The man who found me brought me home because he couldn’t find me. The more he looked for me; the more he felt my presence. When he finally found me; he threw me away. I hold many things, but no one holds me. The more they remove, the larger I get. I live between two worlds, both inside and out.  […]

My red eye looks upon you With burning my tears flow My sorrow is something that you’ll never know At birth I have no blood nor bone My insides highly sought My death no one will ever atone As I fry in places hot My father gave me this and I passed it to my son. Though the three of […]

Many who make me are chased Others who make me are raced If mortal peril you’re faced Make me with your shoes laced Every language do I speak Even when the caller be Greek The caller and I always agree Yet no man has ever seen me. I have holes all over my body.  Yet I have no trouble holding […]

I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. With beautiful women I often dance, they sweep me off my feet. Yet these ladies offer me no romance, With no man can I compete. My nose is long, […]

Presidents only get to keep this after they have given it.  It is something they often give.  But even though they are allowed to keep it after giving it, they rarely choose to. I have been observed by every human who ever lived.  Yet no one has ever seen me in person and I’m replaced daily. I have a tongue, […]

Cups, containers, caskets, and cans What do you fill with empty hands? Though everyone has had me, none has ever noticed when they lost me. I have feathers, but I don’t fly. I have legs, but I don’t walk. I am constantly being used and never get any rest. Yet no one ever says thank you. With bloodless strokes I […]

Four wings I have, Which swiftly mount on high On sturdy pinions, Yet I never fly! And tho’ my body often moves around, Upon the same spot I’m always found; And, like a nurse who chews the infants meat, I chew for man before that he can eat. I am a precious gift.  I have no beginning or end.  In […]

I was walking across a bridge one day and happened to see a boat full of people.  And yet, there was not a single person on the boat. I am silent as the dawn I move steadily without thought Those who winter’s chill has touched My presence they have sought. Though I ask no permission, I’ll pass through your door […]

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it, never uses it. The person who uses it doesn’t know they are. With words unnumber’d I abound, In me mankind take much delight, In me great store of learning’s found, Yet I can neither read nor write What gets wetter the more it dries? Tho’ good fellows we […]

Special thanks to Justin V. from North Carolina for the idea to start putting up brain teasers on TIFO Though big my belly, long my nose, And with one arm I strut; I make the fair their foes expose, And keep my own mouth shut: Before me they their secrets tell, The news of all the day; And for my […]