# Post riddles to entertain kids please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214 "2016-12-20T11:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/41 "2016-12-21T15:12:58Z")
There was a young lady rode into town, Silk an’ satin was her gown. Silk an’ satin, gold an’ velvet, Guess her name, three times I’ve tell’d it. Anne Little Nancy Etticoat In a white petticoat And a red nose. The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. A candle What word starts with an E, ends with an E and usually contains one letter? Envelope What’s black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you’re all through with it? Charcoal Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. Water We are very little creatures; All of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; One of us you’ll find in jet. Another you may see in tin, And a fourth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. The vowels A,E,I,O, and U. Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack. A ship Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, grown in the darkness, A lady’s delight. pearl ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/42 "2016-12-21T17:19:09Z")
The person who bought it didn’t need it. The person who made it didn’t want it. The person who got it didn’t know it. A coffin What is it no one wants to get, but every one wants to win? A lawsuit As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? Just one. Me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/43 "2016-12-21T18:42:05Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > One of the classics that doesn’t work anymore: What’s black and white and read all over?Formerly, a newspaper, before they were printed in color and before they started to disappear from daily life Alternate answers (presented with the homophonous “black, white, and red all over”🙂 A blushing or sunburnt zerba. Or, having endured 12 years of Catholic education: a nun in a blender.) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/44 "2016-12-21T18:43:32Z")
What’s black and white and black and white and black and white and black and white and black and blue? A nun falling down stairs ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/45 "2016-12-21T19:35:21Z")
From my son: How does a ghost get the the playground? On a boo-cycle From me: How does Santa hold up his pants? With a jingle belt What does a train eat at Christmas? With an engine-gerbread ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/46 "2016-12-21T19:59:17Z")
What’s black and white and red, and can’t turn around in a hallway? A nun with a spear through her head. Maybe not for kids after all. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/47 "2016-12-21T20:54:08Z")
Somebody writes some really cheesy riddles on a dryboard at work, themed for the season, with a “Lift for answer” page taped over the punch line. What happens when Frosty gets a belly ache? He becomes the Abdominal Snowman. What happens if you eat too many Christmas decorations? You get tinsel-itis. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/48 "2016-12-22T00:43:26Z")
Three men are in a lifeboat with four cigarettes, but no matches. How do they smoke? Throw one cigarette overboard, and the boat becomes a cigarette lighter! ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/49 "2016-12-22T01:13:40Z")
What do you get when you cross a dog and a frog? A dog who can lick himself from across the room. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/50 "2016-12-22T01:39:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What’s black and white and red, and can’t turn around in a hallway? I heard it: What’s black and white and red all over, and has trouble going through revolving doors? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/51 "2016-12-22T14:58:04Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Weight in my belly, > Trees on my back, > Nails in my ribs, > Feet I do lack. Huh. I would have guessed a crucified whale. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/52 "2016-12-22T19:45:53Z")
Where do you find a llama with no legs? Wherever you left him. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/53 "2016-12-22T20:35:30Z")
What do you say to a one-legged hitchhiker? Hop in! How do you make a one-armed man fall out of a tree? Wave to him! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/54 "2016-12-23T00:21:49Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > That’s actually 4 and nope: Monday and Friday are horses (hence the caps). Don’t you normally capitalize day names? We do, at least in American English in my experience. As I recall Spanish does not. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/55 "2016-12-23T00:28:19Z")
What do you call an alligator wearing a vest? An investigator. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/56 "2016-12-23T01:55:01Z")
A donkey, who really loved carrots, was tied to a ten foot rope. There was a wagon full of carrots twenty feet away. He got them! How? ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/57 "2016-12-23T02:11:51Z")
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Interrupting cow! Interrupting cow wh… _ **MOO!!** _ Just kills my granddaughter every time. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/58 "2016-12-23T14:50:03Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > A donkey, who really loved carrots, was tied to a ten foot rope. There was a wagon full of carrots twenty feet away. > He got them! How? 1. a massive earthquake pushed up the ground just beyond the wagon, causing it to roll toward the donkey 2. The donkey sent his servant, Don Quixote, to fetch them 3. It was a bungee rope 4. A mutually beneficial contract with Bugsy McRabbit 5. Donkey has an 11 foot, prehensile tail 6. The force 7. The other end of the rope was tied to nothing Pretty sure the actual solution is in there somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/59 "2016-12-23T16:14:22Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > How do you make a one-armed man fall out of a tree? Heh. I never heard the PC version of this joke. Normally, it’s one-armed _insert “dumb” stereotype group of your choice here. “Polack” in the Chicago version, typically. Could be “blonde” or “Aggie” elsewhere._ ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/60 "2016-12-23T22:10:04Z")
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