Riddle #52

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

What room do ghosts avoid?

Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.

What can run but can't walk?

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

What man cannot live inside a house?

Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered iced tea. One girl drank them very fast and had finished five in the time it took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How is that possible?

I always come down and never ever go up? Think, think and think! We all just love it.

If you throw me out the window, I'll leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but through the door, You'll see someone giving life. What am I?

Mick 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?