Riddles
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.
Your finger.
A man rode out of town on Sunday, he stayed a whole night at a hotel and rode back to town the next day on Sunday. How is this possible?
The man's horse's name is Sunday.
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons for a total of 3!
How do you spell candy in 2 letters ?
c and y c(and)y.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the alphabet or dictionary.
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
I am a candle.
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
She is a photographer.
You have me today,
Tomorrow you'll have more;
As your time passes,
I'm not easy to store;
I don't take up space,
But I'm only in one place;
I am what you saw,
But not what you see.
What am I?
Memories.
Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Because it has Greece at the bottom.
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
The man wrote "your exact weight" on the piece of paper.
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Charcoal.
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
He was bald.
There are two monkeys on a tree and one jumps off. Why does the other monkey jump too?
Monkey see monkey do.
What do you call two witches who live together?
Broommates!
Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word. What is it?
"Just one word"
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire.
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.
Pencil lead.
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?
Your breath.
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
Place an apple on one person's head.
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg.
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Gloves.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest.
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. what is it?
Nothing.