Riddles

[1] Take off my skin -- I won't cry, but you will! What am I?

[2] The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?

[3] You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

[4] Which is correct: 18 plus 19 is 36. Or 18 plus 19 are 36?

[5] Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

[6] What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?

[7] How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

[8] Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days; how many have 28?

[9] What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?

[10] What travels around the world yet stays in one corner?

[11] How is it possible to shave three times a day and still grow a beard?

[12] Is it physically possible for you to stand behind your mother, and for your
mother to stand behind you at the same time?

[13] What is harder to catch the faster you run?


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You can't wait, I see, OK here are the
Answers:

1. An onion

2. A towel

3. The telephone

4. Actually neither is correct - 18 plus 19 is 37.

5. Mt. Everest

6. A chalkboard

7. Once, because after you subtract it's not 25 anymore

8. Every month has at least 28 days.

9. Peppers

10. A stamp.

11. If you were a barber, you could shave other men three times a day and still grow your own beard.

12. Yes, if you stand back to back

13. Your breath