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I can swim but never get wet. I can run but never get tired. I follow you everywhere but never say a word.
My first is in riddle but not in little. My second is in think but not in brink. My third is in thyme but not in time. My fourth is in mother but not in brother. My last is in time but no t in climb.
I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole. I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?
I stink in living but when dead smells good.
Crooked as a rainbow and slick as a plate ten thousand horses can't pull me straight.
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?