What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.
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animalcleanfunnyshortWhat is a frog’s favorite year?
Leap Year.
logicAs I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives
The seven wives had seven sacks
The seven sacks had seven cats
The seven cats had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks and wives
How many were going to St. Ives?
One person is going to St. Ives (the narrator). Because the narrator "met" all of the others mentioned in the poem, this implies that they walked past each other in opposite directions, and thus none of the wives, sacks, cats, or kits was actually headed to St. Ives.
If you (like many) think this answer is a bit silly, you can assume that all the people, sacks, and animals mentioned were heading for St. Ives. In this case, we would have 1 narrator + 1 man + 7 wives + 49 sacks + 343 cats + 2401 kits = 2802 total going to St. Ives. However, this isn't the traditional answer.
cleanlogicshortFeed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.
Fire.
cleanshortWhat is something you will never see again?
Yesterday.
cleanshortThere is a word and six letters it contains. Take one away and twelve is what remains. What word is it?
Dozens.
animalcleanfunnyshortWhat does a cat have that no other animal has?
Kittens.
cleanshortwhat am II'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle.
cleanlogicshortYou draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?
You draw a shorter line next to it, and it becomes the longer line.
cleanlogicmathMick and John were in a 100 meter race. When Mick crossed the finish line, John was only at the 90 meter mark. Mick suggested they run another race. This time, Mick would start ten meters behind the starting line. All other things being equal, will John win, lose, or will it be a tie in the second race?
John will lose again. In the second race, Mick started ten meters back. By the time John reaches the 90 meter mark, Mick will have caught up him. Therefore, the final ten meters will belong to the faster of the two. Since Mick is faster than John, he will win the final 10 meters and of course the race.
cleanfunnylogicloveA doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bustrip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
