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.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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 am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

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

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

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.

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

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