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The Speaker
I have no voice, yet I speak to you;
I tell of all things in the world that people do.
I have leaves, but I am not a tree.
I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door; I have told you all, I cannot tell you more.
What am I?
I tell of all things in the world that people do.
I have leaves, but I am not a tree.
I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door; I have told you all, I cannot tell you more.
What am I?
Answer
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I hope you liked my riddle.
This riddle is a classic, easy but nice, i enjoyed it coz it sounds real! hey I am still the first to comment though right? huh?
You are the 1st one.Thank you for your comment.
I liked it I got it too
Thank you Josh.
Had me thinking for a bit there, but I got it. Nicely done
Another good one from you. And i see a little cake by your name, Happy Birthday!
Thank You.By the way thank you for your wishes on my birthday it is on the 18th
A nice, simple riddle. Good job.
Thank you Paradox.
we shall not judge you by your cover
for sure you are a teaser lover
WELL DONE
for sure you are a teaser lover
WELL DONE
Oh this was a good one! and i didn't get it, till i read the answer... crazy me. duh!
I went to stamp book .. because I am a stamp collector and the hinges are used to hold the stamp to the pages .. good one!
Yippee ! I got it ! Very well written too, and happy birthday to you !
Thank you all for your valuble comments and thanks for wishing me a happy birthday.
Nice one, keep it up! Oh and happy birthday by the way, even if I am a day late on saying that!
Oh! Thank you.
Very good
Thank you Spark!
Rats, I missed it and I read a lot Good one
Excellent teaser chidam!!!
Thanks a million to both of you
I thought it was a dictionary. Guess that was a little too specific.
Thank you for your comment and i would like to mention that Dictionary also come under books.
I liked it. It totally got me confused though, when I looked at the answer I thought it should have came easier...
Thank you Metalliman .It was nice to receive a comment from you .
I am sorry metallicman for misspeling your Id.
I got it. .Nice one Chidam.
I liked it very much.This is the first teaser going into my fvorites list
Thank you Nishanth and Hydrogen. )
Good teaser.
excellent
that was cool, thanks! and I actually got it correct (woo hoo)
May 14, 2006
boring, boring
yay... i got it... haha... gud job!
Very easy. Good one for a child.
I got it after reading it twice....thx...good one
Yo pal! that's some poetry I gotta say. U got me on that one though it was easy. Really nice!!
Easy but interestingly written. Good job.
CUTE. THIS IS A OLD ONE. AND TOO EASY
Think I had heard it before, i knew right away what it was , It was good though. 'thanx
Hey out there, if these are so old and easy, give us some new ones that will amaze and challenge one and all...don't just be a 'zui chou'.
I for one enjoy an easy one from time to time, and my ESL students love them when they can figure them out for themselves. Good one.
I for one enjoy an easy one from time to time, and my ESL students love them when they can figure them out for themselves. Good one.
Made me think for just less than a minute, for the right answer. A well-worded teaser, and I liked it. Give us some more of these!
Nice and easy. Congrats on making the daily teaser.
Easy but cleverly written
Nicely written. Easy to understand.
Good riddle. Nice and easy, though I almost didn't get it because of the "leaves." Forgot for a minute that that is what the pages are called! Good job!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
leaves?
yo girl, leaves are pages. great one,
Extremely easy but i enjoyed it very much!
I think I was in the right frame of mind, because I got this one right away today.
Thanks, Chidam. It was cleverly written and it helped me feel intelligent!!!
Thanks, Chidam. It was cleverly written and it helped me feel intelligent!!!
Easy and well written.
Nice Chidam.
Nice Chidam.
Great teaser, I got it quickly, probably because I read a lot. Thanks Chidam, also happy birthday, mine is next week, but I'm not old enough to count that high. Keep up the good work.
Excellent teaser thought it was a cactus lol cool one n happy bd i dunno if its ur bd but others sed so i am saying n to all moms happy mothers day
Riddles are my favorite type of teaser. Think I heard this one a long time ago, but its a good one.
easy but fun!
vry easy but gd
Happy B-Day and a Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there. Great fun. I got the answer,too. Took me a little bit,but I figured it out!
No way!! I actually got it!!!! Good job! Happy Mother's Day, y'all!!
Can't add anything new to what's already been said. I agree with everyone. Great teaser.
That was kinda hard! At first I thought it was God! I sitill dont get how it had leaves though! lol
books do not have hinges
great teaser ...keep em coming...oh yah happy bday tooo
I liked it
Wow, i'm a loser... Really good teaser, orignal also!
nice teaser... really easy cuz I got it in 3 seconds
That's a classic!
Good one u got me on the laeaves...and the rest!
I liked this one too. I got it also after thinking it out.
I loved it, got it quichkly enough, but it was a great start to the morning. Thanks
That was great! I didn't get it, though. Once I saw the answer, I realized that I should have gotten it.
P.S.- Happy Birthday!!
Good one-- I at first thought it was a newspaper, till the hinges part, than i got it.
Good one, very good and extremely easy.
May 15, 2006
this was an awesome riddle
Anyone who didn't get the answer
to this one...has never read a book.
to this one...has never read a book.
Hi:
Wow! 76 comments. That is quite a number.
I want to send a riddle but I have not enough points. I wish I could get a riddle through some day. Cheers and quack - quack
Wow! 76 comments. That is quite a number.
I want to send a riddle but I have not enough points. I wish I could get a riddle through some day. Cheers and quack - quack
Nice job, nice poetic riddle. Was fairly easy, but still enjoyed your efforts. Little late tonight to wish all you mommies Happy Mother's Day, but I would also like to send congrats to all those who are graduating this month. Being Braingle watchers surely helped you achieve that diploma.
Easy but very nicely written. Thank you!
Hey guys my B-day is on 18th October.
Got it in the first line. The second line confirmed this. @spoiled rotten-the hinge on a book is the portion of a book connecting the cover (front or back) with the spine. Very good riddle. Definitely putting it in Favorites. KEEP 'EM COMING!!!
EZ EZ EZ EZ . Who gives a hoot about your B-D date Chidam!!!
If you think my above remark was offensive,it was meant to be. It's about timt the editors get real.
Pretty lame.
"A book" is a satisfactory answer, but looking closely at the description, "An encyclopedia" might be a better and more specific one. OMHO
my word doe, most of your comments are offensive! it's just par for the course. perhaps you should start your own brainiac site and you can try to outsmart yourself. by the way Oct. 18 is also my son's birthday
Cute teaser, but easy for an avid reader. Thanks.
GREAT TEASER
Lovely
Congrats!
I like my teasers fun & simple. I couldn't find anything like that anywhere since they were all long, hard, and complex... until I saw this! Love it!
I finally got one right away. Thanks chidam for the riddle that I can finally solve Nice work.
Good teaser! Although I got it right away, I thought it was great! Thanks for a good one!
Super, super easy one! I always like easy, but this one was a bit too easy.
just a bit too easy
I (thought) book....but I had no idea a book has leaves.
Easy like Sunday morning.
Well written, but too easy( 2 many clues ): 1 for the kiddies, me thinks!
I though it was an encyclopedia. I guess I was too specific also and made it harder than it was. Enjoyed the teaser.
Easy teasy. Nicely done.
I know I've heard of books having leaves, but I could not say what they are! I'll have to look that up. Do books have a voice? Is it called "voice" when considering 1st person, 3rd person, omniscient, etc?
I know I've heard of books having leaves, but I could not say what they are! I'll have to look that up. Do books have a voice? Is it called "voice" when considering 1st person, 3rd person, omniscient, etc?
Aha. A leaf is a sheet of paper bound in a book. It can have two pages (front and back) printed on it. I never knew that. Teach me, Braingle!
I got this one right away also. A good family riddle. Looking forward to your next one Chidam, keep on writing.
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