Clever Riddles/Puzzles

[bad rider]

1. My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?

2. What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

3.What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

4. You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

4. Friends?

 

[Flap Jack452]

4. You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

4. Friends?

Close...

 

[Krakyn]

Mine's a pretty easy riddle:
What five-letter English word is pronounced the same, even after taking away four of its letters?

Queue

Bingo!

Another:

What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place, and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?

 

[CptRumGuy]

What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place, and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?

Nowhere, or now here

 

[Flap Jack452]

Mine's a pretty easy riddle:
What five-letter English word is pronounced the same, even after taking away four of its letters?

Queue

Bingo!

Another:

What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place, and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?

Nowhere, Now here.
EDIT: darn someone beat me to it.

 

[Krakyn]

Wow, that was no challenge for either of you.

Boo.

 

[Flap Jack452]

What is easy to manipulate and hard to operate?

This one is annoying me...

Snigger snigger. I knew no one would get it.
[Unlike other super-challenging riddles I have put forth, this one has a good answer.]

The thing is, it could be any number of things... right? Is there any one right answer?

 

[Noamuth]

This thread is really interesting. ^.^

This riddle is easy, but I like it:

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

 

[PirateKing]

We are all little creatures and we all have different features. One of us in glass is set. Another one you'll find in jet. One of us you'll fine it tin, another one is boxed within. If the fifth you wish to see, it will never fly from you. What are we?

 

[Flap Jack452]

Can anyone get the other three that I put up besides the paint one?
Bad Rider was on the right track on the 4th one with "friends".

 

[Flap Jack452]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Wind/air?

 

[CptRumGuy]

Can anyone get the other three that I put up besides the paint one?
Bad Rider was on the right track on the 4th one with "friends".

Is the 4th one "love"?

 

[Krakyn]

We are all little creatures and we all have different features. One of us in glass is set. Another one you'll find in jet. One of us you'll fine it tin, another one is boxed within. If the fifth you wish to see, it will never fly from you. What are we?

This one's actually by Jonathon Swift...I read all of his works after stumbling upon "A Modest Proposal." Awesome stuff, eating babies is.

Spoiler

The vowels, a e i o and u.

 

[Noamuth]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Wind/air?

Nope. That was my first guess too. XD

 

[Flap Jack452]

Can anyone get the other three that I put up besides the paint one?
Bad Rider was on the right track on the 4th one with "friends".

Is the 4th one "love"?

Not exactly what I was looking for, but I'll give it you anyway. What I was looking for was "trust".

 

[CptRumGuy]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

God?

 

[Noamuth]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

God?

Heh, no.

 

[Flap Jack452]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Human ambition... haha

 

[Noamuth]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Human ambition... haha

Hee, no.

It is a bit.. Vague. I'm hopping offline for a bit, but I'll check answers when I get back.

 

[Stakhanov]

This thread is really interesting. ^.^

This riddle is easy, but I like it:

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Air.

3.What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

4. You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

3. Kangaroo?

4. Trust