I walk on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening, but I am not a human. What am I?
A table
A subversion of the classic Sphinx riddle: a table starts with four legs, loses one for repair at noon, and gets an extra prop later (or similar silly logic).
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