NagJokes: Riddles

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

Nothing. Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing you'll die

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?

Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

A river.

I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

Tomorrow or the future.

At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

The stars.

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

A watermelon.

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

The letter 'n'.

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

It states, "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?" The third word of that phrase is of course "language." Don't get angry at me, I didn't make it up :)

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn't know they are. What is it?

A coffin

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

Bookkeeper. An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a "double u")

What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it?

Charcoal.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

An ear of corn.

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.

Stove, fire, smoke

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less") and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.

Half-way up the hill, I see thee at last, lying beneath me with thy sounds and sights -- A city in the twilight, dim and vast, with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.

The past. (Longfellow)

When young, I am sweet in the sun.
When middle-aged, I make you gay.
When old, I am valued more than ever.

Wine

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.

Wind

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