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you took away 3, so you have 3, unless you were hungry, hehe.

One of my old favorites:

There is a thing which nothing is, and yet it has a name.
It's sometimes long, and sometimes short,
present at every conversation, and plays in every game.
What is it?

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Originally posted by corthos
you took away 3, so you have 3, unless you were hungry, hehe.

One of my old favorites:

There is a thing which nothing is, and yet it has a name.
It's sometimes long, and sometimes short,
present at every conversation, and plays in every game.
What is it?
silence?

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Originally posted by Thomaster
silence?
that's cuz nobody knows the answer 😛

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hehe, nope, close though

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I would say pause

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nope, still not it, shall i give the answer?

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Originally posted by corthos
nope, still not it, shall i give the answer?
Time?

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no, all very good answers though.

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this may be stupid but...

is it "A"?

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nope, sorry, looks like my oldie-but-goodie is quite a stumper 😀

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Originally posted by corthos
you took away 3, so you have 3, unless you were hungry, hehe.

One of my old favorites:

There is a thing which nothing is, and yet it has a name.
It's sometimes long, and sometimes short,
present at every conversation, and plays in every game.
What is it?
Is it a shadow?

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it is a shadow, good job 🙂

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Originally posted by corthos
it is a shadow, good job 🙂
I think that Time may be a better answer. Is a "shadow" present at EVERY conversation? Doesn't that depend on the lighting? Doesn't a shadow have to be visible for it to be there? (Not in an existential sense, where a shadowing effect exists outside the perceptive range)

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well, even in a dark room, you're surrounded by shadow. Time is a good answer as well, but it's not 'sometimes long and sometimes short', even though it does sometimes seem that way.

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Originally posted by corthos
well, even in a dark room, you're surrounded by shadow. Time is a good answer as well, but it's not 'sometimes long and sometimes short', even though it does sometimes seem that way.
Time is not sometimes long and not sometimes short? Wow! I sure had that wrong.