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What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?
I can be heard in a court or carried with you.
I am heavy forward, but backward I'm not. What am I?
I am one with eight to spare, lest I lose my one. I'm not a number. What am I?
What is black when you buy it red when you use it and gray when you throw it away?
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?