Riddles and Puzzles

[DiddlyDodds]

They would be sat in the station, as Americans travel in MPH and will not have KM/ph on their dials, so will be sat wondering how fast they should set off, also being Americans they would be confused by the thought of having to turn French/European to use metric measurements and consequently invade Syria .......

 

[byegad]

Never mind that, since when did the Americans measure velocity in Km per Hr?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

What gets broken without being held?

Dawn breaks every morning.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

What word describes a person who does not have all their fingers on one hand?

Normal? I only have half my toes on one foot as well.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Two sisters, one lives in Australia and the other in the England. Both are pregnant and due around the same time.

Alfie is born in Australia at 3am July 16th. 4 hours later Eddie is born in England but due to the time difference it is July 15th still in England.

So, which cousin is the eldest, the one born first or the one born on the 15th July?

This ones been borrowed.

Alfie is the oldest because Eddie was born 4 hours later than him.

 

[benb]

What is at the end of a rainbow?

W

 

[benb]

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?

Monopoly

 

[benb]

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!"
On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?

Why are they going to school on a Sunday?

 

[classic33]

Why are they going to school on a Sunday?

Very religous parents. You never heard of Sunday Schools I take it.

 

[benb]

Very religous parents. You never heard of Sunday Schools I take it.

I have heard of them of course: I was being flippant (and showing off my maths skills!)

 

[classic33]

I have heard of them of course: I was being flippant (and showing off my maths skills!)

So you know the answer.

 

[benb]

So you know the answer.

Er, yes: Sunday.

 

[Cubist]

What gets broken without being held?

A promise

 

[Cubist]

What gets wetter as it dries ?

A towel

 

[Cubist]

Two sisters, one lives in Australia and the other in the England. Both are pregnant and due around the same time.

Alfie is born in Australia at 3am July 16th. 4 hours later Eddie is born in England but due to the time difference it is July 15th still in England.

So, which cousin is the eldest, the one born first or the one born on the 15th July?

This ones been borrowed.

Physically, no matter what it says on the calendar or clock, the one born first.
Legally, the one born on the 15th in England.