Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Cat Riddles

Why is an island like the letter T?

Answer: It is in the middle of "waTer".



My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.

Answer: A candle



What turns everything around, but does not move?

Answer: a mirror



What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?

Answer: your breath



You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

Answer: your reflection



Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?

Answer: In a dictionary



You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?

Answer: Your word



What is so fragile even saying its name can break it?

Answer: Silence



The more you take the more you leave behind.

Answer: footsteps



I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.

Answer: few



What goes round and round the wood but never goes into the wood?

The bark of a tree

It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?

The moon

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

A pack of cards

When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.

A riddle

What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?

The sun

What is the difference between me and you?

I am asking silly questions, you are trying to come up with sillier answers.

A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?

Who said this happened during the night?

A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody was in the car rolled all the windows up and locked all of the sedan's doors. He went off but when he came back his wife was dead and there was a stranger in the car. No physical damage was done to the car so how did the stranger get in?

The stranger was a baby and the woman died in childbirth.