General Riddles

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

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

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.

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

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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