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momsangels
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What Am I: Work Based On Give & Take
« on: Jan 25th, 2003, 4:54am » |
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Hi everyone. Just found this place, seems like fun. I have one thats given me a problem, if anyone wants to try:
My work is based on give and take,
I can make a difference by a handshake.
The older I get the smaller I grow,
And my best friend is my worst foe.
What am I
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James Fingas
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #1 on: Jan 27th, 2003, 10:08am » |
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Soap? The "worst foe" would be water I guess...
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #2 on: Jan 27th, 2003, 11:16am » |
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An hourglass? (is that the name? turn upside-down, sand falls from top to bottom to measure time)
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #3 on: Jan 29th, 2003, 3:35am » |
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on Jan 27th, 2003, 10:08am, James Fingas wrote:
That's kind of appropriate, I'd say. Except maybe for the "handshake"?
on Jan 27th, 2003, 11:16am, BNC wrote:
Hm, I think this fits neither the second nor the third line of the riddle.
And who/what is the "worst foe" of an hourglass? A minute crack? 
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to imagine anything better than you yet...
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #4 on: Jan 29th, 2003, 4:49am » |
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on Jan 29th, 2003, 3:35am, wowbagger wrote:
Hm, I think this fits neither the second nor the third line of the riddle.
And who/what is the "worst foe" of an hourglass? A minute crack?
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I was thinking:
> My work is based on give and take,
Top half "gives, lower part "takes"
> I can make a difference by a handshake.
The hand that flips the timer
>The older I get the smaller I grow,
That's the top part
> And my best friend is my worst foe.
Time... Lower part's best friend, upper part foe.
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #5 on: Jan 29th, 2003, 5:28am » |
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on Jan 29th, 2003, 4:49am, BNC wrote:I was thinking:
> My work is based on give and take,
Top half "gives, lower part "takes" |
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Agreed.
Quote:> I can make a difference by a handshake.
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I thought that you intended this, but I don't consider this a handshake, really - shaking is diferrent from flipping.
Quote:>The older I get the smaller I grow,
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In my opinion, this is particularly problematic, as you're referring to a part of your answer while the "I" corresponds to the hourglass (or whatever it is) as a whole.
Quote:> And my best friend is my worst foe.
Time... Lower part's best friend, upper part foe.
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Again, dissecting your answer somehow so as to fit the riddle (imho).
Let me conclude that this riddle is really weird. I just can't imagine that there is a solution that's not fairly far-fetched in some respect.
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #6 on: Jan 29th, 2003, 9:48am » |
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I was also thinking of a serial communications port:
1) Give and take (data)
2) Handshakes (communication handshakes of course)
3) Smaller and smaller gate sizes over time
4) Electrical current? This one doesn't fit so well...
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Re: Hi, new here adn need help on this one
« Reply #7 on: Jan 29th, 2003, 3:33pm » |
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I like James' first answer best.
1) A bar of soap gives lather, takes dirt
2) You hold it in your hand. "Shaking" the hand to use it.
3) Obvious
4) Water
1 and 2 are only a small stretch. 3 and 4 are good fits.
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