Best riddles

A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?

Sam is talking to his lawyer in jail. They are very upset because the judge has refused to grant bail. At the end of the conversation Sam is allowed to leave the jail. Why?

What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?

What is the similarity between a nose and an athlete?

If there're 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?

In which place are you silent?

What do little trees say on Halloween?

What starts with "w" and ends with "hat"?

What do you call 2 octopuses that look exactly the same?

What's orange and sounds like 'parrot'?