Here’s a riddle: What’s green and smells like red paint? This is part of a complete episode.
Here’s a riddle I got from Eric Berlin, who is a puzzle maker.
He posted this on Facebook.
What’s green and smells like red paint?
I have no idea.
Green paint.
Right.
Even my son rolled his eyes at that one.
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