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Frishman Sinful Saint from Baton Rouge, LA Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Sinful Saint
#926: Apr 10th 2014 at 11:03:57 AM

@Bisected: A couple months back, my first post of the day for an entire week was always a Hobbit reference and no one ever got it. I was very sad.

@Knowless: I want to say "marbles," but I know that's not right.

So I'm gonna say "pause."

edited 10th Apr '14 11:04:08 AM by Frishman

If you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy, have some taste. Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste.
Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#927: Apr 10th 2014 at 12:02:48 PM

[up] Nope.

From house to house I go,
A messenger small and slight.
And whether it rains or snows,
I always sleep outside at night.
What am I?

They've no fur or claws;
That much is untrue.
And once you've lost them,
They've also lost you.

Note, the first one is taken directly from a book, and I didn't get it either before reading the answer (The "messenger" part is pretty much a red herring; it doesn't make any sense. It sure as hell isn't small, either).
The second one, I just thought up on my own. The first two lines (Well, really just the first line) are supposed to lead you to a related word that is nevertheless not the answer. Maybe I should try to make each line a syllable or two longer, so I can make it clearer. :/

edited 10th Apr '14 12:03:43 PM by Knowlessman

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#928: Apr 10th 2014 at 12:07:30 PM

Is the first one....the moon?

My various fanfics.
Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#929: Apr 10th 2014 at 12:43:51 PM

Put it this way: the answer to the first one doesn't move. :|

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#930: Apr 10th 2014 at 12:46:43 PM

The guttering?

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Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#931: Apr 10th 2014 at 12:53:12 PM

Somewhat closer, I guess, but no.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#932: Apr 10th 2014 at 1:00:07 PM

Phone lines/power lines?

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#933: Apr 10th 2014 at 1:19:31 PM

Agggh. The grass/ground/lawn...

edited 10th Apr '14 1:19:54 PM by Madrugada

Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#934: Apr 10th 2014 at 1:33:35 PM

Madrugada's scary close.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#935: Apr 10th 2014 at 1:47:25 PM

The roads? Fences?

edited 10th Apr '14 1:47:36 PM by Bisected8

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Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#936: Apr 10th 2014 at 1:49:31 PM

Road it is.

I'll probably replace the messenger bit with something else at some point. Also, yeah, the other one's still there (not that I'mma stop anybody from posting another riddle).

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#937: Apr 10th 2014 at 3:12:40 PM

What's watched when it's numbers, lifted when it's metal, and thrown when it's a status?

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#938: Apr 10th 2014 at 5:30:49 PM

Weight? Your title gave it away. tongue

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#939: Apr 10th 2014 at 5:39:19 PM

Yeah, I realized afterward that my title suggested it. tongue

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#941: Apr 11th 2014 at 3:31:20 PM

The thing that is not the answer is also well-known for using the woods as a toilet.

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#942: Apr 11th 2014 at 3:37:52 PM

Bearings?

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Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#944: Apr 11th 2014 at 3:57:23 PM

Yeah, the "loses you" part didn't make sense to me, either; but it fits in with not having claws or fur.

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Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#945: Apr 11th 2014 at 4:43:33 PM

Well, I am using a definition of the word that is of... dubious validity. :/ I thought perhaps I could use lose to mean "cause to become lost."

I'mma check the Dictionary app, at any rate.

EDIT: Also, yeah, it is bearings.

EDIT 2: [up][up] They do have bears in Russia, as well, so there's that. :|

edited 11th Apr '14 4:45:07 PM by Knowlessman

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#946: Apr 11th 2014 at 5:30:03 PM

I have one;

Arms that pull metal to push it,
Spools that stay wound to use it

edited 11th Apr '14 5:30:12 PM by Bisected8

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Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#947: Apr 11th 2014 at 7:57:14 PM

A car? Or a train?

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#948: Apr 12th 2014 at 10:23:56 AM

It's not a vehicle of any kind.

TIP: Consider what's made from a spool of something and can pull things.

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#950: Apr 12th 2014 at 11:33:33 AM

Nope, that unwinds a spool (and the spool itself ends up holding things in place).

TIP 2: Consider all the meanings of the first word.

edited 12th Apr '14 11:34:35 AM by Bisected8

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