Riddles

I have no legs but stand tall, Hold me close but never touch my walls. With a handle on one side, I’m known for all you serve, And when the clock strikes four, I’m there to serve once again.

The microwave is on, defrosting a chicken dinner. From the bedroom, his wife shouts out, “Hi sweetie, could you have a look at the microwave and tell me how much time there’s left?” He immediately runs out and calls 911, informing them that his wife’s in danger. Why??

This is something I thought up earlier today.

I'm not sure if the phrasing is too ambiguous or not. I've been doing cryptic crosswords lately, which include very misleading clues (hint hint).

Give me your answers and any suggestions on phrasing that might make this better, without making it too easy!

What am I?

[ gag answers welcome too :^) ]

We love it more than life

We fear it more than death

The wealthy want for it

The poor have it in plenty

What am I?

(I will answer yes or no to replies. Will post the correct answer after a week, if still unanswered)

You have six buckets all lined up in a row.

The first three are filled with rocks and the second three are empty, so the starting pattern is ‘full full full empty empty empty’.

You are only allowed to touch/move one bucket and for the one bucket you touch, you are only allowed to touch it one time.

How do you make it so that the order of the buckets becomes ‘full empty full empty full empty’?

The year is 1985. You are on the ground floor of a four-story building. On the top floor there is a lightbulb. On the ground floor with you there are three light switches. All three switches are connected to electricity but only one of the switches controls the lightbulb on the top floor - the other two switches are not connected to anything.

You cannot go outside, there is no one helping you, and most importantly, you can only go up to the top floor one time to check.

How do you determine with absolute certainty which of the three switches controls the lightbulb?

If this post gets any traction I’ll post the answer.

The answer involves no wordplay, is not cheesy or impossible to figure out… just use logic and you should be able to come up with the correct answer.

What is the last thing you take off before you go to sleep?

A woman went into a bank to cash an insurance refund check. By mistake the teller gave her dollars for cents and cents for dollars. She put the money in her purse but accidentally dropped a nickel on the floor. When she got home, she found that she had exactly twice the amount of the check she had cashed. She didn't have any money in her wallet before going to the bank. What was the exact amount of that check?

What is the one thing that should be broken at other people's parties?

500 begins it 500 ends it a 5 in the middle is seen the first of all letters the first of all people give me this famouse king you have to know your roman numerals to get this very good

why did dinosaurs eat raw meat

A cat walks into a barn with four legs. She walks out then after a few hours, comes back in. She has eight legs. How can this be?

Once upon a time, in a temple, there were three deities: Truth, Lie and Wisdom. The Truth Deity always told the truth. The Lie Deity always told the lie. The Wisdom Deity sometimes told the truth, sometimes told the lie. Unfortunately, those three deities looked exactly the same, so that no one could distinguish them. One day, a sage came by and he differentiated them by the following trick: He asked the deity sitting on the left: "Who is the middle deity?"- "Truth", said the deity. He asked the deity sitting in the middle: "Who are you?"- "Wisdom", replied the deity. He asked the deity sitting on the right: "Who is the middle deitie?"- "Lie", the deity answered. How could the sage distinguish the three deities?

If you are running a race, and you pass the person in 4th, what place are you in?

what am I supposed to do? My teacher says spit it out and the train says shew chew. What am I?

find a 7 letters number name in which after cutting the first four letters it is a name of a color?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

I can be long or short, i can be thick or thin, i can be red or white, and i'll always fit right. What am I?

whats greater then god more evil then the devil, poor people have it, rich people need it, a brave man is scared of it, and if you eat it you will die

Why must a horse eat fast food when running?

What's the world's saddest animal?