Thursday, April 2, 2009

TEN RIDDLES

1. Here is proof that bad puns have been around for a long time: A man in ancient Greece brought in a torn pair of pants to a tailor.
Tailor: You rip a these?
Man: You mend a these?

2. What insect lives at the top of your house?
3. What is round and has a bad temper?
4. Why did the fly fly?
5. What's a forum?
6. What is not inside your house, not outside your house, yet is part of your house?
7. Why do fencing teams have so many problems?
8. What happened when the frog parked illegally?
9. French composer Jacques Ibert had a brother who is today more famous than Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven combined. What was his name?
10. What may or may not be right, but is never wrong?

Answers:

1. Euripides/Eumenides
2. A tick  (attic)
3. A vicious circle
4. The spider spied her.
5. Two-um plus two-um
6. A window
7. Their plans are always foiled.
8. His car was toad away.
9. Ted (Ted Ibert - teddybear)
10. An angle






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