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Contradictory? (Posted on 2005-06-27)

What can run but never walks,
has a mouth but never talks,
has a head but never weeps,
has a bed but never sleeps?

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A river.

(But didn't Mark Twain once call the Mississippi River "sleepy" ?)

Some kinds of flowers might also qualify as an answer.

Edited on June 28, 2005, 3:28 am

Posted by Penny on 2005-06-28 03:27:46

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