Riddles and Puzzling Stuffs

[Helena]

The official Dump your Riddles and Puzzling things here thread.

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every evening when he comes home from work, he uses the lift the the fith floor and walks up the other five floors. The man is perfectly fit and the lift goes all the way up to the tenth floor. Why does the man walk five flights?

He is a dwarf, and cannot reach the 10th button.

There are two people in a room. One person is the other person's son's father. how is this?

The two people are a mother and father of the same child.

George points at a man. "That is my nephew." he says to his sister Goergina. "But he is not my nephew." replies Georgina. how can this be?

The man is Georgina's son.

[Sigh]

oooh i love these. Note: It's probably best to have someone ELSE read you the question, knowing the answer, so you can ask them yes or no questions
In order from easiest to hardest.

A black horse jumps over a white man and the white man is dragged off. Why?

It's a game of chess. The horse is a knight and the man is a pawn.

A man is walking down the street, steps on a pebble, and dies. How is this possible?

The man is Superman and the pebble was Kryptonite.

A man is found dead in his apartment with the door locked from the inside. He was found lying on the floor in a pile of wood shavings. What happened?

The man was blind, and also the shortest man in the world. Every day the second shortest man in the world shaved a bit off of his cane so that he thought he was growing and killed himself. Now do you see why it's best to have someone answer yes or no questions?

[Ski]

A black horse jumps over a white man and the white man is dragged off. Why?

It's a game of chess. The horse is a knight and the man is a pawn.

But nothing would really happen to the man if the horse just jumped over him. Maybe if the horse landed on him.

[.:EightWheels:.]

12 Pears Hanging High
12 Men Passing By
Each took a pear,
And left eleven hanging there.

One man is named "Each"

[Helena]

12 Pears Hanging High
12 Men Passing By
Each took a pear,
And left eleven hanging there.

One man is named "Each"

Knew that one already.

A man is walking down the street, steps on a pebble, and dies. How is this possible?

The man is Superman and the pebble was Kryptonite.

A man is found dead in his apartment with the door locked from the inside. He was found lying on the floor in a pile of wood shavings. What happened?

The man was blind, and also the shortest man in the world. Every day the second shortest man in the world shaved a bit off of his cane so that he thought he was growing and killed himself. Now do you see why it's best to have someone answer yes or no questions?

I love those two!!

What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

The next row is
1113213211
Starting with the second line, every line describes the line before it. In writing, it is:
One One
Two Ones
One Two One One
etc.
etc.

A man walks up to you and says "Everything I say to you is a lie."
Is he telling you the truth or is he lying?

He's lying. Even though he's lying when he says "everything" he says is a lie, some of the things he says can be a lie, and this is one of them.

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

ALL the children are boys, so 1/2 half are boys and so is the other half.

[ginny-ROX]

i'll see if anyone know's this real old one

what walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening

a growing man from childhood:crawls on hands and knees as baby, walks on two feet as a child and adult and two feet and walking stick(walking stick acts as third leg) in old age

[Helena]

Oh, oh! That reminds me of one:

What walks on two legs in the morning, one in the afternoon and six in the evening?

A human. There's word play here, It walks on two legs in the morning, on two legs at one in the afternoon (as in, one o'clock) and six in the evening (as in six o'clock).

[May]

Below is an excerpt from a song by Leonard Bernstein.

"A big Indian and a little Indian were walking down the street.
The little Indian was the son of the big Indian
But the big Indian was not the father of the little Indian."

Who is the big Indian?

The little Indian's mother!

[ginny-ROX]

thats a good one got it in my riddle book.

[Zilary]

The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't need it, and the user doesn't see it, what is it?

A coffin.

[ginny-ROX]

that is a good one have that one in my riddle book also

[3lla]

what once was red is black instead,
this only happens when you rip off my head

A Match, since the head of match goes black after you light it

[ginny-ROX]

thats a good one my bro wouldn't stop loling when i told him i don't know why and he still is.

[Blake]

That match one was clever.

[ginny-ROX]

heres a few rubbish ones

i am the color of gold.as sweet as can be. but be aware of the danger all around me.what am i?

honey

whats as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?

a elephants shadow

whats smaller than a ants mouth?

a ants food

why couldnt the frog find his car?

it was toad