Multiple choice general knowledge

What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?

  1. A trauley

  2. A trailor

  3. An anchor

  4. None
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A boat anchor is thrown out (dropped) when you want to use it to stop the vessel, and taken in (raised) when you don't want to use it. This riddle cleverly reverses our normal intuition about throwing things away - here throwing out means deploying for use.

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