This classic riddle asks: What can be taken before you ever get it?
The answer is: your picture.
A photograph can be “taken” before you ever physically receive a printed or digital copy of it.
The riddle plays on the double meaning of the word “taken.” Normally, taking something means receiving or possessing it. But in photography, someone can take your picture long before you get to see or receive the finished image.
That small change in meaning is the trick. Once you think about something that can be “taken” without being handed to you, a picture fits perfectly.
