Riddle thread time

"Cause it wasn't a plum tree
The man hallucinated probableeee"

or

"Cause the plums where pushed in place of his eyes
Don't do this at home. MEMORIZE!!!!11"

-Szecs the Poet

My guess is that he had a dream about seeing a plum tree. He can see in a dream, even without eyes. He can't actually take the plums from the tree since they don't actually exist, and since they don't exist, he can't leave any either.

I'm pretty sure the following is the answer... but I've heard a very similar riddle before, which is a bit of an unfair advantage.

[spoiler]A man with one eye (not eyes) saw a tree with two plums. He took one plum (not plums), leaving one plum (not plums) on the tree.[/spoiler]

There's a good riddle in the back of my mind, but I'm not entirely sure of the wording. I'll try to remember how it goes and post it.

(Posted from mobile.)

I am pretty sure jb has it right. one problem with riddles is that there can be multiple answers because the original designer didn't imagine and therefore couldn't work to eliminate answers he didn't think of.

"A man without eyes
Saw plums on a tree.
He took not plums
He left not plums
How can this be?"

He was plum crazy?

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Word puzzle: "A guiding flower"

I came up with this a month or so ago. Felt embarrassingly proud of it, and thought it might be good as a riddle in a video game.
It has a good reasonable answer to it. The answer is in the form: "A _______ ____", just like the puzzle.

Hehe. Of course jbadams is correct, but I like the dream/hallucination answers as well! Ok, I'll try and think up some more

Servant of the Lord, is the answer:
[spoiler]
a compass rose?
[/spoiler]

Servant of the Lord, is the answer:
[spoiler]
a compass rose?
[/spoiler]

Yep. Nice job.

I'm not sure if this is a well known riddle or not, but here it goes: the man who made it doesn't want it, the man who bought it doesn't need it, the man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

What's in my pocket?

I'm not sure if this is a well known riddle or not, but here it goes: the man who made it doesn't want it, the man who bought it doesn't need it, the man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

Time?

You 'make time' (waste time) when you don't want the time you are trying to get to pass quicker.
You 'buy time', though I haven't yet figured out why the man doesn't need it.
The man who needs time (because he is about to die) doesn't know his time is up.

What's in my pocket?

"String, or nothing!"

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I'm not sure if this is a well known riddle or not, but here it goes: the man who made it doesn't want it, the man who bought it doesn't need it, the man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

Time?
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I cheated so I won't answer, but "time" is not it.

I'm not sure if this is a well known riddle or not, but here it goes: the man who made it doesn't want it, the man who bought it doesn't need it, the man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

I've heard this one somewhere, a long time ago, but I can't seem to recall what the solution was. I'll mull it over for a bit.

EDIT: got it, I think...
[spoiler]A coffin?

People who make coffins obviously don't need it for themselves, and unless you're a weirdo and/or a vampire you usually don't buy your own coffin, and finally, if you need a coffin you're probably dead so you don't know what your coffin looks like.[/spoiler]

I'm not sure if this is a well known riddle or not, but here it goes: the man who made it doesn't want it, the man who bought it doesn't need it, the man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

Handsessss, yesss preciousss

I'm not sure if this is a well known riddle or not, but here it goes: the man who made it doesn't want it, the man who bought it doesn't need it, the man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

I'm going to guess...
[spoiler]"A coffin".[/spoiler]

What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a bed but never sleeps,
Has a head but never weeps?

Bacterius and slayemin got it right .

What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a bed but never sleeps,
Has a head but never weeps?

Bedroom programmer ?

What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a bed but never sleeps,
Has a head but never weeps?

weeping angel?

What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a bed but never sleeps,
Has a head but never weeps?

[spoiler] the sea? or some sort of body of water?[/spoiler]

edit: BAH. I cheated again to find out if I was right. I was fairly close...