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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #380 on: September 10, 2019, 01:49:06 AM »
They posted the official answer, I had the right doors, but wrong logic:
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/08/758703217/sunday-puzzle-gs-l-s

I saw someone post this answer last week (thought I saw it here, must've been twitter), but that's how you know it's a bad riddle - while it "solved" the riddle, it didn't sound correct.
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #381 on: September 10, 2019, 10:41:00 AM »
I saw someone post this answer last week (thought I saw it here, must've been twitter), but that's how you know it's a bad riddle - while it "solved" the riddle, it didn't sound correct.
The one I saw on twitter was along the lines of '[explanation of possible answer], but that better not be their actual answer'.

Heard it the same way from here
They have a lot of good ones there. The channel is full of all sorts of stuff, but there's a playlist just for the riddles (can't get it to post as non-embedded, shows up as the first video, but if you click through you'll be in the playlist):

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #382 on: January 29, 2020, 12:37:04 PM »
You can feel me, but you can't touch me. You get me when you are really young, but you can lose me at anytime. Sometimes when you lose me, I am only gone for a second or two, other times you may need to work hard to get me back, and ultimately, you might need a little help to keep me. What am I?

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #383 on: January 29, 2020, 12:37:22 PM »
sanity
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #384 on: January 29, 2020, 01:03:51 PM »
sanity

good answer, not the one I was looking for

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #385 on: January 29, 2020, 01:30:20 PM »
Temper?
I'm not who you think I am.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #386 on: January 29, 2020, 01:41:16 PM »
You can feel me, but you can't touch me. You get me when you are really young, but you can lose me at anytime. Sometimes when you lose me, I am only gone for a second or two, other times you may need to work hard to get me back, and ultimately, you might need a little help to keep me. What am I?

Breath
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #387 on: January 29, 2020, 01:45:01 PM »
A lot of good guesses, which are all plausible, but not the answer, I think I need to add one more qualifier:
You can feel me, but you can't touch me. You get me when you are really young, but you can lose me at anytime. Sometimes when you lose me, I am only gone for a second or two, other times you may need to work hard to get me back, and ultimately, you might need a little help to keep me.
In some sports, your opponents want to take me away from you - but only for a moment. Afterwards, they sometimes help you get me back

What am I?





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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #388 on: January 29, 2020, 01:51:00 PM »
A lot of good guesses, which are all plausible, but not the answer, I think I need to add one more qualifier:

Balance?
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #389 on: January 29, 2020, 01:53:04 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #390 on: January 29, 2020, 02:16:11 PM »
Nice!

Thanks. I think my first answer fits better (without the qualifier) than this answer does.
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #391 on: January 29, 2020, 04:22:05 PM »

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #392 on: June 30, 2020, 08:39:41 PM »

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #394 on: June 30, 2020, 10:11:42 PM »
120 characters? Hmm, I wonder what I could write with 64 characters. Boy, it's gonna be hard to use up 15 characters. W-

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #395 on: June 30, 2020, 10:34:15 PM »
Once you see it you can't unsee it!
Not true!
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #396 on: June 30, 2020, 10:41:36 PM »
Nobody doesn't get it? I'm waiting to swoop in and be the savior by explaining where you can find them. Can't anyone let me be a hero around here?

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #397 on: July 01, 2020, 12:06:46 AM »

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #398 on: July 01, 2020, 12:28:00 AM »
Nobody doesn't get it? I'm waiting to swoop in and be the savior by explaining where you can find them. Can't anyone let me be a hero around here?
I see it but how would you explain it?
If you don't care why would you comment?
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #399 on: July 01, 2020, 12:29:28 AM »
I see it but how would you explain it?
Thanks, finally! Here you go...