Let’s face it — children love riddles. No matter how corny or silly — in fact, perhaps, the sillier, the better — they can’t seem to get enough. And they don’t have to be new, either. Consider these classics:
A plane crashes exactly on the border of the United States and Canada. In which country would the survivors be buried?
A man sees an acquaintance standing on a corner with a dog. He asks the friend if his dog bites; the friend says no but when the man tries to pet the dog, he gets bitten. Still, the acquaintance told the truth — how is that possible?
A boy and his father were involved in a terrible automobile accident. The father was killed instantly and the boy was rushed to the hospital and brought into the operating room where the head surgeon was waiting. The doctor took one look at the child and declared “I cannot operate on this boy for he is my son!” How can that be?
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