The bridge I helped build is not meant for holding
I wield symbolic tattoos
When cut I show no bleeding
And when seen I don't show my shoes
I've also been spliced.
What am I?
Hint:
I can be very tricky
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I'm going with
a face card,
and I'll go out on a limb and say it's
the King of Hearts.
Leaning heavily on the answers already given by @Matt Nau and @gtwebb, here's my variation:
When I'm a bridge, I'm not meant for holding
As a high value card in bridge, you usually don't want to hold a King, and as a heart, it is a major suit.
I wield symbolic tattoos
The suit and value markings describe the card
When cut I show no bleeding
Look at him - he's stabbing himself in the head without bleeding. Also, when you cut the deck, no gore is encountered.
And when seen I don't show my shoes
You can't see his feet (see the splice). Alternatively, the dealer's shoe is generally full of unseen cards. Seen cards would not be in the shoe.
I've also been spliced.
He has two heads. His body was spliced in the middle with a clone.
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2$\begingroup$ +1 to you for making me do a crash course on the rules of bridge. $\endgroup$ – GuitarPicker Aug 5 '16 at 23:55
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$\begingroup$ Good job. :/ (You cost me an accept... :P) +1 anyways. $\endgroup$ – Mithical Aug 6 '16 at 18:57
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Cards/Bridge game?
When I'm a bridge, I'm not meant for holding
Bridge the card game
I wield symbolic tattoos
The suits
When cut I show no bleeding
Cut the deck = split
And when seen I don't show my shoes
A deck is sometimes called a shoe
I've also been spliced.
Also not sure; maybe another refernce to splitting the deck?
The hint:
A trick is something in the game - see this/Card tricks (Thanks, @Angelo!)
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$\begingroup$ You're close, but you've missed the double meaning (; $\endgroup$ – Jason_ Aug 4 '16 at 21:10
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I am
Ethernet Cabling?
When I'm a bridge, I'm not meant for holding
Ethernet can be used to bridge routers
I wield symbolic tattoos
Markings show cable specs
When cut I show no bleeding
Cables are cut all the time. They just have wires
And when seen I don't show my shoes
Shoes are an item used to make cables
I've also been spliced.
Cables are spliced for different purposes
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Perhaps
A deck of cards
When I'm a bridge, I'm not meant for holding
Bridging as in part of shuffling
I wield symbolic tattoos
Marked with 4 suits
When cut I show no bleeding
Cut the deck
And when seen I don't show my shoes
Not sure perhaps something to do with a dealing shoe
I've also been spliced.
games like magic the gathering can splice a card onto another one.
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$\begingroup$ @Jason_ Does that mean that my answer (Which is above) is also incorrect, as they are basically the same thing, with the exception of mine also being Bridge? $\endgroup$ – Mithical Aug 4 '16 at 20:50
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$\begingroup$ @Mithrandir Yes, I'm waiting for the best reasoning scince you both answered about the same time. $\endgroup$ – Jason_ Aug 4 '16 at 20:54
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Genes or DNA
When I'm a bridge, I'm not meant for holding
Engineered DNA
I wield symbolic tattoos
DNA has adenine(A), cytosine(C), guanine(G) and thymine(T). The symbols are used to represent the sugar.
When cut I show no bleeding
Genes and DNA can be cut and pasted but don't bleed
And when seen I don't show my shoes
Not sure on this one
I've also been spliced.
Gene Splicing
