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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 devil's
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.
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?
A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past
the house. What color is the bear?
A skin has I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done.
What am I?
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on
Earth?
Can a man legally marry his widow's sister in the state of California?
Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in
the summer. How is this possible?
He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
If a plane crashed on the border of England and Scotland, where would
they bury the survivors?
Twelve pears hanging high, twelve men passing by, each took a pear and
left eleven hanging there. How can this be? How can eleven pears be
left?
If there's a frog, dead in the center of a lily pad which is right in
the middle of the pond, which side would it jump to?
You're a bus driver. At the first stop 4 people get on. At the second
stop 8 people on, at the third stop 2 people get off and, at the forth
stop everyone got off. The question is what color are the bus driver's
eyes?
What never gets any wetter, no matter how much it rains?
A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a
hair on his head got wet...how come?
David's father has three sons - Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
What has a mouth but doesn't eat a bank with no money, a bed but
doesn't sleep, and waves but has no hands?
A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday. He stayed two nights and left on
Friday. How could that be?
If the red house is on the right side and if the blue house is on the
left side where's the white house?
If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have
it. What is it?
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
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.
What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
What happened in the middle of the twentieth century that will not
happen again for 4,000 years?
What has no beginning, end, or middle?
What has to be broken before it can be used?
What does no man want, yet no man wants to lose?
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
What is everything to someone, and nothing to everyone else?
Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river can't fill it up. What is
it?
What goes up and never comes down?
What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
What's long and thin, covered in skin; red in parts, and put in tarts?
What has feet and legs, and nothing else?
What is the moon worth?
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
What stays where it is when it goes off?
You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'til you call
me again. What am I?
Never was, I am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And
yet I am the confidence of all to live and breathe on this terrestrial
ball what am I?
Question - The beginning of eternity The end of time and space The
beginning of every end, And the end of every place
I cannot be felt, seen or touched; yet I can be found in everybody; my
existence is always in debate; yet I have my own style of music. What
Am I?
There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you
remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine
letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and
what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath
under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said,
"That?s nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types
of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do
that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you
figure out how?
I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of
backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but still
remain whole, I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole, what
am I?
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out
what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing
was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual
though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find
anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to
do so without any coaching!
Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily
flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no
pain. What is it?
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
father's son." Who's in the coffin?
Bryce Lampe
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> 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 devil's
> 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.
> A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past
> the house. What color is the bear?
> Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on
> Earth?
> Can a man legally marry his widow's sister in the state of California?
> Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in
> the summer. How is this possible?
> He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
> How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
> If a plane crashed on the border of England and Scotland, where would
> they bury the survivors?
> If there's a frog, dead in the center of a lily pad which is right in
> the middle of the pond, which side would it jump to?
> You're a bus driver. At the first stop 4 people get on. At the second
> stop 8 people on, at the third stop 2 people get off and, at the forth
> stop everyone got off. The question is what color are the bus driver's
> eyes?
> What never gets any wetter, no matter how much it rains?
> A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a
> hair on his head got wet...how come?
> David's father has three sons - Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
> If the red house is on the right side and if the blue house is on the
> left side where's the white house?
That's all I have time for...