Lazy Larry agreed to work on a job for his brother-in-law for thirty hours at eight dollars an hour, on the condition that he would forfeit ten dollars per hour for every hour that he idled. At the end of the thirty hours Larry wasn't owed any money and didn't owe his brother-in-law any money either. How many hours did Larry work and how many hours did he idle?
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Lazy Larry worked 16-2/3 hours and idled 13-1/3 hours. 16-2/3 hours, at $8.00 an hour amounts to the same amount as 13-1/3 hours at $10.00 per hour.
Little Tommy Tittletat took two Ts, to tie two ups to two tall trees, to torment the terrible little tat. How many T's in all of that?
Answer:- There are 2 T's in all of ThaT.
Look in my face, I am somebody; Look in my back, I am nobody.
What am I?
Answer:- I am a mirror.
Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she like pumpkins or apples?
Answer:- Pumpkins. Lynn only likes things that grow on vines.
Many hands make light work. What is the contradictory proverb?
Answer:- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Many-manned scud-thumper, Maker of worn wood, Shrub-ruster, Sky-mocker, Rave! Portly pusher, Wind-slave.
What am I?
Answer:- The ocean!
Marco and Bob have been the best friends ever since they were little kids. They are also very competitive. Throughout the years they have challenged each other to do both physical and mental challenges. And they completed the challenge. But one day Marco thought of something to challenge Bob to do - something he could start but never finish. The average man could do it and so could Mark and they were both the same sex and the same size. It is a physical challenge. Can you figure out what it was?
Answer:- Marco challenged Bob to get a tan, but he couldn't...Bob is an albino.
Marking mortal privation, when firmly in place. An enduring summation, inscribed in my face.
What am I?
Answer:- A Tombstone.
Metal or bone I may be, many teeth I have and always bared, yet my bite harms no one, and ladies delight in my touch.
What am I?
Answer:- A comb.
More haste less speed. What is the contradictory proverb?
Answer:- Time waits for no man.
Morgan was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put?
Answer:- She counted the pits!
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were walking home from the shopping mall with their purchases when Mr. Smith began to complain that his load was too heavy. Mrs. Smith turned to her husband and said, "I don't know what you're complaining about because if you gave me one of your parcels, I would have twice as many as you and if I gave you just one of mine, we would have equal loads." How many parcels was each carrying?
Answer:- Mrs. Smith was carrying seven parcels and Mr. Smith was carrying five.