General Riddles

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

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

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

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