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yes!

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The king one is about the inaccuracy of blood tests. The one that stayed knew that.

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Maria Kritikou написа:

I'm one of five, I'm not alive. The one who sent me forth became king, The one who received me died.

What am I?

is it a sickness, or a weapon?

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a stone, the king was David against Goliath.

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cause she planted it?

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It's so large that she couldn't carry it?

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Wow!!!

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Thumb?

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This riddle makes unfounded assumptions about vast parts of the population.

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"For children only a finger" = coffee? I need an explanation. Has finger also got another meaning than the finger of a hand?

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Wie auf Deutsch: "Ein Fingerbreit", also nur so viel Kaffee in der Tasse, wie ein Finger breit ist? Oder Finger als Verbotszeichen?

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Coffee Fingers = coffee-scented butter biscuits

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in french too, we use finger to express "little of Something"

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we say that the Undertaker loves biting it, and his name is actually "dead-biter" > Croque-mort

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how do we say in greek: i want a finger of Ouzo?

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Nice, i'l try to learn it for next time i go to Greece :)

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What do we find inside a real clean nose?

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what is a sheep with no leg?

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A finger.

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not quite the finger

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Yes !

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Piase mia karafa apo to kalo re mastora naoum!! :P

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And i am not going to have the complete bottle?  :D does mean Karafa a finger?

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EnrixosfromParis написа:

What do we find inside a real clean nose?

Anybody?

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Real clean nasal hairs?

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it has something to do with fingers ;)

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long dirty fingers

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nope

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finger...prints

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Yes!

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Found this on FB: Which word is spelled incorrectly in a dictionary?

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SiHo_92 написа:

Found this on FB: Which word is spelled incorrectly in a dictionary?

Misspell?

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Nope, Maria is right: The word "incorrectly" itself is spelled incorrectly ⇒
I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y

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"alphabet"

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Yes. But let somebody else have a go.

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Neither one because they are both in a boat. Is that right?

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Maria Kritikou написа:

What one question does he ask one of the daughters at random to figure out which daughter is the youngest or oldest?

“Are you the middle daughter?”

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Ένα μαχαίρι! :D

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Yes ma'am!
A knife. *pleasantry*

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I don't know.. *fool*

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Maria Kritikou написа:

"Are you the oldest daughter?"

Why? If he asked that, both of them would say yes.

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Oh, now I get it. That's clever. Way too much :D

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It's been only 18 years (no internet).

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1) Tom and Jerry are twins. This year, Tom celebrates is 15th birthday, but Jerry celebrates his 14th birthday. How is that possible?

2) I'm cool and I've got two faces. What am I?

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February 29th? Or is it midnight? Both are at different ends of the craft at international date line? Jerry had a 1 and 9 months gestation? :D

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If you were born eighty years ago on February 29th would you be only 20 years old?

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Solutions:

1) [@petit élève] is right (but accidentally switched the names):
Tom was born on 31st December 2003 a few moments before midnight (and so he will celebrate his 15th birthday this year), while Jerry was born on 1st January 2004 a few moments after the new year has just begun (and so he already celebrated his 14th birthday this year).

2) Putin is a funny reply, and you are also right with him, but it was not the solution that I wanted for my riddle:
It's the month January which derives from "Janus", the Roman god of all beginnings and endings (and a lot more) who had two faces looking at the past (=the old year) and at the future (=the new year).

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The father (and mother) are in flagrante delicto.

Or maybe enjoying a cigarette... ;)

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Maria Kritikou написа:

What is large, red or pink in the edge and ladies used to put it in their mouth?

:-o

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Riddle #856 by [@Maria Kritikou]:

mother's age: m / baby's age: b

(I) m-b=21 ⇒ m=21+b

(II) m+6=(b+6)×5 ⇒ m+6=b×5+30 ⇒ m-24=b×5 ⇒ b=m÷5-24

(b→I) m=21+(m÷5-24) ⇒ m=m÷5-3 ⇒ 0.8m=-3 ⇒ m=-3.75

(m→II) b=-3.75÷5-24=-0.73-24=-24.73

⇒ The mother is -3.75 years old and the child is -24.73 years old… WAIT, WHAAAT??? :D
And I have no idea what the father has to do with it or where he might be! ;)

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