You signed up for me 'just for the free trial' a year ago. I still visit your bank account every month, you haven't used me once, and canceling me takes eleven clicks and a phone call. What am I?
Hint: Check your bank statement.
AnswerA subscriptionFree trials roll into paid subscriptions that keep charging monthly and are often hard to cancel.
Two 10-year-olds spent the afternoon driving into other cars on purpose while a crowd of adults watched and laughed. Nobody had a license, nobody got a ticket, and every car involved got its power through a pole sticking up from its back. Why?
Hint: Those cars were built to be hit.
AnswerThey're driving bumper carsBumper cars draw electricity through a pole touching the ceiling grid, and crashing into each other is the whole point.
A coin purse holds one quarter, twice as many dimes as quarters, and one more penny than dimes. The two-digit lock wants the total value in cents. What's the code?
Hint: First work out how many of each coin there are.
Answer48There's 1 quarter (25 cents), 2 dimes (20 cents) and 3 pennies (3 cents), for 48 cents.
Once a year, strangers hand me out to anyone wearing a mask. Parents take a cut of me after bedtime, and on November 1, I'm half price at every store in town. What am I?
Hint: Trick or treat!
AnswerHalloween candyHalloween candy is given to costumed kids, parents 'tax' the haul, and stores mark it down the day after.