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THE ANSWER:
“UNDERGROUND”
I have a riddle for you that you may want to use (if you have not): the person who makes it does not want it the person who buys it does not need it the person who needs it does not know it what is it?
(shoot me an email for the answer)
posted by Jennifer on 10-24-2008 at 10:40 am
Jennifer, that would be a good riddle if it wasn’t associated with todays brain game. Because of that, I found yours to be easy.
posted by Floyd on 10-24-2008 at 11:47 am
Jennifer,
I shall give my answer in the form of a poem (since I’m no good at interpretive dance):
It’s not the cough that carries you off, It’s the coffin they carry you off in! ~Ogden Nash
posted by Underground on 10-24-2008 at 11:49 am
i know bad timing for that riddle…..but i never think of it unless something similer is mentioned…. underground- i really like that poem….=>
posted by Jennifer on 10-24-2008 at 2:16 pm
Couldn’t another answer for this riddle be “entombment”?
posted by Brandon on 10-24-2008 at 3:38 pm
Actually Brandon, entombment is a 10-letter word, and the hint states it’s an 11-letter word :)
posted by Laura on 10-25-2008 at 2:02 pm
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I have a riddle for you that you may want to use (if you have not):
the person who makes it does not want it
the person who buys it does not need it
the person who needs it does not know it
what is it?
(shoot me an email for the answer)
posted by Jennifer on 10-24-2008 at 10:40 am
Jennifer, that would be a good riddle if it wasn’t associated with todays brain game. Because of that, I found yours to be easy.
posted by Floyd on 10-24-2008 at 11:47 am
Jennifer,
I shall give my answer in the form of a poem (since I’m no good at interpretive dance):
It’s not the cough
that carries you off,
It’s the coffin
they carry you off in!
~Ogden Nash
posted by Underground on 10-24-2008 at 11:49 am
i know bad timing for that riddle…..but i never think of it unless something similer is mentioned….
underground- i really like that poem….=>
posted by Jennifer on 10-24-2008 at 2:16 pm
Couldn’t another answer for this riddle be “entombment”?
posted by Brandon on 10-24-2008 at 3:38 pm
Actually Brandon, entombment is a 10-letter word, and the hint states it’s an 11-letter word :)
posted by Laura on 10-25-2008 at 2:02 pm