Funny Riddles-II

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
-Once, because after you subtract it's not 25 anymore.



If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
-Roosters don't lay eggs.


If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
-9


If you were in a dark room with a candle, a woodstove, a match and a gas lamp which do you light first?
-The match


If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?
-North


Is an old hundred dollar bill better than a new one?
-No, I'd rather have $100 bill than a new $1 bill.


No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
-Silence or a promise.


Take off my skin -- I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
-An onion.


The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?
-A towel.



The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
-Foot steps.




What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
-Peppers


What can go up a chimney down but can't go down a chimney up?
-An umbrella.



Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
-Neither, because egg yolks are yellow.


Which moves faster: heat or cold?
-Heat, because you can catch a cold.


You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
-The telephone.


You can't keep this until you have given it.
-Your word.


There is $21.00 in 1 dollar bills that has to be split evenly among the 2 fathers and 2 sons. How is this possible?
-There is only really three people...a grandfather, the father, and the father's son who each get $7.


What can go up and come down without moving?
-The temperature.


What can pass before the sun without making a shadow?
-The Earth.


What can you catch but not throw?
-A cold.


What crime is punishable if attempted, but is not punishable if committed?
-Suicide


What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?
-They can all be flipped and still be the same.


What do you serve that you can't eat?
-A tennis ball or guests.


What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
-A fishing line.


What goes up white and comes down yellow?
A-n egg.


What grows up while growing down?
-A plant.


What one word has the most letters in it?
-Alphabet.


What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
-A teapot.


What travels around the world yet stays in one corner?
-A stamp.


What two words contain the most letters?
-post office


What's the difference between here and there?
-The letter T.