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Puzzle
1) If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will it take to hard-boil four goose eggs?

 20 minutes, 4 eggs can be boiled at the same time.
2) Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or No?
 ....Yes. It comes right after the 3rd.
3) Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
 .....Twelve (12). All of them have at least 28 days.
4) Can a man in California marry his widow's sister?
 ....No. He must be dead if it is his widow.
5) Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10.
What do you get?
 ..... Seventy (70). Thirty (30) divided by 1/2 is 6.
6) A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half
an hour. How long will the pills last?
 ......One hour. If you take the first pill at 1:00, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:00, the pills have
run out and only one hour has passed.
7) A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are left?
 ..... Nine (9). Like I said, all BUT nine die.
8) How many animals of each species did Moses have on the ark?
...... None. I didn't know that Moses had an ark.
9) A butcher in the market is 5' 10 tall. What does he weigh?
..... Meat ... that is self-explanatory.
10) Lateral Thinking puzzle
man
board
Ans. = man overboard
stand
I
Ans. = I understand
/r/e/a/d/i/n/g/

Ans. = reading between the lines
R
R O A D
A
D
Ans. = cross road
cycle
cycle
cycle
Ans. = tricycle
T
O
W
N
Ans. = downtown
0
M.D.
Ph.D.
Ans. = two degrees below zero
THINK
Ans. think big !!
ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb....
Ans. long time no 'c' (see)
If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
A secret.
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it?
You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library.
A telephone book.

What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
A chalkboard
What happened in the middle of the twentieth century that will not happen again for 4,000 years?
The year 1961 can be read upside down and that won't happen again until 6009!
What has no beginning, end, or middle?
A doughnut.
What has to be broken before it can be used?
An egg.
What does no man want, yet no man wants to lose?
Work - Employment
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
Only one, the last one.
What is everything to someone, and nothing to everyone else?
Your mind.
Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river can't fill it up. What is it?
A kitchen strainer.
What goes up and never comes down?
Your age.
What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
To cover cows.
What's long and thin, covered in skin; red in parts, and put in tarts?
Rhubarb.
What has feet and legs, and nothing else?
Stockings
What is the moon worth?
$1, because it has 4 quarters.
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
A candle.
What stays where it is when it goes off?
An alarm clock

You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'til you call me again. What am I?
An echo
There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the
coffin. The first man replies, brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son. Who's
in the coffin?
His son
There are 2 guards. One tells the truth and one lies. There are also 2 doors. One leads to Heaven and the
other leads to the devils playground. One guard is in front of each door. You can only ask the guards ONE
question and you have to ask the same question to both guards. What you are trying to find out is which
door leads to Heaven and which door leads to the devil's playground.
Ask each one "What will the other one say is the door to heaven?" They should answer the same. Go in the
opposite door they say.
Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds
but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man throws a punch. How is this
possible?
They were women boxing.
A farmer had seventeen sheep, all but nine died, how many did he have left?
9
A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?
Probably a white Polar Bear in the North Pole.
A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. What am I?
A potato
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Mt.Everest
Can a man legally marry his widow's sister in the state of California?
No, he's dead
Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
She lived in the southern hemisphere.
He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A preacher.

How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
Moses didnt make the ark, Noah did.
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Once, because after you subtract it's not 25 anymore.
How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?
There is no dirt in a hole.
I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be.
Few
If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
Roosters don't lay eggs.
If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
9
If you were in a dark room with a candle, a woodstove, a match and a gas lamp which do you light first?
The match
If you were standing directly on Antarcticas South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if
you took one step backward?
North
Is an old hundred dollar bill better than a new one?
No, I'd rather have $100 bill than a new $1 bill.
No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Silence or a promise.
Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
Every month has at least 28 days.
Take off my skin -- I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.
The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?
A towel.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Foot steps.
There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a

wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
Meat
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
Peppers
What can go up a chimney down but can't go down a chimney up?
An umbrella.
What can go up and come down without moving?
The temperature.
What can pass before the sun without making a shadow?
The Earth.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
What crime is punishable if attempted, but is not punishable if committed?
Suicide
What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?
They can all be flipped and still be the same.
What do you serve that you can't eat?
A tennis ball or guests.
What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
A fishing line.
What goes up white and comes down yellow?
An egg.
What grows up while growing down?
A plant.
What one word has the most letters in it?
Alphabet.
What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
A teapot.
What travels around the world yet stays in one corner?
A stamp.

What two words contain the most letters?
post office
What's the difference between here and there?
The letter T.
Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
Neither, because egg yolks are yellow.
Which moves faster: heat or cold?
Heat, because you can catch a cold.
You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
The telephone.
You can't keep this until you have given it.
Your word.
There is $21.00 in 1 dollar bills that has to be split evenly among the 2 fathers and 2 sons. How is this
possible?
There is only really three people...a grandfather, the father, and the father's son who each get $7.
A Man walked up to his house and he heard his wife scream " John Don't do it!" and the man ran inside and
saw his wife, dead on the floor. Around her was a Baker, Milkman, and a Doctor. The man goes up to the
Milkman and says "U did It!". How did the man know he did it?
The baker and the doctor were both women and John the milkman was the only guy.
What do you call a country, where all the cars in it are pink?
A pink carnation.
There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through
walls. What is it?
A Window