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DATo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 09:12 canon = cannon?
Wow! Great answer!
And great riddle!
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Priya Murugesan wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 09:20
DATo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 09:12 canon = cannon?
Yesss! Superr!!

Next your turn.. Waiting for your riddle!!
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New Riddle:

1) I was once absolutely necessary
2) I contained millions of "characters"
3) I am now long obsolete
What am I?
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DATo wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 03:28 New Riddle:

1) I was once absolutely necessary
2) I contained millions of "characters"
3) I am now long obsolete
What am I?
Maybe Papyrus?
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DATo wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 03:28 New Riddle:

1) I was once absolutely necessary
2) I contained millions of "characters"
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What am I?
A punched card?
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Arshadq wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 03:46 Maybe Papyrus?
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 11:36 A punched card?
Sorry, neither a punched card nor papyrus.
(Both good guesses by the way.)

HINT: A very common item used universally.
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DATo wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 13:39
Arshadq wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 03:46 Maybe Papyrus?
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 11:36 A punched card?
Sorry, neither a punched card nor papyrus.
(Both good guesses by the way.)

HINT: A very common item used universally.
A newspaper?
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María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 13:46
A newspaper?
Not a newspaper.
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Maybe a dictionary? A paper one? Or an address book?
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Maybe a dictionary? A paper one? Or an address book?
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María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 20:22 Maybe a dictionary? A paper one? Or an address book?
You are on the right track.
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A video tape?
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Priya Murugesan wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025, 21:42 A video tape?
Not a video tape. The answer to the riddle was around long before video tapes but, historically speaking, still in "modern" times.
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A phone booth :?:
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Priya Murugesan wrote: ↑15 Apr 2025, 08:30 A phone booth :?:
You are EXTREMELY close.
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