Answer:
My sides are firmly laced about, Yet nothing is withinΝΎ You'll think my head is strange indeed, Being nothing else but skin.
I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left.
What is often returned but is never borrowed?
The strangest creature you'll ever find has two eyes in front and a hundred behind.
What tastes better than it smells?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.