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  • What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
    Short (short+er)
  • What has a bottom at the top?
    Your legs
  • Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
    One was bald
  • There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll?
    Roosters don’t lay eggs
  • What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
    A teapot
  • The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
    Footsteps
  • What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
    An envelope
  • I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
    Seven
  • What is full of holes but still holds water?
    A sponge
  • What gets wetter as it dries?
    A towel
  • What has 88 keys, but cannot open a single door?
    A piano
  • I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
    A battery
  • Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
    They weigh the same
  • I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
    A candle
  • Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
    A map
  • After a train crashed, every single person died. Who survived?
    All of the couples
  • Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
    Five.
  • What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
    A bed
  • How many months have 28 days?
    All 12 of them do
  • Everyone has it and no one can lose it; what is it?
    A shadow
  • You walk into a room which contains a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
    A match or lighter
  • What has four wheels and flies?
    A dustcart / garbage truck
  • What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
    A clock
  • Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?
    A barber
  • What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
    Silence
  • What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
    Wrong
  • What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
    A river
  • What goes up but never goes back down?
    Your age
  • What gets bigger the more you take away?
    A hole
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