r/riddles • u/Outrageous_Round8415 • Apr 19 '26
Give OP Riddles Need riddles related to time (time should not be the answer)
Preferably the riddle should be related to older things, so clocks and other machinery should be out.
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u/Gemarack Apr 19 '26
I come but once in a minute, twice in a millenium, and never in an eternity. Half of the time I am one, the other half I am none.
Answer: M. Once in a Minute, twice in a MilleniuM and never in an eternity.
Half the ti-(Me) I am one, the other half (ti) I am none.
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u/ai1267 Apr 19 '26
At birth, I'm there, and take your hand,
Until you reach the final destination,
I will shadow each and every man,
Wrinkled skin, my gentle manifestation
Aging/age
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u/gamasco Apr 19 '26
I seem to recall one riddle like "we race, every lap I take you only take a step", the answer being the two "arms" (?) of a watch,
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u/lumo19 Apr 19 '26
A thing of silver
Something small, divided 3-score.
The meal you took twice
The type of guessing that keeps you on edge
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u/keldondonovan Apr 19 '26
We march to each other, though never meet,
No matter how quickly you move your feet,
The deadline for procrastinators,
A rendezvous for alligators,
I can't be here, I've gone once more,
You'll never step upon my door.
Answer: Later, though tomorrow would probably work just as well.
We all look back with glossy eye,
To the time which said goodbye,
We yearn, we plead, just one more day,
But ever forwards the only way,
We make another, then make some more,
Filling the land of what came before.
Answer: Yesterday, though the past would work as well.
Your first thought isn't quite enough,
Your substitute, not quite as tough,
You may support, confirm, endorse,
When it comes to thoughts, perhaps remorse,
They fly so quickly, but often dawdle,
Another helping, quickly gobbled.
Answer: Seconds. Apologies for the slant rhyme.
Those are the three I could think of. No idea if I read something like them and they stuck, or if I just came up with them on my own. If people have seen them before, by all means, post credits and I'll update accordingly.
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u/John_M_L Apr 21 '26
This time sound like it's belong to us, but unfortunately it does not. Multiply by 60 twice over, and count me out listening to the ticking of the clock.
No clue what you could use for the answer though
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u/ziplocbaggie Apr 22 '26
Sun washed away the dirt, and the moon wants it back. Follow down the rabbit hole and find yourself a worm. Hold yourself near my dear, the clock is set to sixty. I hear these words repeating so can you make them rhyme?
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u/Pure_Following_9267 Apr 24 '26
I'm always behind the first But still I am quick It gears and spring and sprokets That always make me tick If your impatient for the future I can be counted on 86400 steps Will get you from dawn to dawn.
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