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Dead At First Hit

ROD: 04-24-2025

Riddle: Jason is lying dead. He has an iron bar across his back and some food lying in front of him. How did Jason meet his sorry end?
Answer: He is a mouse caught in a mousetrap.
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Flat, Yet Deep

ROD: 04-23-2025

Riddle: I look flat, but I am deep, Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry and turbulent. I have no heart, but offer pleasure as well as death. No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have. What am I?
Answer: An ocean.
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Riddle: What kind of beans can you not grow in a garden?
Answer: Jelly Beans!  
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Riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Answer: Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)
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Riddle: How can you tell the difference between dogs and trees?
Answer: By their bark.
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Riddle: What connects two people yet touches only one?
Answer: A wedding ring.
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Riddle: No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Answer: Silence.
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Riddle: I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people, I will fool them. To others, I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?
Riddle: When may a man's coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?
Answer: When it has a hole in it.
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Riddle: Death and taxes; taxes and death----- They're sure to be with us, until our last breath. So, try to save money-----How much can you save? They'll nickel us and dime us-----Right down to the grave. And now that you've heard my negative chant, tell me the man's name you hear in my rant.
Answer: The man's name is Nicholas (nickel us).
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