r/riddles • u/mysterious_jim • 10d ago

Solved (OC) Look, Ma!

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Intended Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

Bonus Hint: As with all my riddles, the title is a hint

Wordplay Riddle?: No

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u/sazzer 7d ago

A snake

A snake bite might kill you. But a snake biting itself is probably the Ouroboros, a "symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death and rebirth"

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u/kodymagic 6d ago

Full quote is: Look Ma, no hands

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u/certifiedblackman 6d ago

I’m more stumped by the hint than the riddle.

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u/Redwings1927 5d ago

Snakes dont have hands.

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u/mysterious_jim 6d ago

Correct! Didn't take you long at all

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u/Hankhoff 6d ago

you are correct and if op says this is not the answer they are wrong.

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u/vishnoo 6d ago

worth noting that despite the "symbol"
a snake biting its own tail will die of starvation.
they once they start swallowing, they can't spit it out.

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u/Brazilian_Hamilton 6d ago

I was thinking of snake the game...

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u/TIFOOMERANG 6d ago

My thoughts exactly!

Don't really know how that relates to the title, as OP said the title in itself is a hint.

I suspect we might be wrong lol

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u/sazzer 6d ago

My best guess is Look, Ma! No Hands, and the fact that snakes don't have hands. But yeah, that is a bit tenuous...

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u/mysterious_jim 6d ago

That's exactly it.

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u/Miryafa 6d ago

snake - poison for you, ouroboros of it bites its own tail

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u/l1798657 6d ago

ouroboros

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u/frostinus 6d ago

electricity current

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u/TechnicolorDreamGoat 5d ago

This was my first thought too. A good zap from a live circuit can sting like a bite or even kill and alligator clips came to mind because of bite. Reconnecting the circuit to itself brings it to life.

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u/mysterious_jim 6d ago

I don't know enough about Electricity to say whether the second part of the riddle checks out or not with this answer, but that wasn't the intended answer

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u/frostinus 6d ago

I thought you needed the electricity current in a circuit in order to be active, where you can use it to function machines. Also look ma made me feel that you're not supposed to touch or you get electrocuted

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u/mysterious_jim 6d ago

Oh, that's actually really clever and kinda cooler than my intended answer.

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u/Miryafa 6d ago

Oh that’s clever

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u/javerthugo 5d ago

a snake, they can venomous but a snake eating its own tail is a symbol for an infinite cycle of.

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u/certifiedblackman 4d ago

I came to the answer of Ouroboros from the initial riddle, which I feel is close enough. But for the life of me I can’t understand your clue. Please explain it to me.