Which word gets shorter when you add two letters to it?
Hint: The answer is in the question.
Answer
Short
Add "er" to "short" and you get "shorter."
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Your flight leaves at 8:00. You reach the gate at 7:55, the flight isn't delayed, and yet you still have to wait over 12 hours. Why?
Hint: Look at your boarding pass closely.
Answer
Your flight is at 8:00 p.m. and you arrived at 7:55 a.m.
8:00 can mean morning or evening, and you showed up 12 hours early.
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Two coins add up to 30 cents, and one of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
Hint: Only one of them isn't a nickel.
Answer
A quarter and a nickel
The quarter is the one that isn't a nickel. The other coin is.
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Two brothers were born on the same day, in the same year, to the same mother, but they aren't twins. How is that possible?
Hint: There might be more than two of them.
Answer
They're two of a set of triplets
Triplets are born together, so any two of them share a birthday without being twins.
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What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
Hint: It's attached to you.
Answer
Your left elbow
Your right hand can grab your left elbow, but your left hand can't reach it.
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A man lives on the 20th floor. Every morning he rides the elevator down. Every evening he rides it only to the 10th floor and takes the stairs, unless it's raining. Why?
Hint: Think about his height.
Answer
He's too short to reach the 20 button, but on rainy days he can press it with his umbrella
He can only reach the lower buttons, except when he has an umbrella to stretch with.
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What comes once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day?
Hint: Look at the spelling.
Answer
The letter E
"Year" has one E, "week" has two, and "day" has none.
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If you drop a yellow hat into the Red Sea, what does it become?
Hint: Colors don't matter here.
Answer
Wet
Any hat you drop into the sea gets wet.
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A truck driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. A police officer sees him but doesn't stop him. Why not?
Hint: Who said he was driving?
Answer
He was walking
The truck driver was on foot, so he didn't break any traffic rule.
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Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Hint: Read the amounts again.
Answer
Neither. They both weigh a ton.
A ton is a ton, whatever it's made of.
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How far can a dog run into the woods?
Hint: Think about the middle.
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Halfway. After that, it's running out of the woods.
Once the dog passes the middle, it's heading out, not in.
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Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish, but only three fish are caught in total. How?
Hint: Count the generations.
Answer
They're a grandfather, a father and a son
The father is both a father and a son, so there are only three people.
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