Riddle

why? for them to rust they need water and oxygen. look at the floating chunks of iron floating in space (called asteroids) do they ever get gnawed and bitten by time?

And how on earth could iron not be exposed to oxygen, ever?

nope.

i'm on a riddle website which has some really good ones. Here is another

Many have fallen but none have died.
Many have lost me and restlessly cried.
Many have I taken eternally
And many I have denied.

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like i said, in space. and i doubt bacteria would have an effect on metal.

In the context of "lasting forever", i would say, yes, it would. Or bit's of dust etc that get onto the metal.

Either you are really smart or you are on the same website as me.

bits of dust wouldnt do anything to the metal.

more like I've got a really twisted way of thinking

24 yrs of riddles and jigsaws has quite an effect

It would in the context of lasting forever.

Nothing can last forever.

I stand by that quote.

like i said, in space.

alright, lets test you some more. Here are two more

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place."

No, the rate at which it is eroding or whatever is probably so small that in our lifetime or from when earth began, it hasn't been "gnawed" or whatever, but in the context of lasting forever, it won't.

Nothing can last forever, because there is no limit defined for "forever".

Are these from a book - they seem familiar?

but still, time on its own will not bite or gnaw at metal.

In the context of the riddle i.e.) realistically (LOL) time will have an indirect effect on metal, as i said.

It is impossible for anything to last forever.

it's metaphoric, Guz.

yep, these two are from the classic tale.

The Hobbit.