Clean riddles

What does man love more than life, Fear more than death or mortal strife. What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire. What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves, And all men carry to their graves?

What letter is a drink?

It has only two bones, but there are 1000s of ribs. What is that?

Two men are in a desert. They're both wearing backpacks. One of the men is dead. The man who is alive, has his pack open. The dead man's pack is closed. What is in their packs?

Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R to spell just one word.

There is a word and six letters it contains. Take one away and twelve is what remains. What word is it?

It always becomes white when it becomes dirty. What is that?

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

What is it that you throw away the outer side, then cook the insides and then throw away the insides – what is the name of the item?

While mixing sand, gravel, and cement for the foundation of a house, a worker noticed a small bird hopping along the top of the foundation wall. The bird misjudged a hop and fell down one of the holes between the blocks. The bird was down too far for anyone to reach it and the hole was too small for it to fly out of. Someone suggested using two sticks to reach down into the hole and pull the bird out, but this idea was rejected for fear it would injure the fragile bird. What would be the easiest way to get the bird out of the hole without injuring it?