Easy To Touch
You have one of me and I’m easy to touch,
I’m hard to look at, but you can in a clutch.
Yet you’re told to watch me, or get your friends’.
I’m often referred to when you make amends.
You can throw me out but not away,
I cause many pain, every day.
What am I?
Your back. You have one and it’s easy to touch but hard to look it. A common phrase is to “watch your back” and it’s common to “have your friend’s back.” When apologizing, you often want to take back what you said. You can throw out your back, but you can’t throw it away. And back pain causes people pain every day.
I Won’t Break If Thrown
I won’t break if thrown from the highest building, but I will break if placed in the ocean. What am I?
Tissue.
I Am Worthless
I am worthless, yet when added to others I add worth.
I confounded the ancient Greeks, yet I changed men’s understanding.
What am I?
0 (Zero).
Zero is nothing, yet when you add zeroes to a number like 1, it becomes 10, 100 or 1,000.
The ancient Greeks did not have a name for zero and did not use a placeholder. They seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number, philosophizing about how nothing could be something. Once zero was added, it allowed for more mathematical understanding.
Born in 1946, Died in 1947
A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?
He was born in room #1946 of the hospital when he was born, and died in room #1947 86 years later.
What Goes Up And Down But Doesn’t Move?
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase. They go up and down, but you’re the one moving.
What Do You Serve?
What do you serve that a polite recipient would immediately send back?
A ball, when you’re playing tennis, volleyball, table tennis, etc.
Voiceless It Cries
Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouth-less mutters. What is it?
The wind.
Green You Eat It
What is one word that, when it’s green you eat it and when it’s blue you wear it?
Bell. You eat a green bell pepper and you were a blue bell (a flower).