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A Slender Body

ROD: 04-27-2025

Riddle: A slender body, a tiny eye, no matter what happens, I never cry. What am I?
Answer: A needle.
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Riddle: Flat as a leaf, round as a ring; Has two eyes, can't see a thing. What is it?
Answer: A button.
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Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"
Answer: You take footsteps and leave footprints.
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Dead At First Hit

ROD: 04-24-2025

Riddle: Jason is lying dead. He has an iron bar across his back and some food lying in front of him. How did Jason meet his sorry end?
Answer: He is a mouse caught in a mousetrap.
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Flat, Yet Deep

ROD: 04-23-2025

Riddle: I look flat, but I am deep, Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry and turbulent. I have no heart, but offer pleasure as well as death. No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have. What am I?
Answer: An ocean.
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Riddle: What kind of beans can you not grow in a garden?
Answer: Jelly Beans!  
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Riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Answer: Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)
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Riddle: How can you tell the difference between dogs and trees?
Answer: By their bark.
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Riddle: What connects two people yet touches only one?
Answer: A wedding ring.
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Riddle: No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Answer: Silence.
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