The Riddle thread

[brinny]

hahahaaaa i am soooooooo bad at riddles

 

[Savior2006]

What I am is plain to see
I have a charge, just not electricity,
I am a measure of what you cannot see
But by that measure everyone can see.
I am what gives such moments blessed
As in the night my light switch pressed
But then the end, my mighty blow,
takes from you that which you cannot sow.
But then I give such memories
Such as the light of a Christmas tree,
What am I is plain to see,
If only you didn't have to pay for me.

Red herring #1: "I am not electricity" (technically this is a true statement).
Since "by that measure everyone can see"; "the night my light switch pressed"; "such as the light of a Christmas tree"; sounds a lot like electricity, particularly because it is something that cannot be seen. But it isn't electricity but rather a measure of it. Then comes the 'end' which takes from you what you cannot sow, its something that has to be paid for. It has everything to do with electricity including the month-end bill. But it isn't electricity itself but how it is measured and the basis for billing (charging). And there is a pun in that the answer is mentioned specifically three times in the riddle, twice specifically telling you what it is, only it happens to be spelled differently. "What I am," and "I am What," so then, "What am I"?

So the answer is watt.

 

[brinny]

it was right there n' i didn't see it

 

[heirmiles]

So the answer is watt.

Yes. Congratulations YT. Your turn

 

[Savior2006]

it was right there n' i didn't see it

It's all good Brinny. I didn't see the answer either without Heir's clues.

 

[Savior2006]

Pronounced as one letter,
But written with three,
Two letters there are,
And only two in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

 

[brinny]

eye.

 

[Savior2006]

eye.

Awww...you figured it out so fast!

 

[brinny]

hahaaaaaa yer not gonna ask me to give a riddle are ya'?

 

[Savior2006]

That's the rules Brinny. If you can't make up one, then search online, lol.

 

[brinny]

ok, got one:

Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?

 

[Savior2006]

A coffin.

 

[brinny]

hahaaa good one, but no

 

[Savior2006]

hahaaa good one, but no

Doh! I actually remember seeing this one. It's counterfeit money. The maker doesn't tell anyone, the person who has it usually doesn't know it and people who know obviously don't want it.

I remember coffin was an answer to similarly worded riddle.

 

[brinny]

you guessed it. Correct.

yer turn.

 

[Savior2006]

What's once in a month, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

 

[I Eat Pie]

What's once in a month, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

The letter M? haha

 

[Savior2006]

The letter M? haha

LOL, yep. To me, the letter riddles are easiest. Make your riddle.

 

[I Eat Pie]

Uh... Idk haha. Whats white an black and red all over?

 

[Savior2006]

Uh... Idk haha. Whats white an black and red all over?

The old newspaper joke!