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Give & Take
My work is based on give and take
I can make a difference by a hand shake
The older I get the smaller I grow
And my best friend is my worst foe
What am I?
I can make a difference by a hand shake
The older I get the smaller I grow
And my best friend is my worst foe
What am I?
Answer
Soap.(Give and take=give foam and take away dirt,
by a hand shake=as you use me when rubbing your hands,
the older I get the smaller I grow=since I dissolve,
my best friend is my worst foe=water which helps me do my work but at the same time dissolves me.)
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Very interesting
VERY CLEVER.
Good one!
Oct 16, 2002
great job...would have never guessed in a million years...maybe a million but not in a lifetime...
cool beans. this is a great teaser
Very good 8-)
This was great! Wouldn't have got it in a million years.
Oct 16, 2002
I had guessed "Deadline", for work to be completed. I now can see a similarity!
Nice one. I thought it was a sponge, but the last requirement didn't work out.
that's a good one...i'll need to remember it
good 1
good 1
Very good. I would have never guessed it even if I had a bar of soap while trying to solve it.
Great brain teaser! :-)
great lob did yopu think of that one on your own???
i thought that it was a pencil
does that make sense to anyone else
does that make sense to anyone else
No, no it doesn't.
And jeeeeeeeeeeeze this was impossible lol.
T.T O_o
And jeeeeeeeeeeeze this was impossible lol.
T.T O_o
Thanks - I actually got one - made my day!
the answers to this were a bit of a stretch
I had no idea! Good one tho...into my favorites so I can remember it! I'm brain dead tonight!
i enjoyed this one
good work
good work
I didn't get this one, but I liked it anyway!!!
A hard one. Very good me like
I liked this one. It's so very true
I didn't even think about that very good 1
Cute one!!!!!!
very nice
good job
This is a good one.
Great one! Nice way to start the day with a smile on my face.
I haven't used a bar soap in years soap comes in plastic bottles now
That was a good one though
That was a good one though
not bad. What is up with the "this is offensive" notations on everyone's comments??????
I liked this, it was very hard,, especially "I can make a difference by a hand shake." I just didn't understand that line, but I'm not making excuses (soap still does come in bars, and I still use a bar of soap). I don't know how I would ever have thought of soap. Btw, the guy above: PENCIL is good! Pencil does so work, it works perfectly well with all four clues, good work, both of ya!
Most Excellent!
I agree. The pencil thing would also work! But well done! I would never have guessed soap. YOU GOT ME!!!WELL DONE AGAIN
Awwww...that's so cute. I love this one even though I didn't get the answer. Bravo...great riddle.
boooo.... sucks...
culturally biased.. some people don't use soap....
culturally biased.. some people don't use soap....
I found this one to be pretty hard, I thought it could have been a number of things. But good one, I enjoyed trying.
Nice one. I was thinking more along the lines of "the common cold" but it didn't quite fit the "older I get the smaller I am" part. Regardless, I didn't get it right...
Got me on that one too!!!
Way to go seems as if you stumped us all...
Way to go seems as if you stumped us all...
I don't have anything nice to say, so I won't say anything at all.
Checked back in - glad to see the "offensive" comments are now gone
Now it's back after posting last comment--what the heck are you peeps doing there????
This is really good! Excellent timing, too, considering all the colds going around (or is just here where I'm living?). Soap's a good defense against that common enemy. Anyway, glad to give my foggy brain a bit of a workout first thing in the morning.
good one. didn't get that one. loved it
this one was easy but it was pretty cool
think: what get smaller with every use and makes some sort of a difference to your hands?
think: what get smaller with every use and makes some sort of a difference to your hands?
I thought this was hard, but very clever, and I too thought that the pencil would have made perfect sense as well.
that was stupid, i would never give anyone my soap yuck!!
i thought imaginary friend but with that the give and take one didn't make sense.
good one on the pencil
i thought imaginary friend but with that the give and take one didn't make sense.
good one on the pencil
Dopy - they didn't suggest you give soap to anyone. Re-read the answer.
I LIKED this, and the pencil answer was fitting, too. Way2Go!
I LIKED this, and the pencil answer was fitting, too. Way2Go!
Nice one.........of course I didn't figure it out but it was a good one!
Cool
that was great!
Awesome! I wouldn't have guessed. It actually had my brain working! Great job!
I didn't get the pencil answer...or the soap answer...nice I thought money would work though
Good job! Stumped me!!
If you could rewrite this a little and set it to music, you could make a fortune with a commercial jingle aired on day time soaps!
Ps RedneckWoman, you need a bath!
Ps RedneckWoman, you need a bath!
That was great, but got me..rats...... keep them coming
I thought it was a wallet. you put money in and everyone wants to Take it out.
NICE!!! THAT WAS AWE...SOME!!! lvd it!! cyuz l8r!!! bi.
Chrissie
Chrissie
Very clever, never would have guessed
My first thought was that it was a candle. Penc il is good, too. Maybe it is too vague?
Didn't anyone else think "candle"?
OMG, i am probably the only one to mention that dissolve was spelled wrong in the third line! editors need to do better jobs!
THAT WAS A GREAT TEASER THOUGH!!!!!!!!!
THAT WAS A GREAT TEASER THOUGH!!!!!!!!!
This was good teaser...tough, though...
Tough one but Good!!!! Ya got me
This was a great teaser....I never would've guessed it was soap. At first, I thought "compromise" would be a good answer, until I got to the third line: The larger I grow, the smaller I get . I understood it once I saw the answer, though. Did anyone else think it was compromise until they reached the third line..Darn, without that line, "compromise would be a good answer. Oh well. GREAT TEASER!!!!!!!
ummm, i thought that one was pretty cool, i would have NEVER guessed!!!
I like this teaser a lot, it is very cute!
bagogirl....the reason that nobody mentioned that dissolve was spelled incorrectly on the 3rd line is b/c they ask that you NOT suggest spelling or grammar corrections.....it says that right above the box where you post your comment!!!
Did anyone think a of a thermometer? I was surprised when the answer was soap.
That was really really good. I had absolutely no idea, but wow.
Yuck, i so didn't get the connection. O well maybe its just me
Sorry, but I can't be onboard with everyone about this one. 2 of the 4 clues work very well for the answer, I'll grant you that. But the "give and take" part (a bar of soap "giving" foam) is a bit of a stretch. And "make a difference by a handshake...?" That's REALLY a stretch. You have to be able to make a mental connection between the clues and the answer, and I think most ppl not only got stumped by the "handshake," they were actually mislead. I know I was, because shaking hands with a bar of soap isn't something I normally do. I understand that you have to leave it vague enough so that it isn't too easy, but the clues also have to make some sort of sense. All I'm saying is that it could use a little tidying up, you know? Don't get all mad at me, everyone...
tht wareally good by the way redneck woman that does NOT mean it's offensive it means it is bewildering, duh
this one was a little too hard for me. i did not think of soap. it was a good one, though!!!
Not one of the best I've seen................
the harder the better
with water get wetter
so jump right in
and do it again
GOOD JOB please keep them coming
with water get wetter
so jump right in
and do it again
GOOD JOB please keep them coming
cute...but i was WAY off! good one!
Hey! This is cute! I like it! It's a "clean" riddle Oh...I'm just hilarious. J/k...I like this! Keep em comin' and good job!
And hey! Johanne! Chill! It wasn't bad at all! Culturally biased? Absolutely not!
I didn't get that one but it was fun and clever.
You spelled dissolve "disolve." An important thing about riddles is thate they are "smart" teasers, they are precise, and convention errors take away from that. Otherwise, interesting idea!
Very nice ;). I was thinking along the lines of germs, but then the last two lines stumped me. Very original teaser .
I'm not great with riddles, but I think the classic riddle is designed to give clues that make you say, 'Aha! of course' when you get the answer. This one, and others submitted, require stretching and almost random usage of the clue vocab. e.g. 'Give and take'.
But it was fun nevertheless - I just wanted to be able to say, Aha! rather than Duh! after checking.
Oh, and surely that comment by Johanne was tongue-in-cheek!
But it was fun nevertheless - I just wanted to be able to say, Aha! rather than Duh! after checking.
Oh, and surely that comment by Johanne was tongue-in-cheek!
I'm not great with riddles, but I think the classic riddle is designed to give clues that make you say, 'Aha! of course' when you get the answer. This one, and others submitted, require stretching and almost random usage of the clue vocab. e.g. 'Give and take'.
But it was fun nevertheless - I just wanted to be able to say, Aha! rather than Duh! after checking.
Oh, and surely that comment by Johanne was tongue-in-cheek!
But it was fun nevertheless - I just wanted to be able to say, Aha! rather than Duh! after checking.
Oh, and surely that comment by Johanne was tongue-in-cheek!
The clues were a bit weak and far fetched.
VERY VAGUE!!!
Sorry, it really isn't much fun (IMO) when the clues are so far fetched.
I got it right away...the third line and the bit about handshakes gave me the clue. Good one!
I didn't get it. Good teaser, but for some reason it went right over my head. Thanks for posting.
I didn't get it. Good teaser, but for some reason it went right over my head. Thanks for posting.
I think the riddle was waaayyyyy to vague to be able to get the answer. Wasn't my favorite.
I actually got this one before I finished reading the whole thing. Clever, but easy.
I couldn't think of it, either. I knew it was something simple. For give and take, I was thinking of something like a vending machine, the growing smaller bit, should have given it to me. All I could think of for "hand shake" was dice and the last clue didn't give me anything.
However, it WAS a good teaser! Thanks!
However, it WAS a good teaser! Thanks!
I have to agree with those that said the answers were a bit of a stretch. A couple of them did not really make sense, but it was a good try!
I was thinking along the lines of a debt or loan. Oh well, it's Friday!
As others stated,the clues were very vague.
I was thinking a two handled saw, like lumberjacks of old used. They're held with a "handshake, they go back and forth (give and take), as they get older the teeth wear down, and a log is their worst foe since they are designed to cut through a log, but yet must be their best friend as well since without logs/trees the saw wouldn't need to exist.
HMMM; not my favorite
I did not get it. Very cleverly written but hand shake was a bit if a stretch and did not make a lot of sense.
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