What do you serve that you can’t eat?

I can be found where anything cannot; dead men eat me all the time, but if a living man eats me, he’ll die. What am I?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny.
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left her standing empty.
What am I?

I can be short and sometimes hot.
When displayed, I rarely impress.
What am I?

I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
What am I?

What is the time-piece,
That needs no winding?

A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He then walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet through his hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, completely blocking the man’s vision.
How did he manage this?

Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He
stipulated that his estate would be left to the child who would sing him half as many songs as [...]

Look at me.
I can bring a smile to your face,
A tear to your eye,
Or even a thought to your mind.
But, I can’t be seen.
What am I?

Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire’s too much to take!

During a baseball game in Mudville, Casey was Mudville’s lead-off batter. There were no substitutions or changes in the batting order of the nine Mudville men throughout the nine-inning game. It turned out that Casey came to bat in every inning.
What is the least number of runs Mudville could have scored?

Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it’s guts come out. What is it?

A man who lived on the top floor of a twenty story building had to go up and down daily for work, and of course, for food and the other necessities. On most days he could only ride the elevator to the fifteenth story, and he would have to walk the rest of the way. [...]

What is it that has four legs
And one back,
Yet can’t walk?

A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel. Where is the best place for a claustrophobic person to sit?

A woman went to visit her bank manager and she took her young daughter with her. The bank manager said that the woman’s daughter could stay with his secretary during the meeting. When the woman and her daughter left, the secretary turned to the other secretary and said to her, “That little girl was my [...]

Gertrude Mills was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same tea!” How did she know?

Imagine John, a party magician, is carrying three pieces of gold each piece weighing one kilogram. While taking a walk he comes to a bridge which has a sign posted saying the bridge could hold only a maximum of 80 kilograms. John weighs 78 kilograms and the gold weighs three kilograms. John reads the sign [...]

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?

If you screw a light bulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding the bulb stationary?

Which would see most clearly in total darkness? A bat, a tiger, or an owl.

Ten Men’s Strength,
Ten Men’s Length,
Ten Men can’t break it,
Yet a young boy walks off with it
What am I?

A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same tea!” How did she know?