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A young boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room, but the ER doctor saw the
boy and refused to operate. �This boy is my son,� the doctor said. But the doctor
wasn�t the boy�s father. How could this be?
Imagine you�re in a room that�s filling up with water quickly. There are no windows
or doors. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one slice of pizza, yet
only three slices were eaten. How�s that possible?
The group included a grandmother, her daughter and her daughter�s daughter.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, and
Sunday?
A man was outside taking a walk when it started to rain. The man didn�t have an
umbrella and he wasn�t wearing a hat or a hood. His clothes got soaked, yet not a
single hair on his head got wet. How could this be?
If two�s company and three�s a crowd, what do four and five make?
Nine.
Name four days of the week that start with the letter �t�?
Beth�s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other one is Sara. What
is the name of the third daughter?
Beth.
What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his fingers on one
hand?
Normal, because people usually have half their fingers on one hand.
If it takes eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men?
If Mrs. John�s bungalow is decorated completely in pink, with the walls, carpet,
and furniture all shades of pink, what color are the stairs?
Hide answer
The attorney is my brother,� testified the accountant. But the attorney testified
he did not have a brother. Who is lying?
Uncle Bill�s farm had a terrible storm and all but seven sheep were killed. How
many sheep are still alive?
Seven
There are three important rooms in a house. The first one is filled with money. The
second one is filled with important papers. The third one is filled with jewelry.
One day all of these rooms burst into fire. Which room did the policemen put out
the fire in first?
None of them, because policemen do not put out fires; firemen do.
What is the maximum number of times a single page of a newspaper can be folded in
half by hand?
Only once, because after that you will be folding it into quarters, eighths, etc.
On a Sunday morning, the oldest girl in a family was murdered. The father was
reading the paper, the mother was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, and the girl�s
brother was playing video games. Uncle George was visiting and was out getting the
mail. Who murdered the girl?
Uncle George, because it was a Sunday and mail is not delivered on Sunday.
A stick
A door
You cannot, because you will never find an elephant with one hand.
How many legs does an elephant have if you count his trunk as a leg?
Four, because calling the elephant�s trunk a leg does not make it one.
Lunch or dinner
If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how birds many are left
in the tree?
None, because after one bird got shot, the rest flew away.
If a monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree, who
will get the banana first?
A truck driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, and passes at least
ten cops. Why is he not caught?
Because he was not driving his truck! He�s walking on the sidewalk.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest was still the highest even though it had not been discovered.
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
What never asks a question but gets answered all the time?
Your cellphone.
You spot a boat full of people but there isn�t a single person on board. How is
that possible?
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how
long would it take before all the pills had been taken? (1 hour! Take the 1st
pill right away, half an hour later take the 2nd and half an hour after that the
3rd. Total time spent: 1 hour! )
A certain family used to live in a roundhouse. One day when the father returned
from his job, he found his wife dead. One of the children said he had been watching
the television, the second one said he has been drawing, and the last born said he
had been reading from the corner. Who killed the mother?
The last born since the house is round and has no corners.
If a bird has 7 eggs and dinosaurs ate one of its eggs. How many eggs would the
bird have left?
D � For December.
When does 1+1 not equal to 2?