You open me at 11 p.m. "just for a minute," and somehow it's 2 a.m. What am I?
Hint: Swipe, swipe, swipe.
Answer
Social media
Endless feeds make it easy to lose hours when you meant to check for a minute.
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You looked at me once, and now I follow you to every website you visit. What am I?
Hint: I really think you should buy those shoes.
Answer
A targeted ad
Ads track what you browse and keep showing it to you across the internet.
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I'm clean, I'm dry, and I've been sitting in a basket for four days waiting for you. What am I?
Hint: You'll get to me this weekend. Probably.
Answer
Laundry you haven't folded
Clean laundry often waits in the basket long after it's out of the dryer.
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I take an hour, I fix nothing, and when I'm over everyone agrees I could have been an email. What am I?
Hint: Check your work calendar.
Answer
A meeting
Plenty of meetings end with everyone wishing it had just been an email.
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The more pictures you take, the less of me you have, and when I run out you start deleting your vacation. What am I?
Hint: Your phone keeps warning you about me.
Answer
Phone storage
Photos and videos fill up a phone's storage until you have to delete things.
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Millions of people agree to me every single day, yet almost nobody has ever actually read me. What am I?
Hint: You scrolled right past me to click Accept.
Answer
The terms and conditions
Everyone clicks "I agree" on terms and conditions, and hardly anyone reads them.
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I'm sweet, I'm striped red and white, and I'm shaped like a hook. What am I?
Hint: Hang me on the tree.
Answer
A candy cane
Candy canes are striped peppermint sticks with a hooked top.
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I fly one night a year, I pull a sleigh, and I live at the North Pole. What am I?
Answer
A reindeer
Santa's reindeer pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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What falls all winter long but never gets hurt?
Hint: Build a man out of me.
Answer
Snow
Snow falls without getting hurt, no matter how far it drops.
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I'm hung by the chimney with care. I'm shaped like a foot, but I never walk anywhere. What am I?
Answer
A stocking
Christmas stockings are shaped like socks and hang by the fireplace.
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I ride a broom, but I never sweep the floor. What am I?
Hint: I might stir a cauldron too.
Answer
A witch
Witches fly on broomsticks in Halloween stories, not clean with them.
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I'm wrapped from head to toe, but nobody's opening me on their birthday. What am I?
Hint: Look for me in ancient Egypt.
Answer
A mummy
Mummies are wrapped in cloth, but they're definitely not gifts.
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