MediumShort Riddle
What is red and nailed to a wall?
Riddle
What is red and nailed to a wall?
Choose an answer
A.A poster
B.A horseshoe
C.A photograph
D.A herring
Hint: It's a 2-word phrase with 8 letters, starting with "A".
Answer
A herring
Why this is the answer
This is a classic nonsense joke: the herring is red because it was painted red, and it's nailed to the wall simply because the joke says so -- a deliberately absurd 'red herring' pun.
This riddle is filed under Short Riddles and rated Medium.