Riddle of the Day.

Riddle: I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?

A blackboard

Correct, DF..................

Riddle: I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

A pencil

Yes, DF...or a candle would also be correct....................

Riddle: I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a man's house and build another, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?   (Cloo: Read the words slowly and carefully)

Cloo: He has 51 other brothers.

Riddle: I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Yesterdays answer: King of Hearts in a deck of cards.

A tree?, thinking that 'leave' refers to the leaves of a tree.

Spot on, Ray.......................

Riddle: Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?

A parachute?

Spot on, Ray.......................

Riddle: What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?

A yardstick??

Correct, DF..it is..............

Riddle: I can be hairy and itchy all over. I hang on a stick. I can be the scariest thing you have ever seen. I stand in the middle of nowhere. What am I?

Not sure of the 'itchy', and the 'middle of 'nowhere', is it a scarecrow?

Yes it is, Ray..........................

Riddle: What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall?

Night and day??

Got it, DF...................

Riddle: How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?

COW is spelled :-

SEE O DOUBLE YOU

Spot on, Ray.....................