Riddles

[r4pt0r]

fireworks?

[Starwhip]

A bomb.

(Fireworks works )

[cantab]

Neither, sorry. They're good guesses but I wouldn't really say they "switch on".

[vexx32]

An alarm, I should think.

[cantab]

Correctamundo.

And now vexx's riddle will keep us guessing for the rest of the year

[Ikaneko]

Correctamundo.

And now vexx's riddle will keep us guessing for the rest of the year

Indeed. He/she often posts vexxing riddles!!

[vexx32]

A fated pair, we're quite a bother,

Though one is longer than the other.

While both quite full in all regards,

Our contents differ, claim thy guards.

As time goes by, the longer grows,

Changing with the winter's snows.

All the while, the shorter slows,

'till all our pieces cast their blows.

What are we?

It's rather late, so I hope I've not made it too obvious.

[r4pt0r]

sounds like hourglass timers in a chess match?

[Megalodon 720]

Day and night?

[cantab]

Traffic lights again?

[vexx32]

sounds like hourglass timers in a chess match?

Nope.

Day and night?

Nope.

Traffic lights again?

Aaaaand nope.

[Nemrav]

icicles ?

doesn't fit "our contents differ", unless you've found a heavy water icicle (which is very doubtable)

[vexx32]

Yeah, it doesn't fit too well. Keep trying.

[cantab]

The past and the future?

[vexx32]

Sorry, nope.

[Three1415]

I would hazard the hands of a clock.

[vexx32]

Nope, sorry.

It doesn't really fit anything other than the first couplet.

A fated pair, we're quite a bother,

Though one is longer than the other.

While both quite full in all regards,

Our contents differ, claim thy guards.

As time goes by, the longer grows,

Changing with the winters' snows.

All the while, the shorter slows,

'till all our pieces cast their blows.

What are we?

Edited December 22, 2014 by vexx32

[Red Iron Crown]

A thermometer and barometer?

[vexx32]

Do measuring instruments usually bother people? I find them to be rather unintrusive, myself.

[Red Iron Crown]

They can be indicators of approaching bad weather, and there are types of thermometers that are pretty much the definition of intrusive.

[vexx32]

I'd say that's quite a stretch, and it'd be unfair to be so pedantic in creating a riddle, in my opinion. Nope.

EDIT: Also, I just realised I misplaced an apostrophe in the riddle. I'll go back and fix that in my earlier post on this page.

Edited December 22, 2014 by vexx32

[cantab]

The intestines?

Edit: Or the Western and Eastern fronts, in either world war?

[vexx32]

Sorry, nope.

Y'all are thinking slightly too literally, and you're isolating parts of the riddle that are meant to go together, I think.

[Deadpangod3]

the frozen poles?

tornadoes?

[cantab]

The candles on a menorah?