What's it all fore?
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Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind.
What am I?
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Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind.
What am I?
riddle rhyme
I'm loving this riddle and I'm sorry but I might keep spamming answers with somewhat stretchy logic... we'll see if I get there eventually
– kanoo
yesterday
1
@kanoo Then I insist you go back to your first answer and re-read it for inspiration. You almost had it, especially in the last 4 lines.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I should have been able to figure this out. See here
– Chowzen
yesterday
This is beautiful!
– hkBst
19 hours ago
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up vote
12
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favorite
up vote
12
down vote
favorite
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind.
What am I?
riddle rhyme
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind.
What am I?
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Brent Hackers
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I'm loving this riddle and I'm sorry but I might keep spamming answers with somewhat stretchy logic... we'll see if I get there eventually
– kanoo
yesterday
1
@kanoo Then I insist you go back to your first answer and re-read it for inspiration. You almost had it, especially in the last 4 lines.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I should have been able to figure this out. See here
– Chowzen
yesterday
This is beautiful!
– hkBst
19 hours ago
add a comment |
I'm loving this riddle and I'm sorry but I might keep spamming answers with somewhat stretchy logic... we'll see if I get there eventually
– kanoo
yesterday
1
@kanoo Then I insist you go back to your first answer and re-read it for inspiration. You almost had it, especially in the last 4 lines.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I should have been able to figure this out. See here
– Chowzen
yesterday
This is beautiful!
– hkBst
19 hours ago
I'm loving this riddle and I'm sorry but I might keep spamming answers with somewhat stretchy logic... we'll see if I get there eventually
– kanoo
yesterday
I'm loving this riddle and I'm sorry but I might keep spamming answers with somewhat stretchy logic... we'll see if I get there eventually
– kanoo
yesterday
1
1
@kanoo Then I insist you go back to your first answer and re-read it for inspiration. You almost had it, especially in the last 4 lines.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
@kanoo Then I insist you go back to your first answer and re-read it for inspiration. You almost had it, especially in the last 4 lines.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I should have been able to figure this out. See here
– Chowzen
yesterday
I should have been able to figure this out. See here
– Chowzen
yesterday
This is beautiful!
– hkBst
19 hours ago
This is beautiful!
– hkBst
19 hours ago
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I guess the answer is
Head
First lines
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
These refer to a coin, where a head appears on one face (half the coin), and strangely, the head being on a face (not the other way round) is a riddle too.
Next line
Keep me and appear quite sane,
You must keep your head, not lose it.
Next line
Green and growing on the ground,
A mass or carpet of flowers is a head.
The last four lines refer to the
French Revolution when non-citizens where beheaded.
1
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
|
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up vote
6
down vote
I believe that you are referring to
Monarchy
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The crown is on one face of the coin, specifically a coin that only existed within a monarchy, too.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
The Brits still seem (mostly) sane and they still have a monarchy in place.
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind
Ah, the infamous French revolution where poor King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, along with many other aristocrats, had their heads separated from their bodies and dropped in a basket. And like their bodies, the heads of state were no more and the body - the bourgeoisie - existed independently of the monarchy, throwing it away in the wastebasket of history. Vive la revolution!
1
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
Okay, another answer. This one should incorporate your title a little better, but not your comment on my previous answer... sigh.
Golf ball
What's if all fore?
Dunno about the 'if' misspelling, but 'fore' is a warning to people about to get pegged by a ball.
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The old golfers' habit of using coins to save their ball's location on the course.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Nobody wants to lose their balls as they play. Alternatively, this could refer to 'sane' being 'good golfer' and they keep their balls within the area of the course that is only composed of growing grass, and perhaps even make it to the 'green'. They're not taking 'insane' shots into sand traps or the woods or water.
Or in a basket with my friends,
The golf balls are carried around in baskets together.
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
A block can refer to an area, so perhaps these golf balls are lost in the woods?
The verdict was unkind.
The aforementioned golf balls were lost in the woods and were never found, or the golfer gained points on the hole from not meeting par requirements.
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
2
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Are you:
A flower?
Green and growing on the ground
Flower's stems growing in the ground
Or in a basket with my friends
Or in a plant pot/hanging basket
A block of wood behind
Where all of us had met our ends
The verdict was unkind
Something to do with plucked flowers slowly dying?
1
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
I guess the answer is
Head
First lines
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
These refer to a coin, where a head appears on one face (half the coin), and strangely, the head being on a face (not the other way round) is a riddle too.
Next line
Keep me and appear quite sane,
You must keep your head, not lose it.
Next line
Green and growing on the ground,
A mass or carpet of flowers is a head.
The last four lines refer to the
French Revolution when non-citizens where beheaded.
1
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
I guess the answer is
Head
First lines
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
These refer to a coin, where a head appears on one face (half the coin), and strangely, the head being on a face (not the other way round) is a riddle too.
Next line
Keep me and appear quite sane,
You must keep your head, not lose it.
Next line
Green and growing on the ground,
A mass or carpet of flowers is a head.
The last four lines refer to the
French Revolution when non-citizens where beheaded.
1
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
I guess the answer is
Head
First lines
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
These refer to a coin, where a head appears on one face (half the coin), and strangely, the head being on a face (not the other way round) is a riddle too.
Next line
Keep me and appear quite sane,
You must keep your head, not lose it.
Next line
Green and growing on the ground,
A mass or carpet of flowers is a head.
The last four lines refer to the
French Revolution when non-citizens where beheaded.
I guess the answer is
Head
First lines
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
These refer to a coin, where a head appears on one face (half the coin), and strangely, the head being on a face (not the other way round) is a riddle too.
Next line
Keep me and appear quite sane,
You must keep your head, not lose it.
Next line
Green and growing on the ground,
A mass or carpet of flowers is a head.
The last four lines refer to the
French Revolution when non-citizens where beheaded.
answered yesterday
Weather Vane
8829
8829
1
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
1
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
1
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
oh my... I feel so stupid now. Nice one
– kanoo
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
You got it. I will say I wasn't thinking of a specific example for the last 4 lines. And for the "Green and growing on the ground" line. I'll throw you the word "Iceberg".
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
1
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Which of course is a yrgghpr.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Yep. That's it! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Oh, and the misspelling in the title should be obvious... :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
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6
down vote
I believe that you are referring to
Monarchy
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The crown is on one face of the coin, specifically a coin that only existed within a monarchy, too.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
The Brits still seem (mostly) sane and they still have a monarchy in place.
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind
Ah, the infamous French revolution where poor King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, along with many other aristocrats, had their heads separated from their bodies and dropped in a basket. And like their bodies, the heads of state were no more and the body - the bourgeoisie - existed independently of the monarchy, throwing it away in the wastebasket of history. Vive la revolution!
1
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
6
down vote
I believe that you are referring to
Monarchy
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The crown is on one face of the coin, specifically a coin that only existed within a monarchy, too.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
The Brits still seem (mostly) sane and they still have a monarchy in place.
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind
Ah, the infamous French revolution where poor King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, along with many other aristocrats, had their heads separated from their bodies and dropped in a basket. And like their bodies, the heads of state were no more and the body - the bourgeoisie - existed independently of the monarchy, throwing it away in the wastebasket of history. Vive la revolution!
1
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
6
down vote
up vote
6
down vote
I believe that you are referring to
Monarchy
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The crown is on one face of the coin, specifically a coin that only existed within a monarchy, too.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
The Brits still seem (mostly) sane and they still have a monarchy in place.
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind
Ah, the infamous French revolution where poor King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, along with many other aristocrats, had their heads separated from their bodies and dropped in a basket. And like their bodies, the heads of state were no more and the body - the bourgeoisie - existed independently of the monarchy, throwing it away in the wastebasket of history. Vive la revolution!
I believe that you are referring to
Monarchy
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The crown is on one face of the coin, specifically a coin that only existed within a monarchy, too.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
The Brits still seem (mostly) sane and they still have a monarchy in place.
Green and growing on the ground,
Or in a basket with my friends,
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
The verdict was unkind
Ah, the infamous French revolution where poor King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, along with many other aristocrats, had their heads separated from their bodies and dropped in a basket. And like their bodies, the heads of state were no more and the body - the bourgeoisie - existed independently of the monarchy, throwing it away in the wastebasket of history. Vive la revolution!
answered yesterday
kanoo
79614
79614
1
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
1
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
1
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I like it, but not the answer. Close though, and one [your answer] might account for a basket or two of the correct answer (which you're using a lot, in more ways than one). +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
Okay, another answer. This one should incorporate your title a little better, but not your comment on my previous answer... sigh.
Golf ball
What's if all fore?
Dunno about the 'if' misspelling, but 'fore' is a warning to people about to get pegged by a ball.
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The old golfers' habit of using coins to save their ball's location on the course.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Nobody wants to lose their balls as they play. Alternatively, this could refer to 'sane' being 'good golfer' and they keep their balls within the area of the course that is only composed of growing grass, and perhaps even make it to the 'green'. They're not taking 'insane' shots into sand traps or the woods or water.
Or in a basket with my friends,
The golf balls are carried around in baskets together.
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
A block can refer to an area, so perhaps these golf balls are lost in the woods?
The verdict was unkind.
The aforementioned golf balls were lost in the woods and were never found, or the golfer gained points on the hole from not meeting par requirements.
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
2
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
Okay, another answer. This one should incorporate your title a little better, but not your comment on my previous answer... sigh.
Golf ball
What's if all fore?
Dunno about the 'if' misspelling, but 'fore' is a warning to people about to get pegged by a ball.
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The old golfers' habit of using coins to save their ball's location on the course.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Nobody wants to lose their balls as they play. Alternatively, this could refer to 'sane' being 'good golfer' and they keep their balls within the area of the course that is only composed of growing grass, and perhaps even make it to the 'green'. They're not taking 'insane' shots into sand traps or the woods or water.
Or in a basket with my friends,
The golf balls are carried around in baskets together.
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
A block can refer to an area, so perhaps these golf balls are lost in the woods?
The verdict was unkind.
The aforementioned golf balls were lost in the woods and were never found, or the golfer gained points on the hole from not meeting par requirements.
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
2
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
Okay, another answer. This one should incorporate your title a little better, but not your comment on my previous answer... sigh.
Golf ball
What's if all fore?
Dunno about the 'if' misspelling, but 'fore' is a warning to people about to get pegged by a ball.
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The old golfers' habit of using coins to save their ball's location on the course.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Nobody wants to lose their balls as they play. Alternatively, this could refer to 'sane' being 'good golfer' and they keep their balls within the area of the course that is only composed of growing grass, and perhaps even make it to the 'green'. They're not taking 'insane' shots into sand traps or the woods or water.
Or in a basket with my friends,
The golf balls are carried around in baskets together.
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
A block can refer to an area, so perhaps these golf balls are lost in the woods?
The verdict was unkind.
The aforementioned golf balls were lost in the woods and were never found, or the golfer gained points on the hole from not meeting par requirements.
Okay, another answer. This one should incorporate your title a little better, but not your comment on my previous answer... sigh.
Golf ball
What's if all fore?
Dunno about the 'if' misspelling, but 'fore' is a warning to people about to get pegged by a ball.
Half a pence for my domain,
On a face I can be found,
The old golfers' habit of using coins to save their ball's location on the course.
Keep me and appear quite sane,
Green and growing on the ground,
Nobody wants to lose their balls as they play. Alternatively, this could refer to 'sane' being 'good golfer' and they keep their balls within the area of the course that is only composed of growing grass, and perhaps even make it to the 'green'. They're not taking 'insane' shots into sand traps or the woods or water.
Or in a basket with my friends,
The golf balls are carried around in baskets together.
A block of wood behind,
Where all of us had met our ends,
A block can refer to an area, so perhaps these golf balls are lost in the woods?
The verdict was unkind.
The aforementioned golf balls were lost in the woods and were never found, or the golfer gained points on the hole from not meeting par requirements.
answered yesterday
kanoo
79614
79614
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
2
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
2
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I'm going to blame my bad eyesight for the misspelling of 'it' as 'if' in the title... Thanks for pointing it out.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
2
2
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
You actually got A LOT further from the answer here by the way. Some wicked stretchy logic though. Respect! +1
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Are you:
A flower?
Green and growing on the ground
Flower's stems growing in the ground
Or in a basket with my friends
Or in a plant pot/hanging basket
A block of wood behind
Where all of us had met our ends
The verdict was unkind
Something to do with plucked flowers slowly dying?
1
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Are you:
A flower?
Green and growing on the ground
Flower's stems growing in the ground
Or in a basket with my friends
Or in a plant pot/hanging basket
A block of wood behind
Where all of us had met our ends
The verdict was unkind
Something to do with plucked flowers slowly dying?
1
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Are you:
A flower?
Green and growing on the ground
Flower's stems growing in the ground
Or in a basket with my friends
Or in a plant pot/hanging basket
A block of wood behind
Where all of us had met our ends
The verdict was unkind
Something to do with plucked flowers slowly dying?
Are you:
A flower?
Green and growing on the ground
Flower's stems growing in the ground
Or in a basket with my friends
Or in a plant pot/hanging basket
A block of wood behind
Where all of us had met our ends
The verdict was unkind
Something to do with plucked flowers slowly dying?
answered yesterday
AHKieran
3,464631
3,464631
1
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
add a comment |
1
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
1
1
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
Nope. No that. :)
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
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I'm loving this riddle and I'm sorry but I might keep spamming answers with somewhat stretchy logic... we'll see if I get there eventually
– kanoo
yesterday
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@kanoo Then I insist you go back to your first answer and re-read it for inspiration. You almost had it, especially in the last 4 lines.
– Brent Hackers
yesterday
I should have been able to figure this out. See here
– Chowzen
yesterday
This is beautiful!
– hkBst
19 hours ago