Best riddles

You are standing next to three switches. You know these switches belong to three bulbs in a room behind a closed door – the door is tight closed, and heavy which means that it's absolutely impossible to see if any bulb is on or not. All three switches are now in position off. You can do whatever you want with the switches and when you are finished you open the door and go into the room. While in there you have to tell which switch belongs to which bulb. How will you do that?

I can fly but I have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in. What was the right answer then?

Never was, I am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

The thunder comes before the lightning; the lightning comes before the clouds. The rain dries everything it touches.

What do you call it when your parachute doesn't open?

As small as your thumb, I am light in the air. You may hear me before you see me, but trust that I'm there. What am I?

What kind of ties can you never wear?

I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking. What am I?

Wednesday, Tom and Joe went to a restaurant and ate dinner. When they were done they paid for the food and left. But Tom and Joe didn't pay for the food. Who did?