wu :: forums (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi)
riddles >> what am i >> cut me i live?
(Message started by: SnapShot on Oct 13th, 2008, 4:29pm)

Title: cut me i live?
Post by SnapShot on Oct 13th, 2008, 4:29pm
Cut me i live,
burn me i talk.
i sleep outside,
and found when it's dark.
what am i?

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by cheesepuff on Oct 15th, 2008, 12:29pm
Erm... a bum?

Wood?

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by SnapShot on Oct 15th, 2008, 2:27pm
no not quite

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by Noke Lieu on Oct 15th, 2008, 6:48pm
I can't pick it, but the way I've been tackling it
(maybe a bit too much insight to my mind here...?)
Cut me i live
    Means the target word has ME in it, remove ME, and you're left with a synonym from LIVE.

Burn me i talk
    Change ME to ASH (as in it's burnt) then you have a synonym for TALK.

i sleep outside
    (frankly, uncertain about this line)

and found when it's dark.
    This is probably literal.


The thing is, that I find OWL is a fair, though not particularly crypitc solution (that has little to do with the above thought process)

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by SnapShot on Oct 16th, 2008, 9:28am
no idea what you just said. but it's a pretty simple riddle, just one answer for the whole thing.

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by iono on Oct 16th, 2008, 4:25pm
popcorn?

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by FullMetalFlame5 on Nov 24th, 2008, 7:40pm
A bush?

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by SnapShot on Nov 25th, 2008, 6:30am
cool answer which could be correct but it's not the one i'm looking for. :)

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by phlagellum on Nov 25th, 2008, 8:24am
Eh, I'm not savvy on the idea of "sleeping" bushes though. :)

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by Random Lack of Squiggily Lines on Nov 27th, 2008, 6:19pm
Playing card/ deck of cards?

the first 2 fit, maybe, no.

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by iono on Dec 1st, 2008, 6:08pm
is it supernatural?

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by SnapShot on Dec 2nd, 2008, 7:17am
erm.. not really surernatural. here's a hint it is an inanament object. ( excuse my spelling)

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by cheesepuff on Dec 2nd, 2008, 5:14pm
Tree

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by SnapShot on Dec 3rd, 2008, 1:17pm
not a tree

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by sippan on Dec 11th, 2008, 1:01am
I'm trying to think of idioms with "cut" and "burn" that share a noun in common, but not getting anywhere.

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by nadyne on Dec 14th, 2008, 2:17am
grass??.....just a guess lol   ;D

Title: Re: cut me i live?
Post by Grimbal on Dec 14th, 2008, 2:43am
It is funny.  I remember seeing a plausible answer, but it is gone.

Here it is.
[hide]A Halloween carved pumpkin.

You have to cut it to make it.
If you put a candle inside, with the wind it looks like it is talking.
It is usually displayed outside.
It is easy to spot in the dark.
[/hide]



Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.4!
Forum software copyright © 2000-2004 Yet another Bulletin Board