Candy Riddle

Happy Halloween!

The word candy can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?

And yes, for those of you with long memories, we've seen this one before. But I like it and it's appropriate for Halloween.

Photo from flickr by  Porcelaingirl.

Towering Office Space

Brad stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 62nd floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt.

Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived the fall?

Unique

What's so unique about the following items?  For instance, President James Buchanan was the only bachelor president of the United States.

1. the two-toed sloth
2. the chow chow
3. the hyoid bone
4. mercury
5. negative 40 degrees
6. Kahoolawe
7. the pyramids
8. Midnight Cowboy
9. Nepal
10. Libya
11. Ohio

Leaps and Runs

What is it that leaps and runs and even falls, yet has no feet?

We Have Not Seen Any Letter Equations for a While

I was looking at my 'search query' report and noticed some people looking for answers on letter equations. So, let's see if we can help them out.

The problem is, there are some typos in the searches. So, I'm presenting all of them, even though I'm sure some of them are repeats, just with the search corrected. I can't tell in each case which one is right, so I've tried to group the possibilities together. Good luck!

1) 7 C in a M

2) I ITs N 1 T it's A
1 Is N 1 T it's A

3) S of a C

4) There are two s to E Q
T are 2 s to E Q
2 s to e q
2p in a q

5) 100 P I A R
100 P A I R

6) 39 = P of the U.S.
39 = B of the U.S.

7) 32=DF at which WF

8) 5 = GL in NA

I Need a Loan

John had only $2, but he needed $3 for his cab fare home. He went to a pawn shop and pawned his $2 for $1.50. John then bumped into Dan and told him that he would sell him his $2 pawn ticket for $1.50. Dan agreed. Since John started out with $2, and he ended up with $3, who is out the extra dollar and why?

I Like Stories

Have I mentioned that I like rebus?

1)

0

PHD, MA, MS

2)

111111

TIME

3)

PERESTACE

Rebus Revisited

Some more rebus for your enjoyment. Each the following puzzles represent a common phrase.

1)
Wave 2025AD

2)
G
R
EASE

3)
CR\EW

4)
THECAUGHTACT

5)
H
O
L
D JOBJOB
I
N
G

A Person Has Two

He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six. What am I?

Patience and Time

Some will use me, while others will not,
some have remembered, while others have forgot.
For profit or gain, I'm used expertly,
I can't be picked off the ground or tossed into the sea.
Only gained from patience and time,
can you unravel my rhyme?

Picture Puzzles

Time for some more rebus:

1)

cut

r

i

right

h

t

2)

eggeggeggegg

eee    e

3)

machines+machines+machines

4)

dirty dirty

dirty dirty

dirty dirty

dirty dirty

dirty dirty

dirty dirty

5)

A Woman's Wor

6)

DINNER'S

Fire Above

Fire is often maintained above me, & if you remove my first letter, you will find the home shared by everyone you have ever known.

What am I?

Long or Short, Grown or Bought

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

What is the Third Dogs Name

Bruce, the head dog at the north pole, had three sons. One was named mo, the other curly. What is the third dogs name.

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them.
I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold.
They are the smallest you could imagine.
Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?

Come For a Ride, Just Me and You

It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you.

What is it?

Dice Dice

Can you find the hidden phrases in the following clues?

Example

DICE

DICE

Answer: Paradise (Pair of dice)

1)

LEHEVE

2)

LBS LBS LBS LBS LBS LBS

WEIGHT

3)

GROUND

YARDSTICK YARDSTICK

4)

TTTT Mon, Tue, Wed, ...

TTTT 9 PM - 10 PM

Half of Five

When is Four half of Five?

Were You Talking to Me

Can you think of a question where the answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no.

Bat and Ball

I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit.
I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown.
What am I?

Pay Attention

What is the difference between a dollar and a half and thirty five-cents?

Sing Happy Birthday

A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?