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Thursday Morning Riddle

I’m a misspoken word on a Freudian trip;
I’m to slide on the ice at great risk to your hip;
I’m a dock for a ferry; log goods as they ship;
And a garment you slip on… oh, damn my loose lip!

Who am I?

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

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8 Responses to “Thursday Morning Riddle”

  1. Asher Says:
    March 10th, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Slip…oops.

  2. Bill Says:
    March 10th, 2011 at 10:17 am

    SLIP is correct. Way to go, Asher!

    The rhyme is no accident. This was the first version:

    I’m to slide on the ice at great risk to your hip;
    An unfortunate Freudian trip of the lip;
    I’m a dock for a ferry; log goods as they ship;
    And a garment you slip on… oh, damn, I said “slip.”

  3. Dharam Says:
    March 11th, 2011 at 2:14 am

    Anagram:

    My addition: Look, Shakespeare Teacher, if it’s okay (perhaps a poor time?), I’m showing you an uncommon option missing from your original riddle today: “Let slip the dogs of war”!

    Dharam

  4. Asher Says:
    March 11th, 2011 at 11:52 am

    Dharam, nice reference, can you form a rhyming clue for it?

  5. Dharam Says:
    March 12th, 2011 at 6:15 am

    OK, Asher, here’s my best try in anagram form:

    I’m a misspoken word on a Freudian trip;
    I’m to slide on the ice at great risk to your hip;
    I’m a dock for a ferry; log goods as they ship;
    And a garment you slip on… oh, damn my loose lip!

    Who am I?

    =

    Oh, champion riddling teacher, if I may,
    Do a good rhyme to work in my mainstay,
    As a snooping pupil, mind you, asked for more,
    Shakespeare (or imitator): “Let ____ the dogs of war!”

    (Solution: SLIP)

  6. Bill Says:
    March 14th, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Nice work, Dharam!

    I’m not sure Asher realized your first contribution was an anagram, so natural and authentic was the language. He may have just been inviting you to put your reference in the form of a line for the riddle, like so:

    Let Marc Antony’s war dogs come loose from your grip

    In the early days of the Thursday Morning Riddle, some readers would choose to continue the poem, rather than solve it outright, leading to a more fun challenge for them and extending the fun longer for others.

  7. Asher Says:
    March 17th, 2011 at 9:11 am

    I didn’t. I still don’t know what the source of the original (anagram) content is.

  8. Bill Says:
    March 17th, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Her first post (after “Anagram:”) is a perfect anagram of my original riddle.

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