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maryl
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My first syllable is where the flowers grow
« on: Apr 21st, 2003, 11:39am » |
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My first is where the flowers grow,
and my solace after a long day.
My second measures duration,
and rates the speed you play.
My whole is the hour I tell my children
to cease their play.
What am I?
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wowbagger
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Re: My first syllable
« Reply #1 on: Apr 21st, 2003, 4:03pm » |
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I think there are some appropriate stories by an American, er, Mother. But you probably wouldn't want to read these to your children.
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Re: My first syllable
« Reply #2 on: Apr 21st, 2003, 4:34pm » |
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Bedtime?
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maryl
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Sweet dreams.
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Re: My first syllable
« Reply #4 on: Apr 23rd, 2003, 5:34pm » |
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Many lines point to "bed" being in the answer.
Flowers grow in a bed, a bed is solace after a long day, bedtime for line 5... But the 3rd and 4th lines count bed out entirely... as does the answer being attached to 'first','second' and 'whole'.
hmmmmmmmmm, I'll give it more time.
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Re: My first syllable
« Reply #5 on: Apr 23rd, 2003, 7:10pm » |
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raskolnikov, look in the OP here for a good explanation of how to solve this sort of riddle.
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