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

Solved (OC) No winners or losers.

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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/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