The riddle thread

[mikeml]

What does a king keep, but a peasant throws away?

[EHoffmann]

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

[mikeml]

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

Move the first letter to the end and the spelling is then the same backwards

[EHoffmann]

Move the first letter to the end and the spelling is then the same backwards

Correct.

You didn't google that did you

[mikeml]

Correct.

You didn't google that did you

LOL, no. I'm usually useless when it comes to wordplay, but the symmetry stood out for some reason

[EHoffmann]

LOL, no. I'm usually useless when it comes to wordplay, but the symmetry stood out for some reason

well done - your turn though

[mikeml]

well done - your turn though

Post #261

[EHoffmann]

Post #261

ooops missed that one...

[Ama-newbie]

What does a king keep, but a peasant throws away?

Seems like we need some clues on this one...

Is it a type of food?

[mikeml]

It involves a piece of clothing some us not so young generation keep in our trouser pocket. the younger generation hates to be seen with one of these

[Ama-newbie]

It involves a piece of clothing some us not so young generation keep in our trouser pocket. the younger generation hates to be seen with one of these

Maybe the clue was too good?

A handkerchief maybe?

[mikeml]

Yes, it involves a hanky

[tdejongh]

Napkin?

[mikeml]

Napkin?

A napkin is not usually used

[mikeml]

Kings blow their nose into a hanky and pocket it. Peasants blow directly onto the ground (like sportsman, I suppose)

Anyone, take it away.

[tdejongh]

What grows up while growing down?

[EHoffmann]

Potato?

[tdejongh]

So my copy-and-paste answer is goose or duck

But, true for potato and the like.

You have the floor sir.

[EHoffmann]

So my copy-and-paste answer is goose or duck

But, true for potato and the like.

You have the floor sir.

Theunis - that was a very "think of of the box" riddle. My answer now sounds lame.



Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle

[mikeml]

Remove the bottle from the cork