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1. **A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 **
 * and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten **
 * years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80, **
 * how many years was he a widower? **

2. **The Lone Ranger rode into town on Friday. He stayed 5 consecutive** ** 3. **A man has recently escaped from prison and is making his way home on foot. He is walking along a straight rural country lane in bright daylight. He has walked about two miles from the prison, when he sees a police car coming toward him. Despite knowing that all squads would be out looking for him, he ran towards the car for a short while, and only when he was about ten feet away, did he turn and run into the woods to hide. Why did he run towards the police car?** 4. **The rich men want it, the wise men know it, ** **the poor all need it, and the kind men show it. ** **What is it? **
 *  days and left on Friday. How could this be?

5. **Only two backbones, and a thousand ribs. ****What is it? **

1A. He was a widower for 25 years.

2A. Friday was the name of his horse.

3A. The man is on a bridge when he sees the police car. He's more than halfway across so the quickest way off the bridge is forward.

4A. Love.

5A. Railroad tracks.