Answer: Because it's a twinkey!
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And here are some clever brain teasers and witty riddles designed to stretch your mind, courtesy of SeriousShops.com:
Questions:
1) Q: What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? A: Short
2) Q: Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed. A: 45 (1/5 of 45 = 9, 9 + 45 = 54)
3) Q: A farmer is trying to cross a river with a bag of corn, a hen, and a fox. The farmer's boat is only big enough to take himself and one other item per trip. The hen cannot be left alone with the corn or she will eat it. Likewise the fox cannot be left with the hen, or the hen will be eaten. How does the farmer get all three items across the river? A: The farmer takes the hen across first, and leaves her on the other bank. Next, he comes back, loads the fox onto his boat, and takes him back across the river. He drops off the fox on the opposite bank, picks up the hen, and brings her back to the original bank. He swaps the hen for the corn, and returns to the far bank with the corn - leaving it with the fox. Then, he returns once more to the original bank to get the hen. Once he brings her across, all four are happy to be on the other side!
4) Q: A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? A: The ball costs 5 cents. One dollar more than 5c is $1.05. The sum of which is $1.10.
5) Q: What letter comes next in the following sequence: D R M F S L T_? A: D - each letter represents one note in the diatonic musical scale: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
6) Q: Johnny's Mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? A: Johnny.
7) Q: A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? A: Meat.
8) Q: If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? A: 2nd Place.
9) Q: How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty? A: Once. After that, you'd be subtracting from 48.
10) Q: It's a stormy night and a plane takes off from JFK airport in New York. The storm worsens, and the plane crashes - half lands in the United States, the other half lands in Canada. In which country do you bury the survivors? A: You don't bury survivors!
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