Bushels of Earth

September 11th, 2006

How many bushels of earth can you take out of a hole that is 3 feet square and 3 feet deep?

Answer

Laughing garden

September 11th, 2006

What does the garden say when it laughs?

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Hospital plant

September 11th, 2006

What plant is right at home in a hospital?

Answer

London E

September 11th, 2006

Why is the letter E like London?

Answer

I have hands but not fingers

April 26th, 2006

I have hands but no fingers; no bed but a tick.

Answer

The thief

April 26th, 2006

What four letters would frighten a thief?

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The dime and the nickel

April 26th, 2006

why didn’t the dime jump off the table when the nickel did?

Answer

Send more money

April 17th, 2006

Substitute numbers for the letters so this adds up correctly:



  SEND


+MORE


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MONEY

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Real cents

April 17th, 2006

You’re a coin collector, and a dealer offers to sell you a United States one-cent piece minted in 1772. Is it real or a fake?

Answer

Little cubes

April 17th, 2006

A cube that is 3 inches on a side (3 x 3 x 3) is painted red all over the outer surface. Then it is cut into 1-inch cubes. How many of the smaller cubes have:



(a) Paint on 3 sides.


(b) Paint on 2 sides.


(c) Paint on 1 side.


(d) No paint at all.

Answer