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mb90131  +  57681 Fri, 26 Nov 04 09:46 PM
Although broken, it shall always exist and surround us, don't like to be confined in them and they shall outlive us all. What are "they"?

I don't know the answer myself, I was told this one. Post if you have anything that matches the riddle.
mb90131
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Falka, 5 yr 1 days ago
Hello, hmm, interesting question...couldn't it be something like time, hours or years? Huh? [:^)]
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mb90131  +  57690 Fri, 26 Nov 04 10:34 PM
We aren't confined in time, and people of the Golden Age liked being in their time period, so they liked being confined in it.
mb90131
Falka  +  57696 Fri, 26 Nov 04 10:49 PM
Why not? Time can be 'broken' into e.g.years, hours, minutes,etc. and i think
we can say we are surrounded in time because it's everywhere around us - i mean
we live in a certain age (time) and time 'borders' our lives.
Falka
Falka  +  57703 Fri, 26 Nov 04 11:30 PM
"We aren't confined in time, and people of the Golden Age liked being in their time period, so they liked being confined in it. "

Why not? I think we are confined in time, because you cannot choose what time you will live in and your life is bordered with certain time so we can say we are confined in it. Doesn't matter if you like the time period or not.
Falka
mb90131, 5 yr ago
According to the riddle it does matter. Is time a "They"?
Falka  +  57850 Sat, 27 Nov 04 10:18 PM
Hmm, well, time isn't "they", but e.g. years could be "they". I don't know. I just
wanted to try to help you as time was the first thing that came to my mind and
as I thought it could be the answer. Yes, it can be completely wrong but
you could ask the person who told you the riddle. You could give it a shot.

And I might have misunderstood the riddle as well. (since I'm not a native speaker)

I have one question: Why is there "it" in the first part of the question and
"they" in the second part? Huh? [:^)]
Falka
Chaos_Azn_Prince  +  57893 Sun, 28 Nov 04 01:55 AM
yea falka...that is throwing me off 2...at first i was thinking the answer is years...but the "it"...then the "they"???
Chaos_Azn_Prince
Joined on Tue, Nov 23 2004
Austin, TX
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"A man can read but dont read have no advantage over a man that can't read."
Guest, 4 yr 361 days ago
the thing where its broken and all around us



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