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(Message started by: maryl on Apr 21^st, 2003, 11:55am)

Title: Bugs Bunny was one
Post by maryl on Apr 21^st, 2003, 11:55am

Bugs Bunny was one version of me,
but I'm another.
You may have more of me
than your big brother.
I could be many different colours,
but truly only one.
The coppers use me
to get the job done.

What am I?

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Title: Re: Bugs
Post by Icarus on Apr 21^st, 2003, 3:55pm

For some of us this could be a losing proposition, but obviously not for Maryl.

I'm not sure how the last sentence applies though.

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by Speaker on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 2:39am

although not as poetic as the first part of the riddle, maybe the last refers to DNA testing

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by maryl on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 11:58am

on 04/22/03 at 02:39:08, Speaker wrote:

although not as poetic as the first part of the riddle, maybe the last refers to DNA testing

I think you may be on to something.

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by Speaker on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 12:01am

a shirt
a trigger
a ball
and pasta of the gods

as well as a lagamorph

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by maryl on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 6:16am

on 04/23/03 at 00:01:04, Speaker wrote:

a shirt
a trigger
a ball
and pasta of the gods

as well as a lagamorph

The answer isn't a list, it's only one thing. I think Icarus may have got it.

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by aero_guy on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 11:34am

Speaker got it too, try combining the answer with each of the objects on the list. The pasta took a couple secs to get, very cute.

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by jade_conundrum on May 22^nd, 2003, 9:08pm

is it [hide] one of those police sketch cartoon things that the police use when someone is describing the criminal [/hide]

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by Leonid Broukhis on May 22^nd, 2003, 10:15pm

One definitely has more big brothers than one's big brother.
"The Big Brother" is associated with the color red; the
"Big Brother" (surveillance) techniques are utilized by the police.
I'm not familiar with the Bugs Bunny character, so I'm not sure if my answer applies; but the rest is quite unequivocal. :)

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by Speaker on May 22^nd, 2003, 10:40pm

Leonid
Your answer is a bit Orwellian

Title: Re: Bugs
Post by maryl on May 23^rd, 2003, 9:55am

Ya, let's not go splitting any hairs over this.