Riddle
A phone rings 9 times, and no one answers it. A horse eats 9 pounds of grain. A bannana grows 9 inches evry day. and the computer gets 9 mail messages every day. What is always in the above paragraph ^?
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Answer
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Why it works
The answer makes sense once you stop reading the setup in the most literal everyday way.
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