General Riddles

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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

A crime is reported from 6 Park Avenue. The police reach the scene of the crime and find that a single life has been lost. The killer is also there on the spot and so are the evidences that are pointing to his crime, but the police cannot arrest him. Why?
The person who has lost his life, has killed himself. In other words, he has committed suicide

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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