Puzzles,conundrums, riddles and thoughts?

[Taliesin]

Alive was I, but said nothing at all-- nevertheless I die.
Before have I come, and after shall I also.
Everyone plunders me, holds me hard in sharp confinement,
And shears my head, breaks my skin, bites through my bare body.
I bite not a man, save if he bite me,
But many there are who bite me.
Guess me.

 

[Sidhe]

Alive was I, but said nothing at all-- nevertheless I die.
Before have I come, and after shall I also.
Everyone plunders me, holds me hard in sharp confinement,
And shears my head, breaks my skin, bites through my bare body.
I bite not a man, save if he bite me,
But many there are who bite me.
Guess me.

Was thinking tongue or lip, but they don't quite fit.

Nails?

 

[Taliesin]

Nope, not nails.

 

[Sidhe]

Tricky one? A bullet?

 

[Sophie 378]

A rosebush? People coming to pick the flowers get snagged by the thorns?

 

[Truronian]

An apple?

 

[Azash]

Alive was I, but said nothing at all-- nevertheless I die.
Before have I come, and after shall I also.
Everyone plunders me, holds me hard in sharp confinement,
And shears my head, breaks my skin, bites through my bare body.
I bite not a man, save if he bite me,
But many there are who bite me.
Guess me.

The earth?

 

[Fifty]

I know the answer!

 

[Taliesin]

One of you is close.

Spoiler :

It's not Fifty.

 

[Fifty]

Could I be saying something correct about the answer if I were saying that I like it whether it is green, red, or white?!?

 

[Taliesin]

No, because if you were, you would be indicating your ignorance of the fact that if it were green it would not satisfy the riddle, 'green' not being its own variety.

Er...

 

[Fifty]

hmm maybe i dunno the answer then

 

[Taliesin]

Would you care to take the wild and unprecedented step of suggesting an answer?

 

[Fifty]

Onion!?!!?!??!?!?!?

 

[Taliesin]

I was looking for Funyuns, actually.

But I'll let it pass.

 

[Fifty]

horray!

What's black and white and red all over?

 

[Perfection]

THIS REFEREE IF YOU DON'T COME TO #FIFTYCHAT RIGHT NOW!

 

[Fifty]

CORRECT YOU WIN!

Oh and mah internets are bein weird and I cant get onto chatty! see thread in computer talk.

 

[Perfection]

Didja try jIRC?

What's long and thin covered in skin red in parts and put in tarts?

 

[Prince_Imrahil]

What's long and thin covered in skin red in parts and put in tarts?

Rubarb? (sp) I use to make jam, so i'm assuming that its also put into tarts.

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet it never grows?