General Riddles

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

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

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

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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