I'm full of things nobody wants, yet I wait by the curb every week like it's an honor. A big truck lifts me, shakes me and puts me back, and raccoons think I'm a buffet. What am I?
Hint: I sit by the curb on pickup day.
AnswerThe trashTrash cans go to the curb weekly, get emptied by garbage trucks and attract raccoons.
I have thousands of needles but I've never sewn a thing. I keep them all winter while my neighbors go bare, and the cones I drop are named after me. What am I?
Hint: Some people bring me inside in December.
AnswerA pine treePine trees are evergreens with needles they keep through winter, and they drop pinecones. The cone clue rules out porcupines and cacti.
I'm a reminder with glue on my back. I cling to the edge of your monitor holding the one thing you mustn't forget, and the moment I lose my grip, I take that thought with me behind the desk. What am I?
Hint: You peel me off a pad.
AnswerA sticky noteSticky notes have a light adhesive strip, get stuck to monitors as reminders and fall off over time.
I run all the way around your yard without moving an inch. A famous saying claims I make good neighbors, and Tom Sawyer tricked his friends into painting me. What am I?
Hint: I'm made of pickets or posts.
AnswerA fenceFences surround yards, 'good fences make good neighbors' is a well-known line, and Tom Sawyer got friends to whitewash his fence.
I have two long rows of teeth that never chew. They lock together when you pull my little tongue, and if you forget to close me, a kind stranger might quietly mention it. What am I?
Hint: Zip it.
AnswerA zipperA zipper's teeth mesh when you pull the slider, and people whisper when your fly is down.