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(Message started by: aero_guy on Mar 10^th, 2003, 11:02am)

Title: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by aero_guy on Mar 10^th, 2003, 11:02am

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?

Title: Re: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by harpanet on Mar 10^th, 2003, 2:25pm

You are [hide]a snake[/hide]. Nice one. The sizzle confused me at first, then I tried the sound!

Title: Re: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by aero_guy on Mar 10^th, 2003, 4:44pm

Thanks. Yeah, I thought of changing it to the more appropriate sound, but then an easy riddle becomes trivial.

Title: Re: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by harpanet on Mar 10^th, 2003, 11:25pm

The "I am made with an egg" I thought was a nice touch. Went well with the food theme without shouting "i'm a reptile (or bird)". Even the "fit in a hole" is a food theme (toad in the hole).

Title: Re: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by aero_guy on Mar 11^th, 2003, 9:37am

You call it a toad in the hole? I take you are referring to a piece of bread with a circular hole and an egg fried inside right? Never heard it called that before.

Title: Re: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by harpanet on Mar 11^th, 2003, 11:59am

My toad in the hole (UK) is typically sausage embedded in a slab of batter. Take a look at http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000001030.asp.

Title: Re: I can sizzle like bacon
Post by aero_guy on Mar 11^th, 2003, 1:30pm

I just spent a couple weeks hitchiking through Great Britain last semester. I love the country (countries), the architecture, the history, and the people, but my God you people have nasty food. Speaking of hitchiking, it is like Douglas Adam's take on train station food.