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.

A man is lying drowned in a dead forest, far from water. How did this happen?

A man was found dead out in a field of snow. The only tracks that were left was a set of footprints between two parallel lines. Who should the police be looking for?

What can be seen, but cannot be touched, and when put in a barrel, will make the barrel lighter?

If you have two hourglasses — one four-minute timer and one seven-minute timer, how can you measure nine minutes?

What’s the difference between a penniless man and a feather bed?

My teeth are sharp, my back is straight, to cut things up it is my fate.
What am I?

A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?

I am a perching barrel, filled with meat,
Taking hits from leaps and dives.
Look inside, but do not eat,
The meat in there is still alive!

I like indigo but not blue,
I like onions but not turnips,
I like forms but not shapes.
According to the same rule, do I like tomatoes or avocados?

The sharp slim blade, that cuts the wind.
What is it?

When Miss Millie purchased her new parrot, the salesman assured her that it would repeat any word it heard. About a week later, Miss Millie returned the parrot complaining it hadn’t uttered a single word.
Given that the salesman had spoken the truth about the parrot’s abilities, why wouldn’t the bird talk?

I’m pleasing to the eye
A tool for many absent of mind
A tapestry of fickle lies
Blind to even the most pensive spies
I’m often the breeder of fervent lust
But I am by far one you shouldn’t trust.
What am I?

Two bodies have I,
though both joined in one.
The more still I stand,
the quicker I run.
What am I?

In spring I am gay in handsome array;
in summer more clothing I wear;
when colder it grows I fling off my clothes;
and in winter quite naked appear.
What am I?

About the size of a squash,
He robs the whole village.

Many-manned scud-thumper,
Maker of worn wood,
Shrub-ruster,
Sky-mocker,
Rave!
Portly pusher,
Wind-slave.
What am I?

What’s the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?

Bouncing Bob was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Bob clung to the horse’s ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Bob saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked. Flailing [...]

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

Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I?

What runs around a city
but never moves?
What am I?

Why is a manhole cover round and not square?
Can you think of two reasons?

It runs and runs but can never flee.
It is often watched, yet never sees.
When long it brings boredom,
When short it brings fear.
What is it?

There was a green house.
Inside the green house there was a white house
Inside the white house there was a red house.
Inside the red house there were lots of babies.
What is it?