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I liked Paul Lynde's response on Hollywood Squares....<tape measures>.
Yes, that's the answer I was looking for. And for those of you who haven't heard his response, it was "Tape Measures". Good one C1ay....................


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What is it that lives as long as it eats but dies when it drinks?


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What is it that lives as long as it eats but dies when it drinks?
Fire.

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."
(Hint: It never comes. D.)

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Fire.

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."
(Hint: It never comes. D.)

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The future...........................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>???????????


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The future...........................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>???????????
Good enough! The answer I had in mind was tomorrow from the old Assyrian riddle.

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What is it that passes through the woods but never touches a twig?


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What is it that passes through the woods but never touches a twig?
Stumped. A road?

Probably already posted?

Formed long ago, yet made today; And most employed when others sleep; What few would like to give away; And fewer still to keep.

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Stumped. A road?
No, the answer I'm looking for would be: The sound of a tree falling.



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Formed long ago, yet made today; And most employed when others sleep; What few would like to give away; And fewer still to keep.

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Maybe..............the night ????????????


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what has 4 wheels...and flys?


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what has 4 wheels...and flys?
An airplane; two wheels up front, one under the tail and, one in the cockpit.


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