General Riddles

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. 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!

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 _______.

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

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

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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