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A riddle :)

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:59 am
by Nick07
I am a five letter word
Take the last two letters away from me and i remain unchanged
Take the remaining two letters away from me and i remain unchanged
What am I?

It has been solved below - so don't look at the posts until you've had a think....

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:06 pm
by hobba
i know this one i think.
queue?
que?
q?

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:44 pm
by Nick07
Yeah you got it - Well done.

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:47 am
by lena91
Seeing as we already had a riddle thread, I thought Id put this here instead of making a new one.

I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I?

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:29 pm
by BlackBetty
The Future ?

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:57 pm
by lena91
Almost Eric, it could be called that. But its a bit closer.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:13 am
by lancervr
tomorrow?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:34 am
by lena91
yup

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:08 pm
by BlackBetty
Want Another?

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn't know they are. What is it?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:51 pm
by lena91
A Coffin

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:48 pm
by BlackBetty
Yep, Sharyn
An Oldie but a goodie!

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:05 pm
by BlackBetty
OK What about:

What is the longest yet the shortest thing in the world; the swiftest and the slowest; the most divisible and most extended; the least valued and the most regretted; without which nothing can be done; which devours everything, however small, and yet gives life and spirit to all things however great?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:09 pm
by lena91
Time?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:16 pm
by BlackBetty
Yep, You're too Good Sharyn :wink:

Your Turn, :?:

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:18 pm
by lena91
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?