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It is a riddle (Posted on 2005-04-13)

It is a riddle.
It is the strongest force,
to resist your force,
and yet it is not a force.
It never accelerates,
but it is always moving.
It never rests, and
it never gets tired.
It has been defined many ways,
but no one can quite capture it.
What is it?

Submitted by Michael Cottle

Rating: 3.7143 (14 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The trick answer is "a riddle". There are also many other applicable solutions posted as comments. However, the answer that I had in mind when I wrote it was...
Time
Time is a force to be reckoned with whenever there is a desire to change the past or create more of the present or future. An example, "you can't hold back the hands of time."
As we get old and get tired and retired, time is always moving. And as long as we seem to exist, it seems to exist.
Time has many definitions and a great singer once performed the desire to put "Time In A Bottle". Tragically, the desire was unsuccessful.

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	George Ambrose	2022-10-12 04:02:42
No Subject	George Ambrose	2022-10-12 04:02:41
No Subject	Aston Cargo	2022-10-12 03:05:00
Suggestion	Santiago	2020-05-06 22:05:47
Answer	Math Man	2011-05-28 09:32:26
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-14 03:44:50
tell me wat u think	Joe	2005-11-27 23:59:33
No Subject	thomas	2005-11-08 11:00:51
time	thomas	2005-11-08 10:59:51
My answer	Joshua	2005-11-04 12:54:57
Playing the Devil's advocate	Devin Mahnke	2005-07-20 03:44:12
re: that was good	joey	2005-07-19 20:22:42
hmmm	j441167	2005-06-25 23:53:29
Talk about tragic..	john	2005-06-13 19:59:56
that was good	christina	2005-06-12 22:02:53
re: physics..	john	2005-06-02 13:43:52
re: riddle	Nicky Glass	2005-05-09 09:08:28
riddle	jackjack	2005-05-04 05:40:33
physics..	emika	2005-05-02 03:32:31
re(5): ... (physics 101)	Amon	2005-05-01 05:14:58
re(2): A Comment + to pcbouhid	pcbouhid	2005-04-30 14:02:18
re: A Comment + to pcbouhid	Hugo	2005-04-29 23:03:45
A Comment	Michael Cottle	2005-04-29 20:31:54
re(4): ... (physics 101)	Cory Taylor	2005-04-29 18:00:55
re(3): velocity is not acceleration	Amon	2005-04-29 16:44:17
re(3): ... (physics 101)	Amon	2005-04-29 16:43:39
re(2): velocity is not acceleration	Erik O.	2005-04-29 15:37:02
re(2): ... (physics 101)	nikki	2005-04-29 14:39:07
re(2): Congratulations to Hugo	pcbouhid	2005-04-29 14:35:59
re: No acceleration from Mathematics point of view	Sam	2005-04-29 11:55:23
No acceleration from Mathematics point of view	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 05:39:20
Good definition - But it still comes to the same point as me.	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 04:25:08
Good definition - But it still comes to the same point as me.	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 04:25:08
Good definition - But it still comes to the same point as me.	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 04:25:07
re: A list of sites.	Amon	2005-04-29 04:20:15
A list of sites.	Dustin	2005-04-29 04:14:48
re: velocity is not acceleration	Amon	2005-04-29 04:06:23
velocity is not acceleration	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 03:59:10
Reply to Amon	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 03:57:16
re: The word, accelerate, in common terms	Amon	2005-04-29 03:46:23
The word, accelerate, in common terms	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 02:59:29
Reply to Amon	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 02:49:47
re: Challenge everybody back for discussion	Amon	2005-04-29 02:21:06
Challenge everybody back for discussion	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-29 01:20:30
Proves tfor tyour solution	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 23:28:42
Proves tfor tyour solution	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 23:28:41
Loss of common sense	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 23:25:17
Lousy solution - Re: congratulation to Hugo	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 23:22:42
re: Congratulations to Hugo	Hugo	2005-04-28 21:47:49
Objection	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 17:17:55
Disagreement with the solution	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 17:08:54
re: Reply to JC	Dustin	2005-04-28 16:31:48
Congratulations to Hugo	pcbouhid	2005-04-28 15:39:23
Welcome to the Game- C	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 09:43:07
Reply to C	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-28 09:35:16
Some thoughts of my own..	C	2005-04-28 02:56:31
No fixed solution	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-26 05:30:42
or you know what	kristin	2005-04-25 22:40:54
solution? i think so	kristin	2005-04-25 22:38:15
i think it is...	Sandra Mason	2005-04-25 10:14:32
...or it could be...	FQ	2005-04-24 19:31:52
Solution	FQ	2005-04-24 19:29:45
Is it..	Caitlin	2005-04-23 22:50:53
re(3): It is...	noel thompson	2005-04-23 15:02:57
re(2): It is...	noel thompson	2005-04-23 15:00:45
re: reply to marcus	marcus	2005-04-22 23:53:17
Do I got it?	Heather	2005-04-22 19:12:01
one more...	pcbouhid	2005-04-21 22:16:55
reply to marcus	Penny	2005-04-21 03:32:27
No Subject	marcus	2005-04-21 02:47:18
another guess(es)	pcbouhid	2005-04-17 22:23:02
My solution	LaLa	2005-04-17 19:25:16
re: It is...	Rex	2005-04-16 15:17:05
Solution:	Adam	2005-04-16 07:23:41
It is...	Stephen Ticsay	2005-04-16 04:22:13
I think I got it	Leslie	2005-04-15 19:05:56
re: The Answer is....	Rex	2005-04-14 15:54:28
The Answer is....	Penny	2005-04-14 03:24:41
got it!	Amber	2005-04-14 03:20:51
THE ANWSER	Brandon	2005-04-13 22:49:08
re: What about this?	pcbouhid	2005-04-13 19:39:57
Solution?	Federico Kereki	2005-04-13 18:25:21
re: What about this?	armando	2005-04-13 16:50:20
What about this?	Hugo	2005-04-13 16:29:45
My guess	pcbouhid	2005-04-13 16:23:41
re: Must be this.	nikki	2005-04-13 15:39:23
Lets try this	Leming	2005-04-13 15:38:19
Must be this.	rosalie	2005-04-13 15:29:15
????	Rex	2005-04-13 15:22:03
solution? spoiler?	Erik O.	2005-04-13 15:10:24

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