I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

What four weights can be used to balance from 1 to 30 pounds?

Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

How old is your son? asked a man to his neighbour. My son is five times as old as my daughter and my wife is five times as old as my son. I am twice as old as my wife whereas my grandmother, who is celebrating her eighty-first birthday is as old as all of us put together.

How old is the man's son ?

John went to meet his friend Jacob, but when he was about to reach the main gate, John notices that Jacob had a mighty dog who was fastened to the tree. The chain is long enough that it allows the dog to reach the main gate.

How can the John reach the main gate?

What does this simple rebus mean?

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?