# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/61 "2016-12-23T22:33:47Z")
Who the heck is Andy? And what about the donkey who loved carrots, and how he got them… If you want more riddles, we demand answers. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/62 "2016-12-23T23:01:57Z")
> [@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? The other end of the rope wasn’t tied to anything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/63 "2016-12-24T00:27:45Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > My granddaughter claims to have made this one up herself. If true, it was pretty clever for a first grader. > > What is a seal’s favorite subject? > > (said in a barking seal voice) Art! Art! LOL, that got me. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/64 "2016-12-24T00:39:32Z")
I tried to get my sis to tell this joke to her Jewish friend at church but she refused to and said I’m not telling dirty jokes. I said no it’s clean I promise you. What do you call an uncircumcised Jewish baby? A girl. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/65 "2016-12-24T01:43:24Z")
A nurse friend used to tell people she worked in the Circumcision Ward. In the pause that followed, she’d say “It’s not too bad, I’m making twenty bucks an hour plus tips.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/66 "2017-01-11T13:25:16Z")
Another oldie-but-goodie: What do you call a fly with no wings? A walk. What do you call a fly with no wings and no legs? A raisin. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/67 "2017-01-11T14:15:09Z")
What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? Arrrrrrrrr No! It be the sea! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/68 "2017-01-11T14:19:44Z")
All the kids I know love this one (tells you what kind of kids I hang out with). (In your foinest brogue, if y’please): Whoy does Oirish Bean Stew have, at moost, two-hundred thirty-noin beans? One more would make i’ too farty. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/69 "2017-01-11T14:22:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Here’s another: > What’s red on the outside, white on the inside, and goes putt, putt, putt, putt. > > An outboard radish I like these the best. What’s white and wears checked (plaid) trousers? Rupert the fridge ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/70 "2017-01-11T14:25:34Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? > > Arrrrrrrrr > > No! It be the sea! (Pulls up his patch): Aye! (Spits out his drink): (angrily): Tea? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/71 "2017-01-11T15:16:41Z")
What’s invisible and smells like carrots? bunny farts! ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/72 "2017-01-11T20:47:59Z")
This works best as a sequence. What do you call fly with no wings?A walk!What do you call a walk with no wings?A raisin!What do you call a raisin with wings?A hover!What do you call a hover with legs?A fly!Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/73 "2017-01-11T21:13:30Z")
What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot! ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/74 "2017-01-11T22:50:07Z")
Whats green and sounds like a parrot? A parrot. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/75 "2017-01-12T00:08:53Z")
What do you call a pig that knows karate? Pork chop ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/76 "2017-01-12T00:49:47Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? > > Arrrrrrrrr > > No! It be the sea! > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > (Pulls up his patch): Aye! > > (Spits out his drink): (angrily): Tea? No, the answer is the sea, because that’s where pirates sail. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/77 "2017-01-12T01:43:14Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > No, the answer is the sea, because that’s where pirates sail. I guess I should have explained: some sketch comedy show some years back did “The Pirate Alphabet” (matey). Pretty sure they didn’t get past your two plus the two I mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/78 "2017-01-12T01:56:45Z")
Still, a pirate has to have a definitive favorite letter. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214/79 "2017-01-12T02:31:30Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > What’s brown and sticky? > > A stick What’s a foot long and slippery? A slipper [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214.md?page=3)