General Riddles

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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