What can you catch but can't throw?
Hint: Achoo!
Answer
A cold
You can catch a cold, but you can't throw one.
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What has lots of teeth but can't bite?
Hint: It lives in the bathroom.
Answer
A comb
A comb has rows of teeth for your hair, not for chewing.
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What building has the most stories?
Hint: Think books, not floors.
Answer
A library
A library is full of stories, in books.
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What has four legs but can't walk?
Hint: You eat dinner at me.
Answer
A table
Tables have legs but stay right where you put them.
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What has to be broken before you can use it?
Hint: It's great for breakfast.
Answer
An egg
You have to crack an egg open before you can cook it.
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I can be cracked, made, told and played. What am I?
Hint: Comedians tell me for a living.
Answer
A joke
You can crack a joke, make one, tell one or play one on someone.
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The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
Hint: Grab a shovel.
Answer
A hole
Digging takes dirt away, and the hole grows bigger.
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I have one eye but no face. I'm thin, sharp and easy to lose, and I spend my whole life dragging a long tail through tiny holes I made myself. What am I?
Hint: Thread goes through me.
Answer
A needle
A sewing needle has an eye, is easy to drop, and pulls thread through the holes it pokes in fabric.
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I cry hot tears that turn hard as they fall. I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old, and your wish only counts if you can put me out in one breath. What am I?
Hint: I glow on birthday cakes.
Answer
A candle
A candle drips wax that hardens, burns down over time and is blown out with a wish on birthday cakes.
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I go up and down all day, but I never actually move. What am I?
Hint: Take me one step at a time.
Answer
Stairs
People go up and down stairs, but the stairs stay put.
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I run all day without legs and wave my hands without ever saying hello. Twice a year, half the country makes me jump forward or fall back an hour. What am I?
Hint: I'm always ticking.
Answer
A clock
A clock runs constantly, has hands and gets changed for daylight saving time: spring forward, fall back.
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The harder I work, the wetter I get, yet I'm happiest when I'm dry. Beach days are my vacation, a hook is my bed, and I'm warmest straight out of the dryer. What am I?
Hint: Find me in the bathroom.
Answer
A towel
A towel gets wetter as it dries you, goes to the beach, hangs on a hook and comes out of the dryer warm.
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