Short Riddles and Answers

Question: A police officer was walking outside of a diner. He heard somebody yell inside the diner "No, John not the gun," followed by a gun shot. The officer immediately ran inside and found a milkman, a doctor, a lawyer, and the dead body. The cop immediately arrested the milkman.

How did the officer know the milkman man did it?

Question: Two men are facing each other alone in a large room. There is a clock on the wall. One man, who thinks of himself as a prophet, says to the other, "In five minutes you'll be stabbed in the back."

The other man is very distraught and stares at the clock. After five minutes he is stabbed in the back.

What happened?

Question: Mary Jane is stranded on a deserted island in the middle of a huge and deep lake. She cannot swim and all she has is two strings that are each one foot long. All of the boats that she would be able to use are docked at the shore 4 miles away from her. 2 hours later, she is on the shore of the lake. How did she get across the lake?

Question: I talk, but I do not speak my mind
I hear words, but I do not listen to thoughts
When I wake, all see me
When I sleep, all hear me
Many heads are on my shoulders
Many hands are at my feet
The strongest steel cannot break my visage
But the softest whisper can destroy me
The quietest whimper can be heard.

Question: One day there was a man in a hospital bed, and there was a man sitting next to him. So, the doctor asked the man sitting next to the man in the hospital bed, he asked, who are you? The man said listen closely for I will only tell you this once. Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son. Who is this man?