Brain Teasers
Never Get Me Back
I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back.
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back.
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Easy, but fun.
i got it after the last two lines
totally excellent riddle!
totally excellent riddle!
Thanks for that. For me it was a little bit well spent and more for you to write! Nice treatment of a subject we all experience here if we can spare a little for entertainment!.. You got some of mine, now I get some of yours!
the part about the most feared killer was very clever
LOL I was thinking a shadow til I got to the part about you can never get me back. HAha I just feel so smart
Loved it. Keep them coming, I want to read you other teasers!
Thanx for ur comments folks! I'll add more teasers after my holiday...as ill be away for about 6 weeks....
I had to lookt at the answer ! Oh well, I just wasn't thinking. After looking back at it though I must admit that was CLEVER! Very cleverly written. Good job! Very fun. ! I couldn't have done it better. Probably not even come close!
Hi:
How profound the last two lines are!
That is a kind of riddle one should memorize it. quack - quack
How profound the last two lines are!
That is a kind of riddle one should memorize it. quack - quack
I loved this riddle, out of all of the riddles you gave me i actually got it with out looking at the answers. But. when it said u cant get it back, then i kind of figured it out!! It was a surpise for me!!
I liked this. One of my faves. It was a bit on the easy side but well thought out. Good job and thanks!
Fun, but very easy. I have been studying for the last 22 hours and still got that one!
Wow, good one. That one's going in my favorites!
LOL good one... i thought it was a dog!!! oops... guess i was way off once again. i loved the riddle keep em comin
Great riddle...
I FINALLY GOT ONE OF THEM RIGHT! YEAH ME!!!!!
I liked it. It will be a favorite with me.
Jul 11, 2005
Well, to the person who thoudht it was a dog, don't feel bad. I thought it was a cat and another person thought it was a cat shaped
piggy bank.
piggy bank.
At first I thought it was water, until I got to the part about forgetting. By the end, I knew the answer, but it was fun! Made you think, but it was possible to come up with the answer! The best kind of riddle!
i actually got it within reading the first line...and im not usually very good with these types of teasers. nicely written!
i thought it was the sun.....
Really clever one! I started out thinking the heart, but lost that idea and nothing else came to mind until the very last line.
Going to my favourites list! Keep them coming, pelikan
Going to my favourites list! Keep them coming, pelikan
i love this- i had no idea what it was- but i still loved it
I thought it was a brain
Good One!
I thought it was the 'future', my son thought it was a mouse! Good fun
AWW...THAT WAS KINDA SAD U CAN NEVER GET IT BACK! JK I LUV THIS ONE!
good one, congrats on getting teaser of the day!
this riddle is sooooo ridiculously easy.... got it in the first two lines
yet, somehow, it's still fun! one of those never gets old types, and plus, it makes u think a bit about using ur time carefully...
yet, somehow, it's still fun! one of those never gets old types, and plus, it makes u think a bit about using ur time carefully...
i liked it! i was thinking a clocl for awhile, then i realized that wasnt it. but kinda close. good one.
Even if i didn't get it ,this one was easy and fun. I really like it
Very cool! I almost didn't get it.
Jul 11, 2005
i liked the riddle but i must admit
i didn't get it but it was fun.
i didn't get it but it was fun.
that was easy. got it after the first two lines. but it was good and well written. and i suffer at it's hands quite often.
really easy
not at all a challenge
got at the first line but it was a good try
not at all a challenge
got at the first line but it was a good try
Even though I got it on only two lines , I think this puzzle is excellent.
I loved this one. I nailed it after the first line. Then I started to question my answer. I thought it might be water!
good 1!! very clever!!
*~I think the actual riddle is beautiful. Almost a poem. And i thought the answer was life, tho not all of it made sense.~*
a very good teaser, but i had to look at the answer ithought
it was gasoline or oil, oil can't be replaced oh well maybe next time.
i think i'm starting to get the hang of solving these, i hope
it was gasoline or oil, oil can't be replaced oh well maybe next time.
i think i'm starting to get the hang of solving these, i hope
Ahh!, I find this to be true!, doesn't everyone agree?
Pelikan(spelling) This is a very wise teaser. Thank you.
Pelikan(spelling) This is a very wise teaser. Thank you.
Well written & profound. A little too easy as a riddle though. Thanks for submitting!
This was very well written and very thoughtful. I don't think it matters in the least that it was easy for some peeps, because it has value in itself.
Anyway, I GOT IT, YAY YAY YAAAY!!!!!
Anyway, I GOT IT, YAY YAY YAAAY!!!!!
Lines 3,4,5 gave it away, now try this in your spare time, write your self an essay, describing time, without ever using the word in it. Goodluck. John
I didn't get it, but enjoyed reading the teaser. After seeing the answer, it all fit in place--made sense.Good job.
That was written wicked good! I really liked that. Thanks
HEN RONGYI!!
I love that one. So true. Good job.
Well done...
I still think it is water and don't see why not.
Wow, it really makes sence. It's well written, a bit challeging, and mostly fun! This one is one of my favs.
Beautifully written
Loved it! It was so good even though i dodn't get it. keep them coming!
GT IT !!!
didn't get it but loved it anyway
Same!!
Cute one. Good job.
Nicely written and a great teaser. You stumped me - I know others found it easy, but I'm brain dead this A.M. Maybe next time.
That was Gollum's riddle.
Good work!
Good work!
I had to read it twice but then it hit me! Good one!
i thought it was water
good riddle w/ lots of info which made it easy & fun to read & figure out
Did not get it, should have spent more TIME trying to figure it out Great riddle
wow pelican you impressed me!!! That was very creative!!! @ thunbs up.
Drat! I've run out of..
So I don't have any....to comment.
Maybe next..
So I don't have any....to comment.
Maybe next..
I like How u Worded It ... That Was fun
Nice and easy
I was certain the answer was water.
Very good! I like it because it is SO true!
very deep! awesome
I like these. Not too easy for me. I did not get it. I also, thought of water at first. Nice going
The last line gave the answer. A very well-written and thought-provoking teaser. You would have spent a lot of TIME in creating the poem. Excellent show!
This would be a nice poem to hang on a wall. A lovely message. Congratulations to the talented writer. What are our copywrite laws on Braingle?
I'm not usually good at riddles, so I am delighted to get an easy one; got it by the third line and of course confirmed at the last. Nice job!
Well written even though it was very easy.
Nice teaser, well written. I enjoyed reading it and it made me think. ZNot hard, but not the easiest.
Lovely written and clever teaser! I loved it! Also, I got it right away, after the third line or something. That doesn't happen very often...
Easy, but fun!
Great teaser...I'll admit the 1st and 2nd line helped but I used the whole riddle to solve it. Great teaser!! Thanks!!
i got it from the title. still read the actual riddle though, and it was very well written.
i got it from the title. still read the actual riddle though, and it was very well written.
I was thinking water.
I feel so good! Igot it!!! I had to read it through 3 times, but I got it!! Yaaaay!
"You look at me often and yet you always forget me,"
Isn't that the truth.
Isn't that the truth.
Seriously easy. I am, however, amazed at the really excellent rhyming clues that these have.. Good job
I enjoyed your teaser very much - although I didn't come up with the right answer. I thought "water" at the first line, and I kept trying to make it work. When I finally decided that it was difficult to make it fit with all of the clues, I looked at the answer and thought "Of, Course!!" - Great Teaser
simple, but very well done
I kept trying to fit "a drop of water" into the clues: In a waterfall, or meandering stream; You can drown in water, but can't live without it; there can be storms and rain - or drought; you can waste it or conserve it - but when a particular water drop is dumped out, you won't get that particular water drop back. (P.S. - I like your answer better!) Nice quiz!!
I only had to glance at it to figure it out.
This is so beautifully written. Yes, I guessed the answer after the first read through, but on the second read through I was impressed by how ever line referred directly to time, to idioms about time, and to imagery of time. This is just masterful writing. This goes way beyond a simple teaser riddle. This is poetry.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it right away after the first read thru.
After the first quick read through, I thought it was the heart. After reading it slower a second time, I realized that the correct answer was time. A really nice riddle with great clues.
Easy, but fun!
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