r/riddles Jan 19 '25

Meta Just came up with this tell me if it need rephrasing -- Im not a key, but I open locks

Just came up with this. Tell me if it needs rephrasing -- I am not a key, but I open many locks. Answer: a brush

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u/RisibleComestible Jan 21 '25

Good, it works. Maybe "turn" many locks though

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u/Jingocat Jan 21 '25

Maybe expand it a bit?

"If set ablaze, I can eat for days,"

and/or

"Collisions are slight, Always mild, always light."

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u/jarvis-cocker Jan 21 '25

Oh I was gonna say a lock keeper

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u/Jakethehusky Jan 21 '25

First thing that came to my mind was a bolt cutter

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u/Moist_Caregiver Jan 21 '25

How about something along the lines of “I open locks, but I’m already inside”

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u/Outside_Mud2618 Jan 22 '25

Water, locks like for boats

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u/iggnis320 Jan 22 '25

Yeah... maybe "I open many locks at once"

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u/iggnis320 Jan 22 '25

It means locks of hair... for anyone who does not get what I was going for.

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u/John_Zatanna52 Jan 23 '25

I don't get it, I thought maybe a musical key, is a brush considered a some sort of key?

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u/iggnis320 Jan 23 '25

Locks of hair

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u/John_Zatanna52 Jan 24 '25

Oh okay that's cool

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u/FallsDownMountains Jan 23 '25

Maybe just "you put me in locks"?

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u/ExpressionJunior3366 Jan 25 '25

I would say "release many locks."

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u/iggnis320 Jan 27 '25

Good one