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Funny Riddles

 1.What is that above your head but under your cap? (your hair)

 2.In what month do children talk the least? (in February)

 3.How many eggs can the giant eat on an empty stomach? (one)

 4.What often falls and never gets hurt? (snow)

 5.When do horses have eight legs? (when there are two of them)

 6.What is there in your house that you must look into? (a mirror)

 7.What is white when it's dirty and black when it's clean? (a blackboard)

 8.Where do the world's finest oranges grow? (on trees)

 9.Should you stir your tea with your left hand or your right hand? (use a spoon)

 10.What has two arms and four legs? (an armchair)

 11.What goes up when the rain comes down? (an umbrella)

 12.A little old woman with twelve children: some short, some long, some cold, some warm. What is it? (a year)

 13.What man cannot live inside the house? (a snowman)

 14.What runs but never walks? (a river)

 15.The doors are open in the morning but shut at night. If you look into them, you'll see yourself inside. (eyes)

 16.What kind of teeth cannot bite? (the teeth of a comb)

 17.Four legs but not an animal. (bed)

 18.What can you hear but not see? (wind)

 19.When I eat I live, but when I drink I die. What am I? (fire)

 20.Clean, but not water. White but not snow. Sweet but not honey. What is it? (milk)

 21.There is a question to which we cannot answer "yes". What question is it? (Are you sleeping?)

 22.It is your parents' child. It is not your brother. It is not your sister. Who is it? (I)

Animal Riddles

 What does a cat have that no other animal has?

 - Kittens.

What always follows a dog?

 - It's tail.

Which is the most famous fish?

- Starfish.

What kind of dog chases anything red?

- A bulldog.

Which is the biggest ant?

- Elephant.

I am a word of 3 letters. If you read from left I am bread seeker. If you read from right I am a bread giver. Who am I?

 - Dog.

What has two heads, four eyes, six legs, and a tail?

 - A cowboy riding his horse.

What always sleeps with its shoes on?

- A Horse.

What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing at all?

- The shadow of an elephant.

What two keys can't open any doors?

- A Donkey, and a Monkey.

Food Riddles

 What room is never entered?

- A Mushroom. -

What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?

- An egg. -

One day, while I was having breakfast, my wedding ring slipped off my finger and fell into a full cup of coffee, but the ring didn't get wet. Why not?

- The cup was filled with dry, ground coffee. -

I have no bones and no legs, but if you keep me warm, I will soon walk away.What am I?

- An egg. -

What are two things you cannot have for breakfast?

-Lunch and dinner. -

How many blocks can you put in an empty box?

- One. After that it's not empty anymore. -

What kind of cup can't hold water?

- A cupcake. -

Which is the table that we can eat?

- Vegetable. -

Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof?

- Mushroom. -

Which fast does u do everyday?

- Breakfast. -

Silly Riddles

 Who is the fastest runner in the whole world?

- Adam, because he was the first in the human race. -

What is higher without the head, than with it?

- A pillow. -

What is the best cure for dandruff?

- Baldness -

If you threw a White stone into the Red Sea, what would it become?

- Wet -

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

- A Towel -

How many letters are there in the alphabet?

- Eleven, (T..h..e...A..l..p..h..a..b..e..t) -

Where does Friday come before Thursday?

- In the Dictionary. -

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

- A window. -

A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?

- He fell off the bottom step. -

What has a ring, but no finger?

- A telephone -

What bank never has any money?

- The riverbank -

What wears a jacket, but no pants?

- A book -

What can clap without any hands?

- Thunder -

What has a bark, but no bite?

- A tree -

What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap?

- A Bottle. -

What has four legs, but can't walk?

- A Table. -

What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?

- Trouble. -

When is a door not a door?

- When it's a jar. -

What is there more of the less you see?

- Darkness. -

What kind of dress can never be worn?

- An address. -

What starts with an 'E', ends with an 'E', and only has one letter in it?

- An envelope. -

What kind of coat can you put on only when it's wet?

- A coat of paint. -

What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?

- A flag. -

What goes up and down, but never moves?

- A flight of stairs. -

What has only two words, but thousands of letters?

- A Post Office. -

Bobby throws a ball as hard as he can. It comes back to him, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How?

- He throws it straight up. -

What has a hundred limbs, but cannot walk?

- A Tree. -

Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?

- One was bald. -