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Thursday Morning Riddle

I am found in a playground for kids’ recreation;
When you play a trombone, I adjust modulation;
I am hitting your base at a low elevation;
And a page in a PowerPoint-made presentation.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

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7 Responses to “Thursday Morning Riddle”

  1. Asher Says:
    December 2nd, 2010 at 10:01 am

    Slide

  2. Bill Says:
    December 2nd, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    SLIDE is correct. Way to go, Asher!

  3. Bill Says:
    December 2nd, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    The original version, for posterity:

    I am used to change pitch on a tenor trombone;
    Hit your base scraping low when a ball might be thrown;
    Where kids line up in groups, but must come down alone;
    And a page in the show where a PowerPoint’s shown.

    I did really like this one, but I recently used this rhyme, and I try to mix it up. So I’m very happy to share it with you now.

  4. Asher Says:
    December 3rd, 2010 at 9:31 am

    I really liked the re-write. “…brevity is the soul of wit…”

  5. Bill Says:
    December 5th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    Thanks, Asher.

    If anything, though, the re-write is longer, since the soft ending adds an extra syllable to each line. But it looks shorter, because the four-syllable words are space-efficient.

  6. Trish Says:
    December 9th, 2010 at 9:59 am

    SLIDE….and I didn’t look at the above answers first.
    Can never seem to get here first – but am always impressed with the riddles you’re able to come up with on the fly.

    Cheers,
    Trish

  7. Bill Says:
    December 9th, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    Thanks, Trish!

    You weren’t late this morning… just one minute early. New riddles are usually auto-posted at 10am.

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