Riddle:
A salesman sold a parrot to a man. The salesman said, "This parrot will repeat every single word it hears." The man bought the parrot, but he found it would not speak a single word. What the salesman said was absolutly true, however. How is this possible?
Answer: The parrot was deaf.
Riddle:
What familiar word starts with IS, ends with AND, and has LA in the middle?
Answer: ISLAND.
Riddle:
How can you throw a ball so it goes a short distance, stops, reverses, and comes back?
Answer: Throw it upward.
Riddle:
What liquid is represented by "hijklmno"?
Answer: Water. Hijklmno is "H to O" in the alphabet. Water is H20.
Riddle:
Can you drop a full glass and spill no water?
Answer: Yes, if the glass is full of milk (or anything else but water).
Riddle:
I have two hands, sometimes three;
I have no mouth, but I tell you something.
What am I?
Answer: An analog clock or watch.
Riddle:
They fill me up and you empty me, almost everyday; if you raise my arm, I work the opposite way. What am I?
Answer: A mailbox.
Riddle:
You're both in and outside of me; You guide me but don't ride me; I can make a statement with a tongue but no mouth. What am I?
Answer: Shoes.
Riddle:
I'm made of eight letters,
But hold a ninth inside;
Pay a very small fee,
And send me for a ride.
What am I?
Answer: An Envelope.
Riddle:
I always run, I never walk;
I have a mouth, I never talk;
I have a bed, I never sleep;
I can be shallow,
I can be deep.
What am I?
Answer: A River.
