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Started by stwalk, Dec 28 2007 05:08 PM

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#1 stwalk

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Posted 28 December 2007 - 05:08 PM

The more you take away from it the larger it gets. What is it?

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#2 Bidonet

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Posted 28 December 2007 - 05:11 PM

Spoiler for solution

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#3 kwmksavage

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Posted 18 January 2008 - 09:46 PM

debt

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#4 Martini

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Posted 18 January 2008 - 10:34 PM

debt

No, debt gets smaller as you take away from it.

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#5 Jkyle1980

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Posted 18 January 2008 - 10:46 PM

My guess would be knowledge.

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#6 Ploper

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 01:54 AM

how about a Hydra?
Every time you cut off one of its heads it grows two new ones

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#7 Jkyle1980

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:59 AM

Perhaps a craving as well. The longer you go without something, the more you want it.

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#8 stanger828

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Posted 20 January 2008 - 05:25 AM

The more you take away from it the larger it gets. What is it?

I think it is life.

Here is why:

From our birth we begin to move towards death. This movement towards death is time taken away from our life. The more time we live the longer our life gets but the further from life we move.