Riddle #318

tricky

If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there?
Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet.
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The train is just about to leave the station and there is no way Tarun will be able to catch it this time.
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Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. James offered one about how his grandfather (Captain Smith) led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers he defeated them and captured valuable territory. Within a few months after the battle he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription: "To Captain Smith for Bravery, Daring and Leadership, World War One, from the Men of Battalion 8." Frank looked at James and said, "You really don't expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?" What is wrong with the story?
It wasn't called World War One until much later. It was called the Great War at first, because they did not know during that war and immediately afterward that there would be a second World War (WW II).
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He was buying house numbers.
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Two sentries were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone was approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?" How did he know that his companion was smiling?
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Mike was watching TV and all of a sudden he leaps to his feet and says, "That's Simon", pointing at someone who was at the screen. Then his brother Mark comes in, looks at his brother, then looks back at the TV and says, "So it is." How do they know Simon if they hadn't seen him before, no pictures, nothing?
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