Riddles
What do you throw out to use and take back in when you are done?
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Official answer is net, but fishing pole/line is also acceptable.
A keen stamp collector who specializes in US stamps, saw n advertisement offering a complete set of early US stamps for a fraction of what it was worth. He quickly bought it. Although it was a genuine splendid collection and a real bargain, he was angry not pleased. What was going on?
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They were his own stamps. The man had recently left his wife to live with his mistress, the angry wife had advertised the man’s prized stamp collection for sale. He quickly bought his own stamps to stop anyone else from doing so.
Luigi’s is an excellent restaurant with a fine reputation. However one day, all the people who had lunch there were sick. There was nothing wrong with the food. What happened?
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The restaurant was on a ship so everyone was seasick.
On a cold winter’s day drivers found that master sheep from the fields nearby kept coming onto the road. There was no snow and the road was not warmer than the fields, but whenever the master sheep were ushered back to the fields, they quickly returned to the road. Why?
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The sheep keep coming to the road because they like to eat the salt put on the road to stop them from freezing.
While digging a garden, a woman unearthed a large metal box filled with money and jewelry. For 7 years she spent none of the money and told no one what she had found. Then she suddenly bought a new house, a new car, and a fur coat, how come?
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She was shipwrecked on an island and found buried treasure. Because she was alone, she could not tell anyone about it or spend it until she was rescued 7 years later.
A mother told her 6 year old daughter that her pet dog had been hit by a car and killed. The little girl burst into tears. Half an hour later, the mother said the dog was quite well and it was all a mistake. Why did she do that?
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Based on a real story about Shirley Temple, her mother told her the lie that her dog had been killed in order to induce the sadness and tears needed for a movie scene.