I Can Always Go Up, Never Down
I can always go up, never down,
I can always turn left, never right,
I am always hot when I’m cold
A ski lift.
Alive Without Breath
Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Clad in mail never clinking,
Never thirsty, ever drinking
A fish.
Remove Six Letters
Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word.
BSAINXLEATNTEARS
The familiar English word that remains is BANANA after removing the phrase “SIX LETTERS”.
A Woman Shoots Her Husband
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
She took a photo of him and developed it in the dark room.
Garlic or Spice
Before any changes I’m a garlic or spice. My first is altered and I’m a hand-warming device. My second is changed and I’m trees in full bloom. The next letter change makes a deathly old tomb. Change the fourth to make a fruit of the vine. Change the last for a chart plotted with lines. What was I? What did I become? What did I turn out to be?
clove
glove
grove
grave
grape
graph
People Eat Me
I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become a form of energy. Remove the first two and I’m needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me. What am I?
wheat
heat
eat
tea
The More You Leave Behind
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps or footprints.
Loud Noise When Changing Its Jacket
What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?
Popcorn.
The Cost of Household Hardware
A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house.
1 would cost $.25
12 would cost $.50
122 would cost $.75
When he left the store he had spent $.75, what did he buy?
House numbers.
What Begins and Has No End?
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Death or decay.