General Riddles

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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.

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

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