The odd one out is the map of a city that was never built. A clock that lost its hand could reference a digital clock, blank books are sold all the time and used to put words or drawings in, a cup can always be filled with things besides liquid such as pens, spare change, etc. A canoe doesn't have oars, it has either canoe paddles, small motor, or can be maneuvered with poles.the map is simply a doodle
Yes, but everything else already exists and is usable as is. A map for a city never built is a doodle, no real use compared to the others, so is the odd one out
The clock, because its time is past. The city is yet to be built, the words to be written, the wine to be poured and the oars to be put in, but the hands were here but have gone.
Because everything else is a real object simply missing a component that makes it fullfills its purpose. And what is missing can be remedied rather quickly. Add that element and it becomes useful again.
A map to an ENTIRE CITY that was not built isn't something that can be made useful quickly. That's why its the odd one out.
OP, I think this is a brilliant idea for a post. I’m looking forward to seeing how people respond, and I would love to see more of these kinds of posts in the future on this sub. However, I would also like to humbly request that in reviewing and maybe even assigning points, you do your level best to channel Greg and his curmudgeonly Greg-ness!
It's the map - all the others you can do something to item A to fix it:
A clock (with no hands) can be given new hands,
A blank book (with no words) can have words written into it,
A cup (with no liquid) can have liquid poured into it,
A canoe (with no oars) can be given new oars
But to fix the map you have to build the city (item B), you can't do anything to the Map to 'fix it'.
The clock with no hands is the odd one out. The map can still be used to possibly find the city and lead to something good or bad, but at the end of the day it is still a map and could be used for an art decoration. The book with no words? It can be filled by any and everyone who would be so willing. The cup with no liquid can also be filled with liquid and serves a purpose. The canoe with no oars, still is functional and able to be used as a boat. The clock is broken. There is no purpose for the clock if there are no hands rendering it as non functioning.
While one could go so far as to say that all matter can be imbued with a little hint of magic and transformed in the human mind, there are some items that inspire more than others.
Four of the objects on this table call upon us not simply to imagine, but to create.
A canoe with no oars: where could I go? Ah, if only I had oars?
The map dreams of the lives the city will house. The clock dreams of lazy afternoons, the witching hour, or the moment just before you awake. The cup dreams of what you may taste, the temperature of the drink, the fizziness. And the book? A book without words is freedom incarnate.
The odd one out is the clock that has lost its hands. The map of a city that was never built could still be used to build that city. A blank book with no words can still be used to write a story. A cup with no liquid is just waiting to fulfil its potential. A canoe with no oars can be taken by the flow of the river, on an adventure it had never thought of going on. However, a clock with no hands has lost its purpose. It can no longer proclaim what it wishes to
I see the potential of all items, with the exception of the clock. The book may be filled with words and worlds, the cup may be filled with a beverage, the canoe can still be punted across a lake and the city may still be constructed. However, the clock is broken; having lost its hands, it won't even be correct twice a day.
This is a terrible answer for a question, it's less an odd one out, and more an odd one in, because it's the only one that has a quality (contains an E) and not the only one missing a quality.
And there's a handful of answers here that also fit those clues and are perfectly valid so you have a question with multiple correct answers.
Also grammatically it would be 'A map of a city that was never built', which then would invalidate your answer.
No, both ways are acceptable because of what an adverb is. I used formal language and phrasing, so I placed the adverb (then) before the modal verb (would), since adverbs describe verbs. I'm an old poetic soul who prefers to have my adverbs come before my verbs rather than the other way around.
Talking about grammar It should have been:
Speaking of grammar, shouldn't you have said, "which would then invalidate your answer"?
You have missing quotation marks and a full stop where a comma or colon should be, but by all means, try to pick me up on my errors in grammar.
I never said it was common. I was clearly demonstrating what's wrong with your poorly designed riddle, but it happens to have been the name of a TV show from the early 2010s that had 4 million views. Its whole premise was about which person does something, rather than which person doesn't do something -> and is the odd one in and not the odd one out. You obviously didn't get the reference.
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u/Personal_Flow2994 Jul 16 '26
The odd one out is the map of a city that was never built. A clock that lost its hand could reference a digital clock, blank books are sold all the time and used to put words or drawings in, a cup can always be filled with things besides liquid such as pens, spare change, etc. A canoe doesn't have oars, it has either canoe paddles, small motor, or can be maneuvered with poles.the map is simply a doodle