Guest Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I spin, I beep and buzz and zoom! Until the job is done And when that time is close at hand I cut and stop the run. Unlike those who came before me, I am not cross, you see. I have a feature, nice and tight. It's called a lock, no key. I was made with others for a time My parts, just like the gun. I'm sold in many nations now, but not in fifety-one. What am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 how about Univac? And the punch cards that converted the magnetic tape? And whatever printing system they had then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 torpedo microwave radar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I would say this is electric hair clippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 computer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 i kinda want to say... fireworks. im probably wrong. just a thought. not at all thought through. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Sorry, still none that are correct! P.S. if there is anything really confusing, please tell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 onetruth Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 electronic can opener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Interesting thought onetruth, but not what I was imagining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 onetruth Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 electronic mixer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 spinning disc toy, of some kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Still nothin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 vehicles....???? maybe a car or bicycle...??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 combination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Nope to both responses. And chicory, if you were expecting a common riddle in which the stanzas are put together to create one final answer, this is not quite how my riddles work. Sorry. All my stanzas refer to one object and though you could decipher them one by one, you would have to know the final answer in order to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Sorry, that sounded confusing. Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 smart missile? electronic targeting system? doesn't require cross-hairs in a lens i think i get the format, just not an answer yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 onetruth Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 sewing machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) sewing machine? Dadadada! (trumpets playing) We have a winner! It is indeed, one truth! Here's how it all worked out: I spin, I beep and buzz and zoom! -pretty self explanatory here Until the job is done And when that time is close at hand I cut and stop the run. - when you are done with one section, you cut the thread! And stop the run... Unlike those who came before me, -This riddle refers specifically to Singer's machines, and there were a few before his. I am not cross, you see. - The machine does not use the cross stitch, which most other machines did, but it unraveled too easily. I have a feature, nice and tight. It's called a lock, no key. - The machine uses the lock stitch which ensures no unraveling I was made with others for a time My parts, just like the gun. - Singer lowered the price of his machine by mass producing his machines, he used the gun making techniques of some guy... forgot his name. I'm sold in many nations now, but not in fifety-one. - Sold all over, but in 1851, Singer had just invented them and the price was too high for anyone to buy them. All righty! There you have it. The Sewing Machine! EDIT: bolded some stuff.... Edited March 22, 2010 by master300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 onetruth Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yay! As for my electric mixer guess...Sunbeam put their first one out in 1952, so I really thought I had something there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 aha!!!! totally forgot about that!!!! Loved the riddle...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 excellent riddle, and I learned something new as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Thank you everyone! And to chicory, I use reports or other strange assignments and condense them into poems. So I was simply using my own previously gained knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I spin, I beep and buzz and zoom!
Until the job is done
And when that time is close at hand
I cut and stop the run.
Unlike those who came before me,
I am not cross, you see.
I have a feature, nice and tight.
It's called a lock, no key.
I was made with others for a time
My parts, just like the gun.
I'm sold in many nations now,
but not in fifety-one.
What am I?
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