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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #45 on: March 24, 2020, 09:07:14 AM »
Quote from: yeethaw_gang on March 24, 2020, 08:41:49 AM
I shave everyday, yet my beard stays the same. Who am I?

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A Barber!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #46 on: March 24, 2020, 08:02:00 PM »
Quote from: yeethaw_gang on March 24, 2020, 08:41:49 AM
I shave everyday, yet my beard stays the same. Who am I?
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You shave, but your beard doesn't?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #47 on: March 24, 2020, 10:53:57 PM »
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #48 on: March 24, 2020, 11:25:08 PM »
That’s interesting, JoB. The slang term I know for that usage is ‘bonnet’. I think it derives from the Elizabethan English term for somebody whose presence conceals that of another, as in a case of religious or political persecution where an extra person hiding in a household is covered for and has food brought in for them by somebody else who has legitimate reasons for coming and going from the household. Funny where words come from.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #49 on: March 25, 2020, 07:50:55 AM »
Quote from: JoB on March 24, 2020, 08:02:00 PM
You shave, but your beard doesn't?

I didn't knew the term. You keep your ability to show fascinating things, my friend.

(you don't mind me calling you a friend, do you? With many Minnions I have the feeling that I know you so well, and we "talk" so many times...)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #50 on: March 25, 2020, 09:02:50 AM »
Okay, have another riddle. One of my personal favorites, it's from a book I've read.

The one who makes me doesn't need me, the one who pays for me doesn't use me and the one who uses me doesn't know about it. What am I?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #51 on: March 25, 2020, 03:29:48 PM »
Quote from: thegreyarea on March 25, 2020, 07:50:55 AM
I didn't knew the term. You keep your ability to show fascinating things, my friend.
I didn't, either, but when you're trying to answer a question with a twist, looking up the terms used for secondary meanings sorta is snark 101. ;)

Quote from: thegreyarea on March 25, 2020, 07:50:55 AM
(you don't mind me calling you a friend, do you? With many Minnions I have the feeling that I know you so well, and we "talk" so many times...)
(Muahahaaa, another one fooled into putting in the extra "r" ... >:D )

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The one who makes me doesn't need me, the one who pays for me doesn't use me and the one who uses me doesn't know about it. What am I?
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The usual solution is "a casket", but of course, several other funeral paraphernalia qualify as well.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #52 on: March 25, 2020, 05:37:42 PM »
Quote from: JoB on March 25, 2020, 03:29:48 PM
(Muahahaaa, another one fooled into putting in the extra "r" ... >:D )
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #53 on: April 08, 2020, 09:07:25 AM »
Okay, I promised to post a few riddles to keep the thread alive, so here they are:

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

What has many keys but can't open a single lock?

What has a bottom at the top?

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #54 on: April 08, 2020, 09:35:20 AM »
Quote from: RanVor on April 08, 2020, 09:07:25 AM
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?

My guess:
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Keyboard? Piano?


Quote from: RanVor on April 08, 2020, 09:07:25 AM
What has a bottom at the top?

My guess:
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Ketchup bottle :)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #55 on: April 08, 2020, 09:45:55 AM »
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

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7
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #56 on: April 08, 2020, 09:49:49 AM »
Quote from: thegreyarea on April 08, 2020, 09:35:20 AM
My guess:
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Keyboard? Piano?


My guess:
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Ketchup bottle :)

Yes and no.

Quote from: Jitter on April 08, 2020, 09:45:55 AM
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

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7

That is correct. Pretty easy, wasn't it?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #57 on: April 08, 2020, 01:52:23 PM »
Quote from: RanVor on April 08, 2020, 09:07:25 AM
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
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A postage stamp!


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What has a bottom at the top?
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A stool that's being sat on hehe


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If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
Silly guess but
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numbers!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #58 on: April 08, 2020, 02:15:25 PM »
Quote from: RanVor on April 08, 2020, 09:07:25 AM
If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

Completely silly guess, but...
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Four are two companies  O_O
Five is a crowded company (that's even worse...  O_O  O_O)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #59 on: April 08, 2020, 06:43:28 PM »
Quote from: Mebediel on April 08, 2020, 01:52:23 PM
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A postage stamp!

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A stool that's being sat on hehe

Silly guess but
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numbers!

Yes, no, but close and no, but close. Try again!
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