Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

A word I know has six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remain. What is it?

If I put in one bird per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two bird per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and birds do I have?

A bank customer had $100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:

Withdrawals Balance left
$50 $50
$25 $25
$10 $15
$8 $7
$5 $2
$2 $0
----- -----
$100 $99

Why are the Totals not tallying?

Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.

What does this rebus mean?

O
N
C
E
TIME

How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty?

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

James bond was pushed out of an aeroplane without any parachute.
He survived, How come?

using four eights (8) and a one (1) and one mathematical symbol , create the number 100