Fishing Rod

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!

Apples

How many times can you take away 9 apples from 54?

A Father and a son

A father and his son are driving down the road when a car hits them. The father dies instantly. The ambulance takes the son to the hospital. When the doctor is asked to operate, the doctor says: “I cannot operate. He is my son! Who is the doctor?

Two grandmothers

Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters;

Two husbands, with their two wives;

Two fathers, with their two daughters;

Two mothers, with their two sons;

Two maidens, with their two mothers;

Two sisters, with their two brothers;

Yet only six in all lie buried here;

All born legitimate, from incest clear.  How?

The five mile stairs

your going up 5 mile stairs to the bathroom and you go two in a half feet up where are you now?

Boy and the Carney

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

What

what lives to eat but never drinks

dead bodies

there is a little shack in the middle of the woods it has no windows and no doors. there are two dead bodies on the floor. surrounding them is glass, rocks, and water. how did they die?

Will you marry me?

Does the Moslem religion allow a man to marry his widow?s sister?

what to light first

you only have one match with you. you walk into a small dark room which contains a carousine lamp, a woodburning stove, and a fireplace. what would you light first.

Mailing a Valuable Object

Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend – so it may be opened by your friend?

Smart moves

A vicious dog was tied to a tree with a five meter rope. Khaled wanted to go back to his car, but the car was only two meters away from the tree. The dog was following Khaled?s every move. How could Jack safely reach his car?