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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

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Tricky Questions and Answers - 4

Q: Thanks to me, you can see straight through the wall. What am I?
A: A window.
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Q: Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
A: Neither. They both weigh exactly one pound.
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Q: How can the pocket of your pants be empty, but still have something in it?
A: When the something is a hole.
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Q: What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t actually alive?
A: Your gloves.
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Q: Imagine you’re in a room that’s filling up with water quickly. There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?
A: Stop imagining.
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Q: Everyone in the world needs it, but they usually give it without taking it. What is it?
A: Advice.
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Q: What can you hold without touching it at all?
A: A conversation.
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