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        riddles >> what am i >> My first syllable is where the flowers grow
        
(Message started by: maryl on Apr 21^st, 2003, 11:39am)

Title: My first syllable is where the flowers grow
Post by maryl on Apr 21^st, 2003, 11:39am

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?

Title: Re: My first syllable
Post by wowbagger on Apr 21^st, 2003, 4:03pm

I think there are some appropriate stories by an American, er, Mother. But you probably wouldn't want to read these to your children.

Title: Re: My first syllable
Post by mistysakura on Apr 21^st, 2003, 4:34pm

[hide]Bedtime[/hide]?

Title: Re: My first syllable
Post by maryl on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 11:53am

Sweet dreams.

Title: Re: My first syllable
Post by raskolnikov on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 5:34pm

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.

Title: Re: My first syllable
Post by aero_guy on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 7:10pm

raskolnikov, look in the OP here (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1048913559) for a good explanation of how to solve this sort of riddle.