Once, again, Mr. Punch, with my help, is offering up a true Victorian riddle. The first person to answer correctly--by posting in the comments--will receive public congratulations.
So, here's this week's riddle. We ask that you don't Google the answer. Mr. Punch would not find that sporting at all. Give it a shot and see what you can come up with. Here we go... No cheating...
I fly to any foreign parts,
Assisted by my spreading wings:
My body holds an hundred hearts,
Nay, I will tell you stranger things:
When I am not in haste I ride,
And then I mend my pace anon;
I issue fire out from my side:--
Ye witty youths, this riddle con.
And...the answer is...
A SHIP
Hooray for all of you! We had some excellent, thoughtful, bizarre and thorough (and some unrelated) answers today! Mr. Punch is pleased. Next week, Mr. Punch is taking Friday off for his second American Thanksgiving. However, he'll be back the week after with another of Mr. Punch's Puzzles.
A SHIP
Hooray for all of you! We had some excellent, thoughtful, bizarre and thorough (and some unrelated) answers today! Mr. Punch is pleased. Next week, Mr. Punch is taking Friday off for his second American Thanksgiving. However, he'll be back the week after with another of Mr. Punch's Puzzles.
20 comments:
Starr Jones eating a sheep.
Close, but she has no wings.
A gaseous eagle.
The American dream.
A dirigible.
Good answer. A little too early for 1828, but a good answer.
Hi to your dog.
And, hi to you.
I love this site!
Thanks Martha. That's not an answer to the riddle. Slapstick on your head...
Sounds like a rocket, but it couldn't be.
It's a rocket of sorts.
A steampunk spaceship.
Filled with hipsters.
A Mail bag.
What an odd thing to say, but, somehow it works.
A one way monkey, wearing Hoyt's German Cologne, riding an awesome winged goat, delivering hearts for transplant for the Bo Peep Foundation . Anything else would be worthless .
Very thorough! Well done! How does one contribute to the Bo Peep Foundation? And, yes, all others are worthless.
For some reason I keep getting a picture of Leona Helmsley as a Zombie. But that's not my answer. Just an everyday occurrence.
Is it perhaps a bullet?
One is righter than the other. And, I see it, too.
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