Thursday Morning Riddle
I’m the dish, whether soup or the salad you chose;
I am super at football, like sugar or rose;
I’m the way you play ten-pin; in cricket, I’m throws;
And a trivia contest where teams can oppose.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by DeLisa. See comments for answer.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Bowl!
June 12th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
BOWL is correct. Way to go, DeLisa!
Two in a row!
June 15th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Steam from ears; fire from nose and fist tight - you do not THROW in Cricket - Sir, that is the sort of talk that costs lives and starts wars!
June 16th, 2008 at 9:36 am
It appears we have a bit of a sticky wicket.
I meant no offense, but based on this picture from Wikipedia, bowling in cricket looks a lot like what we Yanks call a throw.
But I’ll be the first to admit that we Americans don’t know cricket at all, so if you’d like to explain what a bowl is in cricket, I’ll be happy to write an alternate line for the riddle.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
It’s all in the elbow - a bowl is a bowl, a throw is not cricket!
If you need to ask that sort of question, you (huff, Puff,) just don’t know how to bat straight!
And throwing is not throwing - it is chucking! (Snort, and self satisfaction)
(Try Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_(cricket)
which, if you can understand, you will be allowed to explain to the Pakistani cricket team’s bowlers who don’t seem to know the rules! - mind you, the English batsman who has just caused a furore amongst bowlers by unsportsmanlike jumping around and changing sides - not a gentleman - is no model for the colonies to follow!)
June 17th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
A modified version for our friends across the pond:
I’m the dish for the bangers and mash that you chose;
When I’m super at football, America goes;
I’m a skill honed in cricket, so unbend your nose;
And a trivia contest where teams can oppose.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:56 am
You tease - plate for the first - soup, roses. pudding and fruit only in a bowl (and maybe humble pie).
You call that football?
At leas you’ve got the leather in the direction of willow right now!
Last one has me stumped!
(Strange thing culture isn’t it!)
June 18th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Just think - Shakespeare didn’t play cricket!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Well, I tried. Let’s chalk it up to two countries divided by a common language and leave it at that.
The last line refers to Quizbowl.
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