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A sheik announced that a race would decide which of his two sons would inherit
all his wealth. The sons were to ride their camels to a certain distant city. The son whose camel reached the city last would be given all the sheik's wealth. The two sons set out on the journey. After severals days of aimless wandering, they met and agreed to seek the advice of a wiseman. After listening to the wiseman's advice, the two sons rode the camels as quickly as possible to the designated city. They did not agree to split the wealth, and their father's decree was to be followed. What was it that the wiseman told the two sons? He told the two sons to switch camels.

2. A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was
required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in. What should have he said? Three, because there are three letters in Ten.

3. A man leaves home and, after making three left turns, he ends up back at home,
and finds two masked men waiting for him. What is happening? The man is a baseball player which has hit an in-the-park home-run.

4. Note: This riddle must be done in your head and not using paper and pen. Take
1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Now add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total? The total is 4100. If your answer is 5000, check the last step.

5. When Miss Mae purchased her new parrot, the salesman assured her that it would
repeat any word it heard. About a week later, Miss Mae returned the parrot complaining it hadn't uttered a single word. The salesman had spoken the truth about the parrot's abilities. Miss Mae had said words to the parrot, but the parrot did not repeat them. Why didn't the bird talk? The parrot was deaf.

6. Tom and Jerry, two popular politicians, met at a club to discuss the overthrow of
their party leader. They each ordered vodka on the rocks. Jerry downed his and ordered another. He then drank his second in a gulp and decided to wait before he ordered a third. Meanwhile, Tom, who was sipping his first drink, suddenly fell forward dead. Both men had been setup for an assassination. Why did Tom die, yet Jerry lived? Their ice cubes had been poisoned. Jerry drank his so fast that the cubes hadnt melt at all yet. Toms ice cubes however, had partially melted and poisoned his drink.

7. If you have me you want to share me. If you share me, you won't have me. What
am I?

A secret.

8. How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

One. No matter how many bricks it took to make the building, it takes one last brick to complete it.

9. Peter celebrated his birthday on one day, and two days later his identical twin
brother, Paul, celebrated his birthday. How could this be? When the mother of the twins went into labor, she was travelling by a boat. The older twin, Paul, was born first, barely on March 1st. The boat then crossed a time zone, and the younger twin was born on February 28th. In the leap year the younger twin celebrates his birthday two days before his older brother.

10. What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Silence.

11. All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic signals
had power. A dark limousine was cruising down the newly paved blacktop, with its headlights off. A young boy dressed totally in black (with no reflectors) stepped out to cross the street. The moon wasn't out and the boy had no flashlight, yet the driver stopped to let the boy cross the street. How did the driver see the boy? It was during daylight hours.

12. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the
child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be? The surgeon was his mother.

13. A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there.

They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognized. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he know? He recognized Adam and Eve as the only people without navels. Because they were not born of women, they had never had umbilical cords and therefore they never had navels. This one seems perfectly logical but it can sometimes spark fierce theological arguments.

14. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The
first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him? The third one. The lions that did not eat for three years are dead.

15. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it
away? Charcoal.

16. Two dogs are sitting on a porch - a fat dog and a thin dog. The little dog is the
son of the fat dog, but the fat dog is not the father of the thin dog. Can you explain? The fat dog is the mother.

17. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

A stamp.

18. The man who invented it doesnt want it. The man who bought it doesnt need it. The man who needs it doesnt know it. What is it? A coffin. 19. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I? An onion.

20. I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never
released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. Pencil lead.

21. A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a
stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream? Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!

22. Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at
night? A fly.

23. There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs
and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good. What are they? Water, fire, earth and wind.

24. Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or
paper, my greedy lust devours them all. What am I? Scissors.

25. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express
happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. The letter S.

26. Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the
air alone gives birth. What am I? An echo.

27. 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? The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.

28. Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are
only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is. It states, "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?" The third word of that phrase is of course "language."

29. Until I am measured

I am not known, Yet how you miss me When I have flown. Time.

30. A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes.

Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be? She took a photo of him and developed it in the dark room.

31. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday.
How did he do it? The horses name is Friday.

32. A man walks into a pub and simply orders a water. The bar tender simply looks
at the man, grabs a shotgun, and points it at the man's face. The man says, "Thank you," gets up, and walks out of the pub. Why did they behave this way? He was having hiccups, so in order to stop them, the bartender took out a gun to shock the man.

33. Do you say, "Nine and five is thirteen," or "Nine and five are thirteen"?
Neither. Nine and five are fourteen.

34. What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never
sleeps, has a head but never weeps? A river.

35. How could I place a bookbag on the floor where no one could jump over it?
In a corner of a room.

36. A Panda Bear walked into a resturant. He sat down at a table and ordered some
food. When he was finished eating, he took out a gun and shot his waiter. He then left the resturant. After the police caught up with him, they asked him why he had killed the waiter. He replied, "Look me up in the dictionary." What did the dictionary say? When they looked up the word "Panda" in the dictionary, it stated, "Panda: Eats shoots and leaves."

37. A three year old girl, and a 100 year old man have had exactly the same amount of birthdays. How many birthdays have they had? One. You celebrate your birthday every year, but the only day that is actually your birthday is the day you were born.

38. A man was walking in the jungle. He only had one bullet in his gun. But yet he
shot a puma and a cougar. How did he do this? A puma and cougar are the same animal. 39. How many letters are in the alphabet? There are 11 LETTERS in the ALPHABET.

40. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I
write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or

less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet? The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.

41. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place
would you be in now? 2nd place.

42. 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? Im a soul. Style of music : soul music.

43. I look at you, you look at me I raise my right,you raise your left What is this
object? A mirror.

44. On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to
sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. What caused the ship to sink? The "Submarine" Captain ordered the crew to dive.

45. Sergi and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was
watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How? Sally was blind, she was reading a book by Braille.

46. Why can't Kevin Laroche, who is now living in Canada, not be buried in the USA?
Because he is still alive!

47. What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel.

48. Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell.
No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with

the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan? His plan is to dig the tunnel and pile up the dirt to climb up to the window to escape.

49. There was a green round house. Inside the green round house was a smaller
white house.In the white house was a red house.And living in the red house were lots of little black babies.What is this? A watermelon!

50. I have holes on the top and bottom,I have holes on my left and on my right, and
I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I? A sponge!

51. They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being
stolen. The stars.

52. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday,
Friday, or Sunday? Yesterday, today and tomorrow!

53. What state is surrounded by most water?

Hawaii.

54. A man was born in 1955. He's alive and well today at age 33. How is this
possible? He was born in the hostpital with the room number 1955.

55. What is the capital city of China?

Beijing

56. A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I?

Im their daughter.

57. A 6-foot tall Magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his
head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water. How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water? It was an empty glass of water!

58. Pat Smith gives someone a dollar. Pat is this person's brother, but the person is
not Pat's brother. How can that be?

Its Pats sister.

59. A woman was sitting on a windowsill on the 35th floor of a building. She was

about to commit suicide. The police surrounded the bottom of the building telling her NOT to jump. Her husband was in the room with her and kept trying to stop her. She got nervous and fell, yet she did not get or hurt or even a scratch. Why? She fell into her room instead of out the window!

60. A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive
girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bustrip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why? An apple a day, keeps the doctor away!

61. I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always
around. What am I? A tree. 62. You live in a one story house made "entirely of redwood". What color would the stairs be? What stairs? You live in a one story house.

63. If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the
movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time? It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.