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Often Forgotten
You have no control over me,
I am not real, though sometimes you believe me,
I come back every night, but am often forgotten,
Though left alone, I will never become rotten,
Sometimes I remind you of things yet to come,
Sometimes, watching me, you do things you've never done,
I rarely ever turn out to be true,
Now I am done with this riddle for you.
What am I?
I am not real, though sometimes you believe me,
I come back every night, but am often forgotten,
Though left alone, I will never become rotten,
Sometimes I remind you of things yet to come,
Sometimes, watching me, you do things you've never done,
I rarely ever turn out to be true,
Now I am done with this riddle for you.
What am I?
Answer
A dream.You cannot pick what your dream is going to be.
Though they are not real, when you are asleep it seems real.
You have a dream every night, but most people forget them.
No one ever bothers, visits, or takes care of dreams (of course not, you can't!) but they don't get rotten (they're intangible, so how could they?)
Sometimes, if an important event is coming up, you will have a dream about it.
In dreams, you may do impossible things.
The events in dreams rarely happen.
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I enjoyed this teaser. Well written and good job. Keep up the good work. Nice description BTW
VERY EASY BUT FUN KEEP EM COMING
Sep 17, 2005
Enjoyable! I liked it!
very fun! got it right away!
i sometimes have dreams that happen
Really easy for me....but still fun!
i got confused. but then that tends to happen often
took me a minute, but I actually got it! Nicely written too! Good job
That was a good one. almost didn't get it but finally did. keep the good ones comeing.
I always forget about ny dreams nice one!
Oct 05, 2005
very easy but very good verse
Oct 05, 2005
very easy but very good verse
I had to read it a couple of times but got it, good one, liked it a lot
really that one was just toooo easy not bad but way to easy
fun, but I got it very quickly.
hey, this was fun... another one i could get.. thanks..
Very good teaser, oh and i got it
Very good teaser, oh and i got it
very creative. I like it.
I got this one after the first few lines, but I think it was very well written and thought out. Keep up the good work, I liked it a lot!
Thats soooo easy.It's obvious.But,for some people it's not.Good teaser.
Sad to say but... That is the first one I have ever got!!!! Very easy got it in the first two lines!! Fun!!
That was a good teaser!!Lotsa Fun, made me laugh!!WELL DONE
The third line gave it away, but I loved the poem....it was a great little diddy!
Very Easy!! But still good.
I thought "dream" right away, but then doubted myself...too easy, but cute.
This one was easy ~~~~ but I liked it for that reason!!
Its funny because I thought it was the boogy man. I have had dreams that has come true some good some bad but they have happened. The ones that I have forgotten has come true but it is more like when it does I say to myself have I done this before or I get that feeling of dejavou.
Not very hard but I started to second guess myself. Well writen, good job and Thanks for the fun.
WOW...nice. I've had some trippy dreams where a deseased relative would appear in a dream to tell me everything will/would be ok, 10 days later dianosed w/Cancer & thankfully, so far no return!!!!! Explain that one!! And was it Freud that said WE are all charactors in our DREAMS???!!! Not a fan of him, anyway.
That was good, I thought of dream the very first line. But very well written out, I'm a writter and I have to say, I couldn't think of that. Good job
True!!
Cute! Good job!!!!
I was thinking about quiting Braingle but this one, this morning gets me hot!
"I rarely ever turn out to be true"
Why do you have to send a message of hoplessness?!
Dreams are the most fascinating element of my life!
They help me to make sense of the world!
Yeah! I knew something big was going to happen when the tsunami hit last year!!!
"I rarely ever turn out to be true"
Why do you have to send a message of hoplessness?!
Dreams are the most fascinating element of my life!
They help me to make sense of the world!
Yeah! I knew something big was going to happen when the tsunami hit last year!!!
This was good, but very tough for me. Liked it anyway!
Very Clever. Kinda easy though. Sometimes i can control my dreams though.
Way too easy!!! Don't make sonething so general, I know there are a lot of us that predict things and learn about the past through our dreams! I found that kind of insulting!
I love this teaser!! I got it by the second sentence and yes it was easy but it is a good one!!!! Great job!!
Hey that was fun! I got it right away. Cool! Has any one ever had reacurring dreams? Or woke up in the middle of one then went back to sleep & picked up where you left off? I have.
gOSH, I must be a grump; I got it, but I think some of the clues could have been better. Maybe you had to sacrifice some clarity for rhyming words. Like the line about you can leave me alone but I never go rotten... That just doesn't seem relevant, although technically it may be true. That was the one line I thought could maybe be improved or replaced, but good work, I appreciate the thought that went into it!
Heehee, I had to think about it all day but finally it clicked in my brain... just as the answer was loading on the page. Nice teaser!
Cute
You have no control over me,
Look up lucid dreaming; dreams are controlable
I come back every night,
You don't dream every night; in fact, most people only dream a couple times a week.
I rarely ever turn out to be true
Dream interpritatoin tends to be quite acurate, though I will say that dreams rarely are what they mean.
Look up lucid dreaming; dreams are controlable
I come back every night,
You don't dream every night; in fact, most people only dream a couple times a week.
I rarely ever turn out to be true
Dream interpritatoin tends to be quite acurate, though I will say that dreams rarely are what they mean.
super easy! i got it right away! well anyhow it was a good description!! well im hungry and this riddle makes me want to take a nap!
This teaser is very good. To be honest Dreams that I have I remember them and yes sometimes what I dream does come true. I usually remember my dreams. I dream every night. When I wake in the mornings I recall them.
Kudos to you this is a great Teaser!!!!!!!!!1
Kudos to you this is a great Teaser!!!!!!!!!1
yay i got it right that was a very clever one!!!!
Great teaser!!!
I read it once,and got the answer right away It was quite easy but FUN Good job Emily
Fun teaser and I was actually able to get it!!
This was really fun... I got it... unlike the others. That's the way i like it... fun but not too challenging, but just enough
Oct 17, 2005
I HAD TO READ IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT THEN I GOT IT. THAT WAS CUTE
Great one, fun, figured it out, for a change! Enjoyed your clues
Iteresting, really really really easy tho...
but quite cute
make it less rhymeish, more hard
but quite cute
make it less rhymeish, more hard
So it was easy...it was also cleverly written, fun and a teaser!!! It's nice sometimes, to not have to do research or be a rocket scientist to get a riddle. Kudos to Emily.
Extremely easy. I had it by the 3rd line. Make it harder next time, then it would be fun.
Wow, that was SO easy, got it after the second line. However, I doubted myself a bit because I didn't think that it could come that easily. Good job with that .
Nice thinking!
I had it right when I read it, but goos writing!
nice and easy, gj
Yes I actually got it!!! Yay! I NEVER get riddles!
I love it You know I just love all the riddles
I was pleased to see that I could get this one; I made a mad guess at dream & got lucky.
Good one.
Good one.
I like this! I added it to my favorites...I like the riddler "poetry" best, and the answer is a little mystical. Dreams are our greatest escape- we can do anything, we can be anything. Dreams reveal who we are! Excellet riddle. Keep it up!
that was sooooo easy
VERY easy... But SUPER fun
I'm sorry but it was WAY to easy!!!!!!! I got it after reading it for 5 seconds.
Never mind that it's easy. I really loved the verse. What fun!!
Easy but still fun. Keep them coming.
I loved it- Dream are such innocuous things!
thanks for (mostly) the nice comments
Hehe cool. A lot of my dreams come true.
some of mine do, but mostly don't...
yeah by now i think only three of my dreams came true or close to true
also i am basing this on my dreams because i don't really know about anybody else's (i don't run a dream collection box or anything crazy like that)...
and i'm not exactly a very good riddle-maker (although when i'm in the mood i can be pretty good at poetry) so don't expect any like 4.0 difficulty teasers...
anyway... probably won't see any action from me for a while so bye
also i am basing this on my dreams because i don't really know about anybody else's (i don't run a dream collection box or anything crazy like that)...
and i'm not exactly a very good riddle-maker (although when i'm in the mood i can be pretty good at poetry) so don't expect any like 4.0 difficulty teasers...
anyway... probably won't see any action from me for a while so bye
Hey, don't quit! I liked it and I got it!
Wow this one's old, some of those comments are three years old!
Fun riddle, a little too easy though. Actually there have been some rotten dreams, and some repeat.
Very well done, Emily. I thought it was rather easy, but that is because I just had a very vivid dream. Time for another one.
good teaser- nice rhyme.
That was very easy but I really liked it. Well done.
Really fun but really easy. Great job.
Very good, ya stumped me!!
Totally stumped me!! That was good!!!
wow
I never get teasers
AND I GOT THIS ONE!
Thanks a bundle for making me feel smart!
I never get teasers
AND I GOT THIS ONE!
Thanks a bundle for making me feel smart!
You got me...I thought it was a ghost
Fun riddle. I got it so it was easy, but I liked it, so good job. Thanks for posting.
Dreams are complicated things, there are only theories about them. but it is true that everyone dreams every. Most dreams go unnoticed though and are forgotten. You usually have many dreams in one night.
Good teaser.
Good teaser.
Though I had it figured out in the first line or two, I liked it. Well written and great explanation of the entire poem for anyone who may not have understood it. Good Job.
My DREAM would be to see some new teasers. A for MI & Ct
Well written teaser! This was an easy one, but a good one! I noticed how many people commented back in 2005. Where is everyone now? Dear friends, K and T - may all your dreams come true!
"Are you a dream Merlin?" -- Arthur
"A Dream to some.
A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS!" -- Merlin
One of my all time favorite movie lines.
From the movie Excalibur.
"A Dream to some.
A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS!" -- Merlin
One of my all time favorite movie lines.
From the movie Excalibur.
I noticed what Gayle wrote, where are all the people from 2005. They have probably given up because of too many repeats. I wish I were clever enough to come up with some new ones, but , alas, I am not.
Hi to people in Mi & Pa. Have a good day.
Hi to people in Mi & Pa. Have a good day.
I am sure someone has mentioned it already in the thread, but LUCID DREAMING is all about controlling your dreams. It is a real thing. You grasp hold of the fact that you are dreaming then you can consciously manipulate what happens.
Inception's Blu-Ray had a nice piece about it.
That being said, the WHOLE teaser is false.
Inception's Blu-Ray had a nice piece about it.
That being said, the WHOLE teaser is false.
You cannot pick what your dream is going to be.
People often control dreams through thought.
Though they are not real, when you are asleep it seems real.
True... Sometimes.
You have a dream every night, but most people forget them.
Again, this is true.
No one ever bothers, visits, or takes care of dreams (of course not, you can't!) but they don't get rotten (they're intangible, so how could they?)
It's called a nightmare. Fail at controlling a dream can become horrible.
Sometimes, if an important event is coming up, you will have a dream about it.
In dreams, you may do impossible things.
The events in dreams rarely happen.
Three letters.
E
S
P.
People often control dreams through thought.
Though they are not real, when you are asleep it seems real.
True... Sometimes.
You have a dream every night, but most people forget them.
Again, this is true.
No one ever bothers, visits, or takes care of dreams (of course not, you can't!) but they don't get rotten (they're intangible, so how could they?)
It's called a nightmare. Fail at controlling a dream can become horrible.
Sometimes, if an important event is coming up, you will have a dream about it.
In dreams, you may do impossible things.
The events in dreams rarely happen.
Three letters.
E
S
P.
interesting, however it could have been something else
After reading it over a couple of times I got it and I think it was a good teaser. I criticize when I don't like it so will compliment when I do. Isn't that what comments are for anyhow??
that riddle was good. i like dreams. usually i dream what will happen. then i scare my sister and say i can predict the future. my friends and i have fun with that. what's scary, it's true. i once dreamed my sister opened a gift she got in china, and when i woke up, i found out she actually did open it up, just like i dreamed it. scary
I liked this one, it was fun and easy
But...I have one nitpick, and one serious issue with it.
Nitpick: Some people can control their dreams to some extent (lucid dreams).
Serious issue: "Though left alone, I will never become rotten"??? Although it is in fact "true"...how does this apply to dreams in a realistic way, at all? Very random and irrelevant line.
But...I have one nitpick, and one serious issue with it.
Nitpick: Some people can control their dreams to some extent (lucid dreams).
Serious issue: "Though left alone, I will never become rotten"??? Although it is in fact "true"...how does this apply to dreams in a realistic way, at all? Very random and irrelevant line.
I have to agree with "eighsse" that the word rotten has no place in this poem. It in no way applies to a dream. Sorry! Otherwise a good teaser and I did get it.
I too thought "rotten" seemed out of place for a poem about dreams. Reading the comments however, Mathgeek (whatever happened to him) made a good point. A nightmare is a rotten dream.
EZ Fun!
Most of us got it almost instantly; me included, and the majority liked it a lot. That alone deserves stellar recognition, and I do like it. Yet, I'm with the nit-pickers today. I've read that it's possible to influence your dream, e.g. that anyone can choose to dream about what they wish to dream about. A dream may not be reality, but a dream is real. That is we really dream. Obviously people who work the night shift don't sleep at night, so no dream for everyone every night. Finally I would find it a stretch to judge a dream true or false. For instance if I dreamed I was flying by my own power alone, I could say that isn't possible, I wouldn't say it was false. My understanding of the condition of false is to negate a proposition. For example: "I can fly" - T or F. Dreaming of doing the impossible is neither true or false. It's true I can dream of doing the impossible. If I was to declare I can do the impossible I would be making a false statement.
Clever teaser and an easy one. Thanks for posting.
All this has made me sleepy. Good night all my friends.
Yawn!
Yawn!
Fun, enjoyable and easy teaser; I got right away.
Well written teaser! Thanks for posting!
The riddle itself is a little hard to chew. Might be better if some of the lines are shortened or changed. But the concept was neat, if very easy.
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