Riddle #106

A hungry donkey was tied to a rope eight feet long. About thirty feet away there was a basket of fresh carrots. The donkey wanted to eat those carrots. How did he reach them?

Why did the skeleton not go to the party?

This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

What is as light as a feather but impossible to hold for several minutes?

What did the beach say when the tide came in?

I look flat, but I am deep, Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry and turbulent. I have no heart, but offer pleasure as well as death. No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have.

A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of £50 notes out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, 'I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed.' The rich man laughs. The poor man says, 'I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it.' The rich man laughs again and says, 'OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?' The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing?

What do sea monsters eat?

Sam was very busy business man. Suddenly he threw away his expensive watch out of the window. Why?

How do birds communicate?

Until I am measured I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown.