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Four old friends meet. If each one shakes hands with each of the others, how many handshakes are there all together?

How does an E.S.P. expert send mail?

What do you say when a bull eats a bomb?

Why does lightening shock people?

An orthonymic number is a number whose literal representation in capital letters consists of only straight line segments (e.g. FIVE, NINE, etc.) and the number of segments equals the number itself. Find one. Note that the number FIVE requires 10 line segments to spell in capital letters and that NINE requires 11 lines. Neither one is orthonymic.

A pencil, an eraser, and a notebook cost $1.00. The notebook costs more than two pencils, 3 pencils cost more than 4 erasers, and 3 erasers cost more than 1 notebook. Find the cost of each item.

How does a witch tell time?

Why did the banana go out with the prune?

Why does an elephant smoke?

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