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Mononostril Runner

Ahh, fair enough.  I thought of French fries, but couldn't make the link between that and a historical leader.  I even Googled things like 'fries', 'chips', 'mayonnaise' in case any historical leaders shared those names, haha.

BTW, @Armageddon, what was the answer to the 2 eyes no head riddle?  Was I right?

In case no one realized it, "Historical leader commonly found in burg jo," is the riddle.
No one cares to even hazard a guess?

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Is it an anagram?
Justin Borger?
Sirgej Burton?
Ernist Joberg?

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Yep, It was the second hand.  Well done Haggis.
I made that one up.  Pretty pleased with that

Which part of a clock is used?

I'm sure that morning noon evening riddle appeared earlier in this thread, or in the previous riddle thread.

What has two eyes but no head.

Marie Antoinette.  Two eyes (I's) in her name and she was beheaded :-)

Thanks for your advice Khris.  I'm going to have to think long and hard before I try anything.  I simply can't afford to replace my own laptop, not even with a cheap one, and I would be out on my ear if I broke mum's, which is already riddled with adware and has to repair and restore every other day.

My laptop just died on me.  This is the worst timing ever, as I am trying to find work and have no money to buy a new one.
There are a couple of things I want to try to make sure it is actually the laptop that has died and not just the adaptor or something (my laptop runs only through the mains because its own battery is dead).

The question is.  If you were me, would you risk testing your adaptor on someone else's laptop?  I know this is ill-advised, but I'm kind of desperate.  My mum's laptop and mine have the same 'input' details on the adaptor (100-240V~1.5A 50-60Hz), but the 'output' is slightly different, mine is 20V and 3.25A compared to her 19V and 3.75A. All I would do is test it for like ten seconds to see if any power comes out of it.

One possibilty (which I hope is the case) is the fuse has just blown which I could easily replace, but I can't find a screwdriver at the moment due to them being cleverly stashed in a storage container with most of our stuff while we sell the house.  But if it's not the fuse, or the adaptor, then it's the laptop, which is the worst thing that could happen to me right now.

Anyway, I'd appreciate any thoughts from you guys.  I did a brief online search and results ranged from people who  were adamant that you must never use another adaptor or the world will end to others who said it was absolutely fine as long as the numbers were similar... so I don't really know where I stand.

Cheers.

2. Though not a plant, has leaves.
Though not a beast, has spine.
Though many wouldn't need this thing,
'Tis more valuable than wine.

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A book?  Not sure about the other ones, yet.

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A deck of cards?  You play card games at the table and you often 'cut' the deck, but you rarely eat the cards.

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I've got it!

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pi (pie)

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I have this problem too on my computer BUT only in Chrome. Firefox and IE does not show this error.

Hmm. Same for me.

Same here.  I tried turning my extensions off and on, but it makes no difference, just seems to be a Chrome thing.

I got it!!

I think...

The answer it WATER

HOO (or H2O)

H²Oray! CaptainD has it. It was maybe a bit misleading because water has 2 Hs not 2 Os, but I knew someone would get it after that last clue.

Hmm... I get "hoo."  Maybe it's an owl?

You're on the right track. Now you need to do something else with it.

Clue: The answer I'm looking for is mentioned in the riddle.

How about this one?

My first was found in the middle of Baghdad, and my second and third were found at the end of the Battle of Waterloo.
What am I?

Andail, I would say the fourth one is one of the easiest, because the cues that it's about music are so strong, though it might take two or three guesses to figure out which number that implies. As indicated in my post, the first and third were the ones that didn't immediately suggest to me an answer.

I agree, #4 is the one I got first, and what put me in the frame of mind to solve the others (apart from #3, I didnt get that one)

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Ahh, 'win dough', Haha.  That didn't occur to me.

Anyway I think I've got number 2:
The answer is like an f-word, but even more offensive - yet not as strong as how you'll write it. forward (bit like 'f-word' and also 'offensive' in the sense of going forward in battle, for example).

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You'll see straight through these - unless blinded - windows :-)
Not sure about the other two now... Unless the third one is 'wife'?

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The head? Was that the solution to a riddle, or a new riddle, disguised as a solution?

I think it's a guess to one off Ben's 3 riddles.

Piggy-backing off Renodox's hard work, I think:

1) You'll see straight through these - unless blinded - eyes
2) The answer is like an f-word, but even more offensive - yet not as strong as how you'll write it. - face (as in, "your face offends me", but the written word 'face' is not so bad).
3) "You used to listen to me! Now you only ever feel me after you've been out drinking with your friends!" head? (unless it's something different, and 'head' is the overall answer covering all the clues... in which case Renodox takes it )

Yep, or Dead Man's Curve as I know it.