Riddles/Jokes/Puns 1
A beggar's brother died, but the ma who died had no brother. How could this be?
The beggar was a woman
What is made of wood but can't be sawed?
sawdust
What has hands that can't clap?
A clock
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
What gets bigger every tome you take from it?
A hole
What has a tongue, cannot talk, but gets around a lot?
a shoe
Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is hidden than seen.
An iceberg
What has a mouth, but can't chew?
A river
Which ring is square?
A boxing ring
If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.
What fastens to people, yet touches only one?
A wedding ring
What dress can you not wear?
An address
I have all the knowledge you have, but I am not much larger than your fist. What am I?
I'm your brain
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
swims
500 is at my end and my start, yet 5 is at my heart. The first letter and the first number make me complete. My name is that of a king. Who am I?
David. D=500, V=5, and I=1(the first number)
'A' is the first letter of the alphabet
What goes back and forth constantly, but never in a straight line?
A pendulum
Everyone in the world needs it. They generously give it, but rarely take it. What is it?
Advice
I never ask questions, but am always answered. What am I?
A doorbell
I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?
The brain
When you look for something, why is it always in the last place you look?
Because when you find it you stop looking
I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thought, but now I am white and empty. What am I?
A skull
Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will. What am I?
An onion.
Which word has three consecutive letters?
Bookkeeper
Whats black and white and red all over?
A newspaper