I can never be stolen from you.
I am owned by everyone.
Some have more, some have less.
What am I?
Knowledge.
When Randolph asked Hilda how old she was, Hilda replied that in two years she would be twice as old as she was five years ago. How old is Hilda?
Aside from the potential response that it’s rude to ask the age of a lady, the answer can be worked out mathematically.
x + 2 = 2(x – 5)
x + 2 = 2x – 10
x + 12 = 2x
12 = x
In two years she’ll be 14, which is twice her age 5 years ago (7).
Aside from the potential response that it’s rude to ask the age of a lady, the answer can be worked out mathematically.
x + 2 = 2(x – 5)
x + 2 = 2x – 10
x + 12 = 2x
12 = x
In two years she’ll be 14, which is twice her age 5 years ago (7).
What relation would your father’s only single sister’s sister-in-law be to you?
Your mother.
Everyone has it.
Those who have it least don’t know that they have it.
Those who have it most wish they had less of it,
but not too little or none at all.
Age. Young children don’t even know their age and extremely old folks wish they could turn back the hands of time, but not so much that they’re too young or they no longer have an age at all.
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Age. Young children don’t even know their age and extremely old folks wish they could turn back the hands of time, but not so much that they’re too young or they no longer have an age at all.
By Sef Daystrom
Take away my first letter,
Take away my second letter,
Take away all my letters,
and I remain the same.
What am I?
A mail carrier. Even when there aren’t any letters left to deliver, they’re job is still the mail carrier.
A mail carrier. Even when there aren’t any letters left to deliver, they’re job is still the mail carrier.
What word could be added to all of these words?
apple
cone
lake
tree
ridge
nuts
Pine.
What’s black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you’re all through with it?
Charcoal.
What breaks on the water but never on land?
A wave.
Add punctuation to these words to make a grammatically correct series of phrases.
That that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is
That that is, is; that that is not, is not. Is not that it? It is.
There are almost assuredly other grammatically correct variations. Feel free to add ones you can think of in the comments.
That that is, is; that that is not, is not. Is not that it? It is.
There are almost assuredly other grammatically correct variations. Feel free to add ones you can think of in the comments.
Little Miss Eticote
In her white petticoat
And her red nose
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows
A candle.