RIDDLES 1
They don't have flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own.
Glove
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long.
A breath
If you throw a blue stone into the Red Sea, what does it become?
Wet
What has hands, but cannot clap?
A clock
The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
A hole
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.
A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
His horse is named Friday
What word starts with "e," ends with "e," and only has one letter in it?
Envelope
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
SEE O DOUBLE YOU
What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
Your voice
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater 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?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold
What has to be broken before you have to use it?
An egg
I belong to you, but other people use it more than you.
Your name
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary
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.
Fire
So fragile that saying its name breaks it.
Silence
Features 13 hearts with no other organs.
A deck of cards
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly
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 is bald
Seven
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?
Everyone on board is married