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A young man wants to have it, but when he has it he no longer wants it. Blade in hand he attacks it And does his best to remove it. Yet he knows that it is all in vain.
Can you think of a crime that is punishable if attempted but not punishable if actually committed?
What goes up but never goes down?
What has to be broken before you can use it?
What is it that given one, you'll have either two or none?
I am a room that has a roof but no walls. What am I?