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Riddle: What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself?Answer: Your finger or a compass.
Riddle: I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I touch, Will soon turn red. What am I?Answer: Fire
Riddle: "I am no sooner spoken, than broken. What am I?"Answer: Silence.
Riddle: You are locked in a house and you have four objects. You have a wooden chair, a ladder, a piano, and a rubber ax. You can only pick one..
Riddle: Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust. What is it?Answer: An icicle.
Riddle: Who can jump higher than the highest mountain?Answer: We can cause mountains can't jump.
Riddle: A girl went over to the U.S. on the 4th of July and partied for 3 days and came back on the 4th of July. How did she do that?Answer: She went..
Riddle: I start with the letter "e" and end with the letter "e" and I usually contain one letter BUT I am not the letter "e". What am i?Answer: I am..
Riddle: An electric train is going south at 98 mph. The wind is blowing northeast. Which direction is the smoke blowing?Answer: There is no smoke...
Riddle: General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to death by court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he..
Riddle: Where is there no south, west, nor east, and weather is not fit for man or beast?Answer: The South Pole.
Riddle: When set loose I fly away, Never so cursed As when I go astray. What am I?Answer: A fart.
Riddle: Railroad Crossing, look out for the cars. Can you spell that, without any R's?Answer: That.
Riddle: A father and son were in a car accident where the father was killed. The ambulance brought the son to the hospital. He needed immediate..
Riddle: Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Wheels I do lack. What Am I?Answer: a ship
Riddle: At the sound of me, men may dream. At the sound of me, they stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women smile but sometimes weep. What am..
Riddle: In 2000, a 40-year-old doctor told his son that when a little boy he decided to be a doctor by seeing a internet web site about performing a..
Riddle: You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?Answer: An ear of corn.
Riddle: You have 5 kids and you have to get them all into a car. Tommy and Timmy are twins but they fight so they can't sit together. Sarah and Sally..
Riddle: A man moved into a new house and decided he was tired after the journey and turned off all the lights and went to bed. The next morning he..
Riddle: What do you call a top-notch detective?Answer: A super snooper.
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude Ii.
'I thought before your tale began,'The Student murmured, 'we should haveSome legend written by Judah RavIn his Gemara of Babylon;Or something from..
©  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude I.
'Yes, well your story pleads the causeOf those dumb mouths that have no speech,Only a cry from each to eachIn its own kind, with its own..
©  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Finale
'Nunc plaudite!' the Student cried,When he had finished; 'now applaud,As Roman actors used to sayAt the conclusion of a play;?And rose, and spread..
©  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Theologian's Tale; Torquemada
In the heroic days when FerdinandAnd Isabella ruled the Spanish land,And Torquemada, with his subtle brain,Ruled them, as Grand Inquisitor of..
©  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow