Sunday Morning Funnies!

A carpenter, a lawyer, a homeless man, and a retail store employee are all playing poker together. The police are searching for a criminal in the area, but they have very little information about their target. The only information the police have is the person’s name and that they will be playing at this poker game. The police break into the room where the four individuals are playing poker and, without communicating, immediately arrest the retail store employee. How did they know the employee was the criminal?

Answer: Of those four, a retail employee is the only one who has to wear a nametag. Alternatively, the police had a name that indicated one gender and the other three individuals were a different gender.

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A man lives on the 22nd floor of a very fancy apartment building. Every day, he takes the elevator down to the ground floor and goes about his business. When he returns and steps back into the elevator, he gets off at the 16th floor. He then takes the stairs up to the 22nd floor. This is his daily routine unless another person is in the elevator or it is raining. Why?

Answer: The man is short and cannot reach a button higher than 16. When another person is in the elevator, they can hit the button for him. When it is raining, he can use an umbrella to hit the higher numbers.

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A king has no sons, no daughters, and no queen. The king must choose an heir to his crown from the children of the kingdom. To do so, he gives each child of the kingdom a single seed. He tells the children that the child who grows the biggest, most beautiful plant will inherit the kingdom. At the end of the competition, every child has a gigantic and beautiful plant in their pots, with the exception of a little girl who only has a pot full of dirt. The king declares her as his heir. Why?

Answer: There are two possible answers for this riddle! The primary answer is that the seeds were fake and every other child cheated. Alternatively, the girl planted her seed in the ground rather than the pot, thus giving the plant more room to grow and allowing it to become the largest.

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One day, a man decides to take a jog. He leaves his home and runs until he reaches a left turn. He then turns left and continues until he reaches another left turn. The turns left again until he finds another left turn. He takes the left turn yet again. After taking the turn, he can see his home. However, there are two men standing near it. Why was he jogging and who were the men?

Answer: He’s a baseball player who just hit a home run. The two men were the catcher and the umpire.

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In order to enter a fort, a woman must answer the guard’s question correctly. If she fails, the guard will ban her from ever entering. To figure out how to answer the question, she hides nearby. She sees a person walk up to the guard. As the person approaches, the guard says, “Six.” The person replies with, “Three,” and the guard lets them in. Another person walks up, but this time the guard says, “12.” The person responds with, “Six,” and the guard lets them in. She decides to give it a try. The guard tells her, “10,” and she responds with, “Five.” The guard bans her from the fort. Why?

Answer: The password is the number of letters in the word he says. Six has three letters, 12 has six, and 10 has three.