Viral riddles

A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheel were on the pavement. A police man is standing on the corner, but he did not give him a ticket.
Why?

Answer

He was on a motorcycle.

A pair of golden earrings was stolen from the jeweler. Four women were found on the scene of the crime and are being questioned. They all claim to be innocent, but no one else was in the jewelry department at the time. How does the detective prove one guilty?

Answer

The detective has another pair of gold earrings that look nothing alike the stolen pair. He shows each suspect the earrings and asks if they are the stolen pair. Everyone but the third woman replies "I didn't see them" or "I wouldn't know" but the third suspect says "No". That means she knows what they looked like. GUILTY AS CHARGED!

A boxing round was scheduled for 12 rounds, but ended after 6, because a boxer was knocked out, yet no man threw a punch. How is that possible?

Answer

The boxers were female.

You have to boil an egg for three minutes. You have a three minute hourglass and a five minute hourglass. How can you make this possible?

Answer

You flip both the hourglasses over and when the two minute hourglass is done you drop the egg in because there is now three minutes left on the five minute hourglass.

There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?

Answer

He can't swim, he is dead.

Clay has 100,000,000 pet fish all named fish except for one.
What is the name of that fish?

Answer

"Clay" because he is a fish.

If 2 = 3
4 = 4
8 = 5
Then 16 = ??

Answer

7. Just count the letters of each number on the left hand side of the equation.

You are in a room with unbreakable walls, ceiling and floor. Inside the room are a thousand bombs that will explode in 5 minutes. How do you escape? You have no defusing kit and you have no object with you. How do you escape?

Answer

You open the door and run away as fast as you can. You weren't trapped in the room.