Riddle

There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?

Choose an answer

A.200 pounds
B.His scale
C.Groceries
D.Meat.
Hint: It's a word with 4 letters, starting with "M".

Answer

Meat.

Why this is the answer

The riddle buries the real question 'what does he weigh [as his job]?' among irrelevant physical details, and the butcher weighs meat.

This riddle is filed under Horror & Scary Riddles and rated Medium.