Braingle: 'A Real "Dead One"' Riddle

A Real "Dead One"

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Puzzle ID:	#30804
Fun:	(2.88)
Difficulty:	(2.53)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	snowmonster

I can be straight or not
I can be flat or round
I have three layers
The rounder I am - the straighter I am
I can be a person's trademark
I can be chemically challenged

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Comments

paul726 May 31, 2006	Congrats on your first teaser, Snow! I like the 'chemically challenged' part. We'll be expecting more teasers soon.
snowmonster May 31, 2006	Thanks Paul! A true blue friend you are!
krnsspot May 31, 2006	good one...i had to cheat and look at the answer
AwwwSweet May 31, 2006	Good one! To be honest I thought it was rope.
greenygirl Jun 01, 2006	i found this one very easy mom
kimberlykay Jun 01, 2006	Great job Snowy. I am glad you submitted this one, and I knew it would get approved. Keep up the good work and congrats!!!
patm Jun 03, 2006	A toughie--but the light finally dawned. I was sure it had to be a tire (flat or inflated, with layers), until I looked at the hint. That got me thinking about the brain (medulla/brain stem?), which led to head, then to hair. I liked it!
snowmonster Jun 03, 2006	Thanks for all the great remarks!
blagh Jun 08, 2006	Very cool... I love the title as well...
brainster Jun 09, 2006	Nice one! I loved it!
brainster Jun 09, 2006	Oh, and congrats on your very first teaser too!
snowmonster Jun 09, 2006	Thanks Brainster! That made my day!!!
chidam11 Jun 10, 2006	A very good 1st teaser for anybody Snowy!!
a3001milkman Jun 21, 2006	GREAT JOB SNOW, HAD ME STUMPED....GREAT TEASER... LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE FROM YOUR INQUIZATIVE MIND...
bondjamesbond57 Jun 22, 2006	Very nice snow, even after looking in the encyclopedia for medulla I still had no clue, now that inspires me to try and come up with one myself, way to go snow
froggygg Jul 08, 2006	Great first teaser. Congrats!
tonjawithaj Aug 09, 2006	Love it! As someone who "chemically challenges" their hair on a regular basis, I am embarrassed that I didn't get this one!
zigthepig Sep 27, 2006	Nice one Snowy. I got the straight ones.
aresII Nov 27, 2006	With the theory of "You learn something evert day", Im good til Thusday Good Job!!
Wolf_Bane Nov 27, 2006	You got me on this one. It got "hairy" for awhile until I looked at the answer
usafff_34 Dec 06, 2006	Got it. but kewl one Snow
Blondie116 Jan 25, 2007	Loved It! great teaser!
snowmonster Jan 25, 2007	Thanks for the nice comments! I'm glad people are still checking this one out!
aresII Feb 09, 2007	I had a "Bad Hair Day", in figuring this out. Excellent
aresII Feb 09, 2007	I had a "Bad Hair Day", in figuring this out. Excellent
azbee123 Feb 21, 2007	Great teaser!!!
vlerma Feb 21, 2007	Vern nice job there Snowy. I did know this one, but you made it interesting.
cloughme Feb 21, 2007	Nicely written, but pretty easy.
kaakramer Feb 21, 2007	Interesting. That was fun, but challenging.
grams60 Feb 21, 2007	I never even thought of hair until I looked at the hint. then I had to think for a few minutes good job
lmurray Feb 21, 2007	U GOT ME, I DIDN'T GET IT, AND I TOOK THE CHEMICALLY CHALLENGED THE WRONG WAY. GOOD JOB!
katjojo Feb 21, 2007	I was thinking that it could be a cake. Chemically challenged as in Rum Raisin. Heehee!! :lol
puttumup Feb 21, 2007	very nice..it took me a while to get it ..but i did make a good guess..got lucky on that one .lol. keep on teasin.
bradon182001 Feb 21, 2007	Good job. I wasn't even on the right track.
starrychelx Feb 21, 2007	I liked this one! I got it right away, but I have insanely unruly curly hair, so I guess it just hit home with me ;) Keep up the good work!
wordmama Feb 21, 2007	...proving once again how bad I am at the "riddle" category. To me this was science; you had to know these things about hair, not figure it out. Glad others appreciated it: something for everybody!
tpkarth Feb 21, 2007	Yes, I learned something new today...
iteachkids Feb 21, 2007	Yayyyyyyyyy, Snowy!!! GD one!!!
cassiemark Feb 21, 2007	Very good - I didn't even come close!
snowmonster Feb 21, 2007	Thanks for all the nice remarks! It's exciting to have a teaser make it as the "daily teaser"!
Pizzazz2u Feb 21, 2007	Very good one! You would have had me stumped, but one of my best friends is a hair dresser. And with his knowledge and my barber's, the answer came quickly to me! It is amazing when one has friends in many fields of living, you can learn different techniques of building, styling, sports, gaming, gambling, road work, yard work, growing fruits, veggies, and raising of different stock, etc. Keep up the terrific work! I enjoy your teasers.
scallio Feb 21, 2007	Well, you totally got me with this well written teaser! Good one!
auntiesis Feb 21, 2007	Man, that was a hard one. I didn't have a clue. You got me good.
bgil7604 Feb 21, 2007	I thought this was a bit "odd," but a really cool riddle. (The hint didn't help me at all)
bgil7604 Feb 21, 2007	I thought this was a bit "odd," but a really cool riddle. (The hint didn't help me at all)
bgil7604 Feb 21, 2007	sorry, it showed up twice
notsosmart111 Feb 21, 2007	Too scientific for me!
jabdr Feb 21, 2007	I was clueless!! Don't even know why after seeing the clue, I went for brain..Great teaser!
Badger Feb 21, 2007	Easy, but fun! Could have been equally at home in the science category. Thanks for submitting. PS: Did you know that some companies use a lock of hair for employee drug screening? The longer your hair, the farther back they can go... The hair stores it all!
GobyDude Feb 21, 2007	cool. I do not get the 'dead one' thing in the title, and it would have helped if I knew more about hair. I also would have changed chemically 'challenged' to chemically 'changed.' Overall, it was clever, and better than some teasers I have read.
breathesunshine Feb 21, 2007	I'm not sure why but I got "cells" stuck in my head and couldn't move on from there. Good teaser!
Qrystal Mar 01, 2007	Wow! I got it!! I wasn't sure, but hair was my best guess... and I guess it couldn't get any better of a guess! I also guess that means the teaser was written well enough to be possible to solve, while it was also puzzling enough to be interesting to guess! Nice!!
snowmonster Mar 01, 2007	Thanks for the nice comments. Glad you enjoyed it!
lovesnick10 May 28, 2007	I like this one and congrats I knew this would get in!!!!!
doehead Feb 21, 2010	A little too hairy for me.
TallTimber Feb 21, 2010	Very good teaser. I didn't get it, but did learn something. Thanks.
Johnny Feb 22, 2010	I can be straight or not I can be flat or round The rounder I am - the straighter I am Let me get this straight! "Flat or round" means "flat is round" according to the answer Straight hair is round So if flat is round, and round is straight, then flat is straight. Wait a second! I thought flat was curly!
snowmonster Feb 22, 2010	Answer Hair Straight hair is round in shape Wavy or curly hair is flat in shape (the curlier the hair the flatter) Hair consists of 3 layers - Cuticle (outer layer) Cortex (second layer) Medulla (center layer) Chemically challenged - permed, tinted, bleached, etc. As you can see, in the answer I state that straight hair is round in shape, and wavy or curly hair is flat in shape. I really don't know what you are talking about.
jaycr Feb 21, 2013	Nice job Snowy.
cutebug Feb 21, 2013	No idea,but I disagree with the answer. No matter what ; all hair are round.
gaylewolf Feb 21, 2013	I should have known this one, but my mind is a blank today! Have a wonderful day, folks!
skippington Feb 21, 2013	it seems some people are confused by the description of curly hair being flat. curly hair under a microscope looks more like a flat ribbon rather than a round pole. the cross section of curly hair is elliptical, whereas straight hair is circular.
jaycr Feb 21, 2013	FYI cutebug... Caucasian hair: Cross Section: oval African hair: Cross Section: flattened Asian hair: Cross Section: round