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First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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.

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

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

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?

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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