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You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it? Your word What walks all day on its head? A nail in a horseshoe What gets wet when drying? A towel What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter M What is round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, but all the water in the ocean can't fill it up? A sieve Five men went to church. It started to rain. Four men ran for cover, but got wet on the way. The one man who stayed behind stayed dry. How? The dry man was a body in a coffin. The other four were pall bearers. The more you of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Footsteps He who has it doesn't tell about it. He who takes it doesn't know about it. He who knows what it is doesn't want it. What is it? Counterfeit money Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he? My son It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, and is born