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You Live In A One Story House Made Entirely Of Redwood
ROD: 05-03-2026
Riddle: You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
Answer: What stairs? You live in a one-story house.
What Belongs To You But Is Used More By Others
ROD: 05-02-2026
Riddle: What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name.
My Watch
ROD: 05-01-2026
Riddle: As I traveled up and down our great glorious country, I found myself in a place where the tempature goes up sharply in the day and down at night. This had an effect on my watch, I noticed it was 1/2 a minute faster at nightfall, but at dawn it had lost 1/3 minute, making it only 1/6 minute fast.
One morning- May 1- my watch showed the right time. By what date was it 5 minutes faster?
Answer: In 24 hours the watch gained 1/2-1/3= 1/6 minute. It would seem it would be 5 minutes fast in 5 X 6= 30 days; that is,the morning of May 31. But already on the morning of May 28 the was 27/6= 4 1/2 minutes fast. At the close of the day the watch gained 1/2 minute more, so it was 5 minutes fast on may 28.
If Five Cats Catch Five Mice In Five Minutes Riddle
ROD: 04-30-2026
Riddle: If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?
Answer: Five minutes.
What Word Is Always Pronounced Wrong?
ROD: 04-29-2026
Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?
Answer: Wrong!
Dead Man Puddle Of Water Riddle
ROD: 04-28-2026
Riddle: Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it?
Answer: He stood on a block of ice until it melted.
Rungs Of A Ladder
ROD: 04-27-2026
Riddle: The rungs of a 10-foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers the ladder?
Answer: It will never cover the ladder because as the water rises, so will the floating ship.
What Starts With A T Ends With A T And Has T In It
ROD: 04-26-2026
Riddle: What starts with a T, ends with a T and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot.
Riddle: There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
Answer: $45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.
A Very Pretty Thing Am I, Fluttering In The Pale-blue Sky
ROD: 04-24-2026
Riddle: A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?
Answer: I am a Butterfly.
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