Lizzie Borden Riddle

[debodun]

What did Lizzie Borden say when someone inquired if her parents were going to allow her to go to the box social?

 

[debodun]

No guesses?

She said she was going to ax them.

 

[Aunt Marg]

You've really upped-the-ante on this one, Deb! LOL!

 

[Aunt Marg]

No guesses?

She said she was going to ax them.

Sigh... and here I was just getting geared up to bombard you with a few of my guesses!

 

[Sunny]

You'll find me in December but not in any other month. What am I?

 

[Aunt Marg]

You'll find me in December but not in any other month. What am I?

Santa Claus?

 

[debodun]

The letter D.

 

[Rosemarie]

The letter D.

 

[Rosemarie]

What gets wetter the more it dries?

 

[Aunt Marg]

What gets wetter the more it dries?

Ice?

 

[debodun]

A towel

 

[Rosemarie]

A towel

Correct

 

[hollydolly]

If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

 

[Sunny]

9 ?

 

[hollydolly]

yusss...

 

[Sunny]

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy.

 

[debodun]

A candle.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Wow, you guys are so good!

I've never been good at jokes and riddles.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I run, it runs, I stop, it runs...

What it it?

 

[debodun]

A watch.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I am a perching barrel, filled with meat, Taking hits from leaps and dives. Look inside, but do not eat, The meat in there is still alive!

Anyone? Anyone?

 

[debodun]

A thimble

 

[Sunny]

A swimming pool?

 

[Aunt Marg]

A swimming pool?

Good guess, Sunny, but Deb, got it right.

 

[debodun]

Lets' post everyone's riddles in separate threads on the forum.