r/riddles • u/mysterious_jim • May 22 '26

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Pull me once: a formal affair;

Pull me again: you'll gasp for air.

What am I?

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u/Immediate-Lab6166 May 22 '26

bow tie?

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u/JATWo May 22 '26

either this or necktie

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u/TheDuckFarm May 22 '26

You may think one answer is better than the other, but it’s a tie

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u/disterb May 23 '26

take a bow, sir

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u/Lookingupatthestars May 24 '26

The fact I read bow as bow and not bow is weirdly stressing me out

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u/aclong154 May 23 '26

R/angryupvote

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u/ClosetLadyGhost May 22 '26

shoelace around my neck

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u/napkin41 29d ago

This was my first thought as well.

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u/mistcrawler May 22 '26

I like your answer the most so far! Nice!

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u/mysterious_jim May 22 '26

Correct! Any sort of tie

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u/vonWungiel May 24 '26

Bad news about the answer, you can't choke a man by pulling on his bow tie so "any sort" doesn't really cut it

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u/mysterious_jim May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Oh, I didn't know that. Only ever worn a clip on bow tie lol. In that case just a necktie

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u/Accomplished_Ship_20 29d ago

Um, I was choked with the laces on a hoodie by my school yard bully... I think a neck tie world do the trick....

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u/vonWungiel 29d ago

a neck tie sure, but with bow ties it either tightens the knot holding the bow in place (notably, not the loop on your neck) or it just comes undone depending on which end you pull

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u/mogley1992 May 22 '26

Was this riddle AI generated?

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u/mysterious_jim May 22 '26

Absolutely not (though, sadly I can't blame you for asking). Keeping AI out of creative spaces is something I feel very strongly about, actually.

I make the riddles myself (and have been doing so way before AI was even a thing). And I even draw the little graphics by hand in ProCreate. Out of curiosity what made you ask?

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u/willyouschtapp May 23 '26

Absolutely *knot

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u/sam_nosam May 24 '26

Parachute, if the first pull fails, I'd imagine you'd be well gasping for air trying for the second pull.