |
What did one math book say to the other math book? | I have a lot of problems! | 52a4a3e5373bf853a96d6615b6289d48 |
You are in a room with 3 monkeys. One has a banana, one has a stick, one has nothing. Which primate in the room is the smartest? | You are the smartest! Humans are primates too. | 54a654e1f22d507b40f16778539ba3ac |
Name three keys that unlock no doors. | MONkey, DONkey, TURkey | 55154bbe5919d6568e84e040fad65bbc |
What fastens two people yet touches only one? | A wedding ring. | 59eaefbbf42c2f559b1a23e8ee099bed |
What happens when you throw a white rock into the Red Sea? | It sinks | 5b489e785b080c7d351ac1632bc4cdfc |
Mary's father has 4 children; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. So what is is the 4th child's name? | Mary. | 5eeb05e586c8f5069d866ca557d5aed8 |
What do you serve that you cannot eat? | A tennis ball. | 5fdd60d31cb558ceef928d0c7f92c3e5 |
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks? | Fire. | 61f9f69deb3c83bc056931fb3c0c482d |
What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you? | Water. | 640c8df50c8252ff69b4e3190923530b |
The one who made it, didn't want it. The one who bought it, didn't need it. The one who used it, never saw it. What is it? | A coffin. | 66d33e0f1270162c8e240b1a8ad0c7d1 |
The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? | Footsteps | 6852320ab977f2f8d643f75142e31ed3 |
Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible? | There is a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter. | 6cea32cb0c647002f640eefd5c7d4556 |
You are pushing your car. You stop at a hotel. At that precise moment you realize that you are bankrupt. What is actually going on? | You are probably playing Monopoly! | 6d005f76f5e0b3e341d52ff79d1c5b98 |
What is half of 2+2? | 3 (half of 2 is 1, and then 1 plus 2 is 3) | 6dd4bcbe1e1709db38edee38b68c1284 |
How can you put you left hand in your right pocket and put your right hand in your left pocket without crossing your arms? | First put the clothes on backwards. | 72c01f8df528475ce6c7109f0384c3ac |
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? | Only once. After that, you will be subtracting 5 from 20, then 5 from 15, etc. | 73d576ba62e0d2f0fbf269963bf911b1 |
If you have it, you want to share it, but if you share it, you don't have it. What is it? | A secret. | 777919b2fc296ab5b92e7151ae721efc |
What kind of cake does a mouse eat on its birthday? | cheesecake | 78733f9c0f9fc7ec5a27df5a21070b14 |
What's the difference between here and there? | The letter T. | 7d70f47aae1658909987eb795a0784fd |
What is better than the best thing, and worse than the worst thing? | Nothing | 7dc98786af95278e029d6ce65c4a5922 |
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten? | Salt. | 8309e99e8bb58cecfe311d8ad3ae2911 |
How many seconds are there in a year? | 12 (January second, February second and so on) | 8317c485f0138528f15fd2f2f50d3503 |
Which moves faster: heat or cold? | Heat, everybody can catch a cold. | 8371eccf220bf2a31f06ceb1cf362785 |
If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five? | Nine. | 8794f177a966ae18aa8cdedffa724bb6 |
What three numbers have the same answer when added together and multiplied together? | 1, 2, 3 | 883f5acf5e0bcc99ba0e9b3b2fc9c0b7 |
While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. Why? | Every one on the boat is married. | 8c69903b4c844d62286eb56e834932e6 |
Have you heard the saying what goes up must come down? Well what goes up and never goes down? | Your age! | 8eb71d121c1025ab93a3768b812a9109 |
Why can't a man living in Winston Salem, NC, be buried west of the Mississippi? | Because he is still alive. | 90717288c24e600062df7244c9fc4670 |
If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour and there is a strong westerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift. | Electric trains don't produce smoke | 9371bad1ba01e2e5aaf586d09751a054 |
Where do fish keep their money? | In a riverbank, of course! | 94498076b65d25bfbe89307253285418 |
What needs an answer, but doesn't ask a question? | A telephone! | 960cda50fc4805629c78ec212f97d500 |
What is put on a table and cut, but never eaten? | A pack of cards | 9c13e23182700600ec566d150b2197e4 |
What kind of nut has no shell? | A doughnut | 9d1814cfbad4e2016f2a0c09abd82da5 |
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? | Darkness. | 9de22dd57bde54f027bba28a4c5ba2c4 |
What goes up and down without moving? | Stairs. | 9ebcaf06cdc6e1cb1468e5d1d4b4fa6f |
I know a word of letters three. Add two and fewer there will be. What is the word? | Few. | a65b0df1d771efd5f92c1f7e84400cc8 |
You enter a dark room. You have only one match. There is an oil lamp, a furnace, and a stove in the room. Which would you light first? | The match! | a81d785313175ff001fe09836f4ee95a |
What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River? | Wet rocks. | a8bc0b110eb9556dad844fea5f5663f6 |
What is in the middle of nowhere? | H. | acca6b39db5892230525d23e50090e67 |
A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this? | The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything! | b2b29ce3da6c82098076242953b451a9 |
What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? | Incorrectly! | b875f4194b58373ad222811037f6683d |
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour? | The letter M | b8ce0a46e623cc615b03dbd0146393a2 |
What is is that you will break every time you name it? | Silence | bb7d5ccc130f30fa8a5513c98b065766 |
It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, and is born in air. What is it? | An echo | bc122925b2279f6b6fe5f889f3a7cdcd |
From what heavy seven-letter word can you take away two letters and have eight left? | Freight or weights! | c21c9eb43f0a18a06433274a6ce32af7 |
What is bigger when new and grows smaller with use? | Soap (or a pencil, crayon, chalk, etc.) | c317a1ed6ca396f2c9ad6166a05f4ad8 |
What is the center of gravity? | V. | c58e2d2174fd73215616ec08af33cf65 |
What gets whiter the dirtier it gets? | A blackboard or chalkboard. | c69cb3c8535016c630a4681138ccd41d |
Do you know why orange juice is so smart? | It concentrates! | caed5c9bd134e9203802f4a72b8d6367 |
Here on earth it is always true,that a day follows a day.But there is a place where yesterday always follows today! What am I? | The dictionary! | ceb426cbba463e9a91cc01084f656cfa |
What am I? I am the only thing that always tells the truth. I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and sizes. So tell me what I must be! | A mirror. | d4ca9fea9e24996d7c5ab92cc8cc4d30 |
What turns everything around, but does not move? | A mirror. | d564b0f94a042e3b134f0935fe4128de |
Twelve pears hanging high, twelve men passing by.Each took a pear and left eleven hanging there.How can this be? | "Each" was the name of one of the men passing by. | dcb222eede6bb4369e02d5b43cb811b1 |
What's colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter? | A hole | ddeab0392c7a48ea59dc2b8c86e67b04 |
What has no beginning, end or middle? | a doughnut | de0e864bc6ce068fd45ce1c5ae78394f |
What is the moon worth? | $1 -- because it has 4 quarters. | deddc1a0a31b63f85ac19514cc80bbbf |
What happens twice in a week, and once in a year, but never in a day? | The appearance of the letter "e"! | df6fb2fb0cc8ae667db8d48a37fd88c8 |
Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side then their other side. Which side of a cat has more hair? | The outside, of course! | e4863b428f0a5ffe2b41c81a46b99a2c |
What has a tongue, cannot walk, but gets around a lot? | A shoe! | e8053e091d01e30af3b28852b1a2d894 |
What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood? | The bark of a tree | eade0eaf9e67294c3a28c68c1f615894 |
If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch? | None, roosters can't lay eggs! | eda5b0d307b11fbdfdaa878d06dd972f |
What did the ocean say to the sea? | Nothing...it just waved. | f7cfc3a48fdab03a99859631b4b714a1 |
A barrel of rainwater weighs twenty pounds. What must you add to make it weigh fifteen? | Holes! | f8637812125e284e16b1ac4da5ac1a35 |
What won't break if you throw it off the highest building in the world, but will break if you place it in the ocean? | A tissue. | f9035a33a9bb876e69fafd3fc4e0bad8 |
Take off my skin and I won't cry, but you will, what am I? | An onion. | fd7cd9aff31bcf1971a5ba9c82492645 |
When young, I am sweet in the sun.When middle-aged, I make you gay.When old, I am valued more than ever.What am I? | Wine. | fe428b72f70e90ee96fe8826b13cf019 |
What did the rib cage say to the heart? | Got ya covered! | fe7e831013411b0949796c9dadec4e4c |
What kind of building is the tallest in the world? | A library; it has the most stories. | 06a90404fa12f16c74faffad5309a5ee |
Why did the boy throw butter out the window? | He wanted to see a butterfly. | 0877a73308da5b74d7f783c712bf281b |
What did one octopus say to the other octopus? | I want to hold your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand. | 0ef4195d7d32bc13daf52a53c64de347 |
What did the blanket say to the bed? | Got you covered! | 0f6c720d39a9122fb1e5c5b7bdb4378a |
What does Frosty the Snowman eat for breakfast? | Snowflakes! | 10a450dd386fd6359209de73984f44e0 |
What two things aren't eaten for breakfast? | Lunch and dinner. | 10c0e0039c3754b5f6c2a8fda9896eb1 |
Why couldn't the Teddy Bear eat? | Because he was stuffed! | 1a12d1f217f7df6618498e3ebbca6dc1 |
What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailor? | One sells watches and the other watches cells. | 1d74b6bdbcd2b66fcd92d454fe048f5b |
How many hamburgers can you eat on an empty stomach? | Only one or part of one, because after that your stomach is no longer empty. | 2269695378228b8883c6916b5fa0708d |
Why can't a bike stand up for itself? | Because it's two tired. | 4333f02ce17be0eda5277a7888d610b2 |
What time is it when you see an elephant sitting on your fence? | Time to buy a new fence. | 458b9c7d0504a3101379fdb3d809c6f1 |
What kind of beans can't grow in a garden? | Jelly Beans. | 45cb7ced293e6aecca5a2d13430e2935 |
Why do seagulls fly over the sea? | Because if they flew over the bay they would be Bagels! | 48a62800a08708c7b58f527ea2ae868d |
Why did the skeleton play the piano? | Because he didn't have any organs! | 4aa927bb18a6fa8ebf2cf0a4235acdac |
Why is it a bad idea to write a letter on an empty stomach? | Because it's much better to write on paper. | 5a5134615a96e5a001a03d326e747730 |
What did the mayonnaise say to the bread? | Close the door, I'm dressing. | 6ff9a331167d550a87849dbe2b206f3e |
How do you catch a squirrel? | Climb up a tree and act like a nut. | 706345ae3fc1b2b5bd5b4e162f9008ad |
Why didn't the lobster share his toys? | He was too shellfish. | 713ac0fccf8e2970c254328f83f7ea2d |
What did one plate say to the other plate? | Lunch is on me. | 72849788e7c883dfded3bd80320b78bf |
What does a bee use to brush its hair? | A honeycomb! | 7ecb34fdb1c328694f4db46237647037 |