I have but one friend.
We are always together.
Sometimes I float.
Sometimes I sink.
Many keep my company.
Who am I?
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Charles
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A barnacle on a whale.
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Maurits
AKA Matthew van Eerde
Shell! (Company = Shell Oil)
No, shells don't float... -
Charles
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lukewa wrote:
A barnacle on a whale.
Nope. Great try though!
Charles -
Loadsgood
What is your answer?
Is it Coral?
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iStation
Fuujin
Golf ball?
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Charles
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Not coral. Not a golf ball. Keep on trying!
Note that I made this one up myself, so you won't be able to find the answer anywhere online
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Stupid but .. Water? Hydrogen? Oxygen?
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Charles
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Stupid? Not quite. There is only one answer, Manip. Which one and why?
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Oxygen because Hydrogen is too light to ever sink.. ?
Edit: Although Hydrogen could more easily float in the air and therefore sink when it gets cold? I dunno..
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Charles
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Way to go, Manip! It is indeed Hydrogen, but the reasons why are more than you thought, but Hydrogen can float, that's for sure!
Here's what I was thinking:
I have but one friend.
We are always together.
Hydrogen has only one electron.
Sometimes I float.
Hydrogen can exist as a gas.
Sometimes I sink.
Hydrogen can exist in a metallic state, as it does in the center of gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn (where it also exists as solid(non-metallic) hydrogen as well as gaseous hydrogen)
Many keep my company.
Hydrogen is the most prevelant atom in the universe and is a key ingredient of far too many molecules to list here!
Great job.
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Loadsgood
What is your answer?
That was a pretty good riddle Charles
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Charles
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Thanks. I'll try. It's not easy to come up with riddles that don't already exist! I think it would be really cool if the riddlers out there amongst you submitted their very own riddles for us to try and solve.
I will certainly continue to think some up to the best of my ability...
Keep on riddling,
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iStation
Fuujin
I come up with an idea, "Riddle Explorer"!
RE ConOps
1. A Scroll Maze on IE
2. Must begin from "Start Gates"
3. Many "Riddle Gates" - Need a correct answer to go thru
4. The name of person who gives the right answer first is honorably shown
5. Many "Dead-ends"
6. Only forward scroll is possible
The aim of the game is to remember the right routes and answer the riddles and reach to the Goal Gates!
to be continued...
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Charles
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Interesting idea, IStation. Looking forward to hearing more on this. I like the idea of Riddle Gates.
Charles -
Greater Monster
Deconstruct! (Jacques Derrida 1930-2004)
Maurits wrote:Shell! (Company = Shell Oil)
No, shells don't float...
Oil floats on water or actually 
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Sven Groot
Don't worry... I'm a doctor.
Maurits wrote:Shell! (Company = Shell Oil)
That company is actually called Shell Royal Dutch Petroleum.
I remember I had a game on the MSX2 called "De grotten van Oberon" (the caves of Oberon). It was a Dutch language puzzle game. You flew in a flying saucer through a vast complex of caves, and had to fly around obstacles and find your way in the maze. The main problem was that you'd get across a door sometimes where you had to answer a question or solve a riddle to get through it. It was a very entertaining game.
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Dr. Shim
Inaniloquent monomathical people inlapidate me.
Your riddle was pretty good, but I suggest you target something more practical. For instance, the barnicle would have made a nice answer, IMHO. I find it amusing when a complicated riddle actually is describing a very simple, everyday object.
However, this doesn't mean I didn't like your riddle! I did, very much so. Keep them comming! It makes C9 more lively.
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