random riddles1
there is a boat filled with people yet there is no one on board
everyone is married
What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?
Time to fix the fence!
After a train crashed, every single person died. Who survived?
all the couples
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
clouds
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
a candle
Why can’t we take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?
A wooden leg is not a camera.
I have four wings, but cannot fly. I never laugh and never cry. On the same spot, I’m always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?
a windmill
how many months in a year have 8 days
12
What coat is best put on wet?
paint
What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don’t want to use it?
an anchor
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released; yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
Pencil lead.
Mr. Brown was killed on Sunday afternoon. His wife said she was reading a book at the time. The butler said he was taking a shower. The chef said he was making breakfast. The maid said she was folding clothes, and the gardener said he was planting tomatoes. Who did it?
The chef. Mr. Brown was killed in the afternoon and yet the chef claimed he was making breakfast?
What gets bigger the more you take away?
a hole
What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
scilence
How do eight eights add up to one thousand?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
A man sails off on a cruise between Mexico and the USA. He doesn’t speak to anyone, stop at any ports, or even come out of his cabin, yet he makes $300,000 from his trip. How?
He’s a smuggler
A man rode into town on Tuesday, and left two days later on Tuesday. How so?
his horses name is tuseday
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught three fish. One father said, “that is enough for all of us. We will have one each.” How can that be possible?
There were only three men. The grandfather was fishing with his son and grandson.
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. How can this be?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
a keyboard