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Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
Inside we're wet and outside we're dry
But the weather we do not defy
Losing our heads, we don't go berserk
But this is when we do our best work
Some of us activate with a click
Although human power makes us tick
We're instruments not found in a band
We're useless unless given a hand
What are we?
But the weather we do not defy
Losing our heads, we don't go berserk
But this is when we do our best work
Some of us activate with a click
Although human power makes us tick
We're instruments not found in a band
We're useless unless given a hand
What are we?
Answer
penslines 1-2: Pens are wet on the inside because of the ink they contain. They are dry on the outside.
lines 3-4: Some pens have caps ("heads") that need to be removed before one can write with them.
lines 5-6: Other pens work by pressing their button, which often produces the sound of a "click". This "click" is not to be confused with the click of a computer mouse. Pens work via "human power" whereas computers need electric power in order to function.
lines 7-8: Pens are writing "instruments", not musical instruments. Without the aid of one's "hand", pens are "useless".
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It works. Thanks for sharing.
I got it pretty quickly, but not because it was too easy, but because the clues were excellent. Still have to think to get it. I'll be sharing this one with some friends who are hooked on riddles. Good one, thanks.
You're welcome. Thanks for the positive feedback.
AAAH! A refreshingly new one pops up on my screen when I click on Braingle!
Thank you so much and it is a good one also. Well written and fun even though I did not guess it. Glad you posted. If I could I would also, but at 92 I am not that good at doing what you young people can so I thank you sincerely.
Thank you so much and it is a good one also. Well written and fun even though I did not guess it. Glad you posted. If I could I would also, but at 92 I am not that good at doing what you young people can so I thank you sincerely.
Thanks. It was my pleasure to submit it.
A bit on the easy side for me, but very well written. I enjoyed it.
Great teaser Thinks! As Babe said, it is nice to see some new content once in awhile. And I know that yes, you can go searching for the new tees or so. But some of us don't have time to do that and just like a quick TOD before we head off for the day. I check the teasers around 6 a.m. before I leave the house for the rest of the day.
Anyway, enough the mini rant. It was a very well written teaser and I hope to see more by this poster featured.
Anyway, enough the mini rant. It was a very well written teaser and I hope to see more by this poster featured.
I really wanted to get this one, a match, a thermometer... finally settling on lighter. One Flips the head-like cover of a lighter, or the flame itself "burns off" the gaseous head. the lighter fluid is on the inside- some lighters start with a click, they are made to work with the human hand. All in all - Ya got me! Good One.
Good teaser, I got it and love it. Keep up the good work.
Good teaser - cleverly written - thanks for posting!
nice job. i thought it was a toilet!!!!
Guessed a match as well. The official answer doesn't fit the clues perfectly either.
When a match is struck, the igniting chemicals can seem to be a type of molten plasma- not exactly "wet" but then falling back on a "cap" as a head only applies to a specific sort of pen at all is quite iffy too.
When a match is struck, the igniting chemicals can seem to be a type of molten plasma- not exactly "wet" but then falling back on a "cap" as a head only applies to a specific sort of pen at all is quite iffy too.
Easy but fun! Nice Teaser!
That is some out of the box thinking.... Nice job.
That last part really threw me off. I kept thinking of an instrument that wasn't used in bands.
I thought of a toothbrush.
Very nice. A lot of commenters mention how easy it is. I did not get it, or even get close. I had thermometer in my head after the first two lines and could not shake the relation to weather.
I like Zykezex's solution of lighter. Excellent deduction from the clues.
Well done TFF!
I like Zykezex's solution of lighter. Excellent deduction from the clues.
Well done TFF!
Thanks for your comments!
I finally got this after going in a couple of different directions. It was a good riddle, in that it kept me rethinking my answer.
Thanks Coolnana.
Nicely written, with excellent clues; I didn't get it straight away, so thanks for the fun!
Fun and entertaining teaser. I did not get it but very cleverly written. I was baffled and the only thing I could come up with was clock. I enjoyed trying anyway.
Thanks for your comments. Glad you liked it.
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