“Whoever makes it tells it not. Whoever takes it knows it not. Whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?” Martha shares this old riddle. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Counterfeit Riddle”
Riddle me this, Grant. I never understood that construction. Riddle me this.
Yeah, it’s an archaic way of introducing a riddle.
Right.
Yeah, it goes back into the ages.
Okay, well, you’re not getting out of it.
Okay.
I’m still going to give you the riddle.
Well, that was one answer.
Okay. Okay, here it goes.
Whoever makes it tells it not. Whoever takes it knows it not. Whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?
I don’t know.
A secret?
Silence?
A bed?
A bed?
I don’t know.
Counterfeit money.
Oh, very nice.
You make it. You don’t talk about it. You take it. You don’t know about it. You got it. You don’t want it.
Oh, that’s one for the secret service.
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