General Riddles

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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