CookieS, The Return of Spartan Options

[Spartan]

Well I thought I might as well start it of agian.....the forums was getting boring....

Riddle 1
Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all?

Riddle 2
What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?

Riddle 3
A rubber ball is tossed off the top of a 90 foot building. Every time it bounces, it goes back up half way. How many bounces will the ball take before it stops?

Hopefully these wont be figured as quick as the ones b4....
as usual the cookies will be shown b4 starting...their the same as the batch b4 soo they should be delicious....

[Spartan]

New ones

1. A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

2. Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?

3. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Try these on for size......