General Riddles

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

I am 3/8 of Tortoise, 2/5 of Onion and 2/6 of Tomato. Who am I?
Toronto. Explanation:Tortoise has 8 letters and the first 3 letters are TOR. Onion has 5 letters and the first 2 letters are ON. Tomato has 6 letters and the first 2 letters are TO.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

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

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