General Riddles

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

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

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

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

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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