What is three-eighths tortoise, two-fifths onion and two-sixths tomato?
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
What relation would your father’s only single sister’s sister-in-law be to you?
Your mother.
Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won’t last long. What am I?
Fire.
What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
A yard stick.
A taxi driver runs through four red lights, two stop signs and goes through a house. A police officer witnesses this but doesn’t do anything. Why not?
The taxi driver is not in his cab, he’s out for a run. The house he went through was his own because he was done running.
The taxi driver is not in his cab, he’s out for a run. The house he went through was his own because he was done running.
You can swallow me, but I can swallow you. What am I?
Water.
One way I’m feeling normal,
I’m free from all impurity,
Fine.
The riddle refers to a variety of meanings of the word fine.
Feeling normal refers to when you feel fine.
Fine.
The riddle refers to a variety of meanings of the word fine.
Feeling normal refers to when you feel fine.
We are not flesh, feather, scales nor bone;
What are we?
Gloves. They’re not made of flesh, feather, scales or bone, but have fingers and thumbs.
Gloves. They’re not made of flesh, feather, scales or bone, but have fingers and thumbs.
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 months.
Which room should he choose to have the best chance of staying alive?
The third room, since the lions would have died from starvation.
The third room, since the lions would have died from starvation.
A bottle and cork cost $1.10. If the bottle costs a dollar more than the cork, how much does the cork cost?
Most people guess 10 cents, but $1 more than 10 cents is $1.10, which would mean the total cost would be $1.20, not $1.10.
The correct answer is 5 cents. If the cork costs 5 cents, then the bottle costs a dollar more, or $1.05, making the total cost $1.10.
Most people guess 10 cents, but $1 more than 10 cents is $1.10, which would mean the total cost would be $1.20, not $1.10.
The correct answer is 5 cents. If the cork costs 5 cents, then the bottle costs a dollar more, or $1.05, making the total cost $1.10.