A man needs something specific for his house, so he goes to a hardware store to purchase it. When he asks the clerk the price, the clerk answers "the price of one is 50 cents, the price of thirty is one dollar, and the price of one hundred fourty-four is one dollar and fifty cents". What is the man buying?
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Two boys were playing on a tool shed roof when the roof collapsed with a crash. The boys fell uninjured to the floor below, but when they picked themselves up, the fave of one boy was covered with dirt and the other boy's face was still clean. Instantly, the boy with the clean face ran off to wash his face, while the boy with the dirty face remained placidly behind. why did the boy with the clean face act as he did?
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A tree has one blossom on it at the beginning of June. The blossoms double in area every 24 hours. It takes the entire month for the tree to be covered with blossoms. On what date will the tree be half-covered?
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You have one match. You enter a room that contains a wood-buring stove, a kerosene lamp, and a fireplace. Which should you light first?
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The beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space,
the beginning of every end,
and the end of everyplace
Hint: It's in front of you right now
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I never was, am always to be
None ever saw me, nor ever will,
and yet I am the confidence of all
Who live and breathe on this terrestrial ball
Hint: It never comes
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Runs over fields and woods all day,
Under the bed at night sits not alone,
With long tongue hanging out,
A-waiting for a bone
Hint: It's something very close to you
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At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen
Hint: They belong to the night
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Fatherless and motherless,
Born without a skin,
Spoke when it came into the world,
And never spoke again
Hint: If you had no nose, you'd never know this one
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What gets wet when drying?
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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 black babies
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House numbers
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He saw the other boy's face and assumed his was just as dirty
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June 29, the next-to-last day of the month
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the match
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the letter "e"
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Tomorrow
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a shoe
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the stars
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a fart
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a towel
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a watermelon
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