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MA 06-28-2009 11:17 AM

yes, Yellow Pages.

What do you serve that you can't eat?

OddjobAbe 06-28-2009 11:23 AM

Tennis ball. That one's piss easy.

MA 06-28-2009 11:29 AM

correct. this one's a little harder.

What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?

OddjobAbe 06-28-2009 11:32 AM

A boomerang? I haven't a clue for this one.

Nate 06-28-2009 04:55 PM

A net?

MA 06-29-2009 05:54 AM

it isnt any of those i'm afraid.

OANST 06-29-2009 06:35 AM

Garbage can?

abe is now! 06-30-2009 03:40 AM

Poo-poo?

MA 06-30-2009 11:29 AM

when would you take in shit?

anyway, the answer was 'anchor'.

What has to be broken before it can be used?

pretty easy.

OANST 06-30-2009 11:31 AM

Egg?

MA 06-30-2009 11:36 AM

bingo.

What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?

bit of a crafty one.

OANST 06-30-2009 11:36 AM

Cows?

MA 06-30-2009 11:37 AM

yep. also 'holding cows together' which is the same thing.

You answer me, although I never ask you questions.
What am I?

OANST 06-30-2009 11:42 AM

Phone.

I'm on a roll!

MA 06-30-2009 01:36 PM

thats the one.

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

dont take this one too literally.

Nate 06-30-2009 05:08 PM

Maternity clothes?

joshkrz 06-30-2009 07:40 PM

A wedding ring.

MA 07-01-2009 10:27 AM

thats it, a wedding ring.

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.
what am i?

Dark Elite_H2 07-01-2009 10:51 AM

...Gold? O.o

Or coal...Maybe silver...*ponders*

OddjobAbe 07-01-2009 11:16 AM

Is it some kind of chalk?

OANST 07-01-2009 11:21 AM

It's penis.

MA 07-01-2009 01:25 PM

i'm sorry, its none of those, but it is a material that's mined.

you are quite close Oddjob, in a sense that the answer in question is used in the same way as chalk.

think more on the 'wooden case' part.

OddjobAbe 07-01-2009 01:28 PM

Pencil lead?

Wings of Fire 07-01-2009 01:29 PM

Urgh, I was about to say lead, but for completely the wrong reasons.

MA 07-01-2009 01:30 PM

correct! (OddjobAbe).

He who has it doesn't tell it.
He who takes it doesn't know it.
He who knows it doesn't want it.
What is it?

if you get this right you deserve +rep.

OANST 07-01-2009 01:33 PM

Counterfeit bills?

MA 07-01-2009 01:38 PM

fucking bingo!

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together.
The first runs and never wearies.
The second eats and is never full.
The third drinks and is always thirsty.
The fourth sings a song that is never good.
what are these four things?

OANST 07-01-2009 01:41 PM

N'Sync.

Nate 07-01-2009 05:50 PM

Orifices in the human body?

The first runs and never wearies: Nose.
The second eats and is never full: Mouth (because it's the stomach that gets full).
The third drinks and is always thirsty: Urinary tract of some description.
The fourth sings a song that is never good: The anus.

OANST 07-02-2009 06:20 AM

That works unbelievably well.

MA 07-02-2009 07:02 AM

fucking hell, that fits. i'll give you that Nate, good one.

the 'official' answer was;
the 4 elements. water, fire, earth, air.

As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked.
What kind of wood was it?

joshkrz 07-02-2009 09:17 AM

Errrm... Sawdust?

MA 07-03-2009 05:47 AM

thats the one.

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness.
You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses.
I am always in risk, yet never in danger.
You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
what am i?

read this one carefully. we have had a similar answer.

OddjobAbe 07-03-2009 07:00 AM

A turtle with bipolar disorder.

OANST 07-03-2009 07:05 AM

The letter "s".

MA 07-03-2009 07:14 AM

correct.

When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.
what is it?

OANST 07-03-2009 07:15 AM

A riddle.

OddjobAbe 07-03-2009 07:17 AM

:

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When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.
what is it?

Which one?

OANST 07-03-2009 07:18 AM

You is!

OddjobAbe 07-03-2009 07:20 AM

One will use one's one until two help three.

Take that as you will.