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. Some week, I may offer a nifty prize from our online store. But, this week, I don't feel like it.
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...
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...
My friend and I from home did part,
Of whom I had some way the start:
So on we ran, ten miles or more,
And I same distance was before:
Now tell me how that this could be,
As I ran twice as fast as he?
Of whom I had some way the start:
So on we ran, ten miles or more,
And I same distance was before:
Now tell me how that this could be,
As I ran twice as fast as he?
AND...the answer is...
The fore-wheel of a coach.
And, I'm most pleased to announce we have winners (of nothing). ANGELO was the first to put the correct answer! Hooray for you, Angelo! And, GENE followed next. Good for you both! Many thanks to all who answered. As always, it was a most amusing time! Come back next Friday for another of Mr. Punch's Puzzles!
20 comments:
Jodie Foster running from the press.
To her panic room.
Lemmings racing to the cliff.
How delightfully strange.
Lance Armstrong running from Oprah.
(And hordes of angry French men.)
Ha! I like that one, Darcy!
Darcy, I was going to say the same thing. So, I'll say Judy running from the "dolls."
Also an interesting thought.
It is a rarely seen outtake from "
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" where Bette Davis attempts to out run Joan Crawford who is in her wheelchair. Little did Bette know that Joan was at the peak of a (several-days of nothing but) Pepsi and cigarettes high and therefore had inhuman strength and speed.
Well done, Shawn!
Me running from dougnuts.
I'm going to assume you mean "doughnuts."
Maybe like a train or like a wheel.
Maybe...Angelo... May be.
Almost any Kardashian trying to leave their behind, well, behind.
Also very good!
I am with Angelo.
Have fun, you two.
I'm awesome!
Yes. Yes, you are.
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