RIDDLES

1. What did the patient prisoner say?

2. What's the most popular word puzzle in Costa Rica?

3. What do you call a publicity photo from the film "Tombstone"?

4. What do you call strange places where even hired boats won't go?

5.  What do you call, "Here a whack, there a whack, everywhere a whack whack"?

6. What does your mind have in common with a bowling alley? 

7. What do you call a wedge, a clog, a mule, and a pump?

8. What do you call a bath, the vet, thunder, and a vacuum cleaner?

9. What do you call arguments about whether to use "like" or "as"?

10. Why couldn't Reverend Spooner join the Audubon Society?

11. Mr. Potato Head loves a vacation.

      Powdery slopes are a prime destination. 

      Skiing and snowboarding offer no thrill,

      But he is a __________ of excellent skill.

Answers:

1. "I'll be out of here in due time."

2.  The ACROSTIC (anagram of COSTA RICA)

3. Wyatt on the set

4. Unchartered waters

5. Home run derby

6. The gutter

7. A shoestring

8. Pet peeves

9. Propositional frays

10. He was a word botcher, not a bird watcher.

11. TUBER

Credits:

2: Mike Graczyk

3-5: Merl Reagle

6: Chandi Deitmer and Hoang Kim Vu

7: Dan Caprera

8: David Tuffs

9: John Lampkin