Solve the Riddle Above And/Or Make a New One

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Mattoid
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11 Mar 2016, 5:19 am

Here's my riddle:

Jack, Bob, Tim, and Tom. Which name is out of place?

(word experts should know this one)

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Noura4eva
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11 Mar 2016, 5:42 am

Ok I know I am probably really wrong as I am useless at words.

I will say Jack because Tom, Tom and Bob are shortened names.

Ok here is mines.

What goes up the chimney down, but cannot come down the chimney up ?

Mattoid
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11 Mar 2016, 6:03 am

The answer is Tim. (the other names are also improper nouns; tom = male cat or turkey, jack = a piece in a game of jacks, and bob = a dipping motion; only "tim" is not a real word)

Hmmm...thinking about your riddle. I feel kind of stupid, like the answer should be at the forefront of my mind, but it's not.

Mattoid
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11 Mar 2016, 6:05 am

Santa Claus? (it's worth a guess)

naturalplastic
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11 Mar 2016, 6:16 am

Hmmm..

Well, smoke goes up a chimney. And it can't come down a chimney.

Both are obvious.

But the word "down" is not involved in talking about smoke going up a chimney.

So I give up.