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Make your own riddles to puzzle friends

For example:

Duncan decides to take a bath and starts filling his tub. When the water reaches the top he tries to turn off the tap but it falls off. The bathroom’s windows don’t open and the door closes with an air tight seal. The room begins to fill up with water. Duncan can’t get the door open. How does he save himself?

Answer: All he has to do is pull the plug so the tub can drain.

You’re a bus driver on your bus route. At the first stop, 3 girls with blonde hair get on while a man eating an ice cream cone gets off. At the second stop, 5 boys who just won their baseball game, and a woman with a yellow-polka-dot dress pays the fee and enters the bus; nobody gets off at the third stop, a man carrying a monkey exits the bus. Nobody new joins the ride. What’s the bus driver’s name?

Answer: The bus driver’s name is your name (you’re the bus driver)

If a cat can jump 5 feet in the air, then why can’t it jump through a 2-foot high window?

Answer: The window is closed.