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c

Pittsburgh

Joined
18 May 09
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368
21 May 09

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?

T

ALG

Joined
16 Dec 07
Moves
6190
21 May 09

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?

f
Defend the Universe

127.0.0.1

Joined
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Moves
16687
21 May 09

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

c

Pittsburgh

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22 May 09

hehe, nope, close though

f
Defend the Universe

127.0.0.1

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22 May 09

I would say pause

c

Pittsburgh

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22 May 09

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

Already mated

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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22 May 09

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

c

Pittsburgh

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368
22 May 09

no, all very good answers though.

A

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17881
22 May 09

this may be stupid but...

is it "A"?

c

Pittsburgh

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368
23 May 09

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

M

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23 May 09

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?

c

Pittsburgh

Joined
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Moves
368
23 May 09

it is a shadow, good job 🙂

Already mated

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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25 May 09

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)

c

Pittsburgh

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25 May 09

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.

Already mated

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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26 May 09

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.