General Riddles

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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