43 Bathroom Riddles With Answers
Riddles about the objects in a bathroom: mirrors, taps, towels, soap, toothbrushes. It is a surprisingly rich room for riddles, because almost everything in it does something odd - a mirror shows you without holding anything, a towel gets wetter as it dries you.
All clean, all easy enough for children. Every one has its answer here.
What do goblins sing in the shower?
Wordplay — "Rhythm and boos" sounds like "Rhythm and Blues" (R&B), with "boos" fitting a goblin's spooky nature.
If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
Wordplay — "eye wetness" sounds like "eyewitness," fitting since you'd be wet from the shower while witnessing the robbery.
Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over...Why?
Wordplay — none of the men "went under single" (drowned alone as bachelors); the riddle plays on the word "single" versus "married."
Why did Silly Sarah race to the bathroom?
Sarah misunderstands "ring around the tub," a soap stain, as a literal engagement ring, prompting her rush.
What do angels sing in the shower?
This is a loose pun on 'soul' music, playing on angels' association with the soul, though the joke's exact wordplay is fairly obscure.
What did the faucet say to the shower?
Wordplay — "drip" describes both a leaking faucet and an insult for an annoying or foolish person.
On a fine sunny day, a ship was in the harbor...What caused the ship to sink?
As with the earlier version of this riddle, the "sinking" ship is actually a submarine intentionally diving underwater.
What do computer programmers sing in the shower?
Wordplay — "Disc-o" combines a computer "disc" with the music genre "disco."
What do bumblebees sing in the shower?
Wordplay — "BeeBop" combines "bee" with the music genre "bebop."
What does a newspaper reporter use to dry himself after his shower?
It's a pun on 'paper' -- since a reporter works with the paper, he dries off with paper towels.
Why did the shower bar turn red?
Wordplay — like a person blushing when caught without clothes, the bar "turns red" when its towel falls off, exposing it.
What kind of sandwich sinks to the bottom of the tub?
Wordplay — a "submarine" sandwich shares its name with a submarine vessel, which dives underwater.
What does a toilet with a funny accent have?
Wordplay — "irritable vowel syndrome" sounds like "irritable bowel syndrome," a play on the toilet's bathroom connection.
What do fathers sing in the shower?
Wordplay — "Pop" is both a music genre and a nickname for "father."
How did the chimp fix the leaky faucet?
Wordplay — a "monkey wrench" is a real tool name that fits a chimp, a type of monkey, fixing something.
A woman has three children: MoroEbi, MoroPet, and Laura...In what room is Laura.
Read the names aloud — "MoroEbi" sounds like "More or Bee" and "MoroPet" like "More or Pet," leading into "What Room?" as the answer.
What do you call a ghost who ran out of toilet paper?
Wordplay — a ghost's "sheet," its costume, sounds like the phrase "out of luck," toned down to "sheet out of luck."
What do you call a person who crosses the road twice without taking a shower?
Wordplay — "double-crosser" means crossing twice, and "dirty" refers to not showering, together forming the phrase for a betrayer.
What did one toilet say to the other?
Wordplay — "flushed" means both reddened in the face and the toilet flushing.
What do steel workers sing in the shower?
Wordplay — "Heavy Metal" is both a music genre and a description of the steel workers' trade.
Why do criminals shower so often?
Wordplay — a "clean getaway" describes both a successful escape and being physically clean.
Each day many people come and visit me, however, they usually only stay for a few minutes...What am I?
People use a toilet briefly and regularly throughout the day, then leave.
When you are wet and it is dry and if you use it, it becomes wet but you're completely dry. What is it?
The towel starts dry, absorbs the water off your body, and ends up wet while you end up dry.
How can you make a needle float?
The tissue paper supports the needle on the water's surface tension until the paper dissolves and sinks away, leaving the needle floating.
The more you dry yourself with me the more I get wet. What am I?
A towel absorbs the water it wipes off you, so drying you off makes the towel wetter.
A farmer has never taken a shower in his life. He gets dirty every day...How is this possible?
A trick question — the farmer stays clean by bathing, just never by showering.
Why can't the toilet paper cross the road?
Wordplay — "crack" refers to both a crack in the road and slang for a part of the body toilet paper is used near.
Why did the prisoner take a shower before he broke out of jail?
Wordplay — a "clean getaway" means an escape without getting caught, punning on being physically clean from the shower.
Imagine you are on a sinking raft in the middle of the Pacific with great white sharks surrounding you...How do you stop this predicament?
A trick question — since the scenario is only imagined, you can escape it simply by stopping the imagining.
What does the Easter Bunny do after it takes a shower?
Wordplay — "Hare dryer" sounds like "hairdryer," and "hare" is another word for rabbit.
Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
Wordplay — "bottom" means both the base of the hill and the part of the body toilet paper is used for.
Which rock singer really, REALLY needs a shower?
The pun combines 'mud' with the singer's name Madonna to form 'Mud-donna,' implying she's covered in mud.
Why do you never bring a Pokemon into the bathroom with you?
Wordplay — "Pikachu" sounds like "peek at you," an invasion of bathroom privacy.
Why didn't the skeleton use a towel?
"Bone dry" is an idiom for being completely dry, punned here because a skeleton is literally made of bone.
What do you call a tree that has been TP'ed?
This is a pun combining 'toilet paper' with 'tree' to form 'toiletry'.
How can people without noses smell?
Wordplay — "smell" here means giving off an odor, not the sense of smell, since skipping showers makes a person smell bad.
You go in me for brushing, For flushing, For rushing; But please go in me one at a time...What am I?
Brushing teeth, flushing the toilet, and rushing in and out are all bathroom activities.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
The more a towel dries something else, the more moisture it absorbs itself.
On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink...What caused the ship to sink?
A submarine is designed to submerge, so it wasn't sinking by accident — it was simply diving underwater as intended.
If April showers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring?
Wordplay — "Mayflowers" sounds like "Mayflower," the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America.
What happened to Einstein when he took a shower?
Wordplay — "brain-washed" literally means washing in the shower and figuratively means having your mind changed.
I am wet when drying. What am I?
A towel gets wetter the more it dries something else off, since it absorbs the moisture.
If two snakes marry, what will their towels say?
Wordplay — "Hiss," a snake sound, replaces "His" in the classic "His and Hers" towel set.
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