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I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
a hole
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What has hands, but can’t clap?
A clock