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I live off of a busy street. If you want, you can stay for an hour or two. But if you don't pay rent, I'll tell on you. What am I?
I am taken from a mine and shut in a wooden case from which I am never released. Yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet never thrown. What am I?
I march before armies, a thousand salute me. My fall can bring victory, but no one would shoot me. What am I?
Long and thin red within with a nail at the end.
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?