riddles4

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

>>>   The key sentences are "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The third word is "language."   <<<

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

>>>The Letter M.<<<

A patient is rushed into the emergency ward of the Conundrum National Hospital after a horrific road crash, and is in urgent need of an operation to save his life. The surgeon on duty walks into the room and says "Oh my god! I can't operate on this boy. He is my SON!" but the surgeon was not the boy's father. How could this be?

>>>   The surgeon is the boy's mother.   <<<

An electric train is traveling at 100 kilometers per hour. The wind is blowing in an easterly direction at 25 kilometers per hour. Which way is the smoke from the train blowing?

>>>   There is no smoke. The train is electric. <<<

A farmer had seventeen sheep, all but nine died, how many did he have left?

>>> 9 sheep. <<<

A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?

>>>   Holes. <<<

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.

>>>   Because it is a girl or daughter.   <<<

A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?

>>>   White. The bear is a polar bear, because the house is built directly on the south north pole.   <<<

A railroad crossing, look for the cars; Can you spell all that without any R's?

>>>   All that.   <<<

A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?

>>>   There are more than two babies. It could be triplets, quadruplets, etc.   <<<



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