NINE RIDDLES

 

1. An honest politician, a kind-hearted lawyer, and Santa Claus are in an elevator when they notice a five-dollar bill on the floor. Who picked it up?

 

2. What are the three stages of a man's life?

 

3. The more you take away from me, the bigger I grow. What am I?

 

4. The more of me you leave behind, the more of me there are. What am I?

 

5. What do you call an upscale aerie?

 

6. You can touch me, but not see me. You can throw me out, but not away. What am I?

 

7. I can only live where there is light. But I die if the light shines on me. What am I?

 

8. What can you say to a bad free-throw shooter?

 

9. What can you say to a cosmetician who tells you an off-color joke? 

Answers:

 

1. Santa Claus - There's no such thing as an honest politician or kind-hearted lawyer.

 

2. He believes in Santa Claus.

    He doesn't believe in Santa Claus.

    He is Santa Claus.

 

3. A hole

4. Footsteps

5. A condor-minium 

6. Your back 

7. A shadow 

8. "You're missing the point."

9. "You're making me blush."

 

Credits:

5: Richard Silvestri

8-9: Sam Ezersky