I hate these things!
I hate these things!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0I hate these things!
Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:24pm
I'm the first one to admit that I hate puzzles and brain teasers. However, one of my European penpals has written me with two puzzles that were presented to him as part of his English lessons.
Can you figure them out?
1. (No slang or dirty words here!) What are the 10 parts of the human body that are three-ltter words?
2. There are three words in the English language that end with -gry. One is "angry", another is "hungry". What's the third?
bwayondabrain
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FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:30pm1.leg
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:35pmNumber two is made to annoy you... the full conundrum usually states that it is a common word that is spoken every day. There is no other COMMON word in the English language that ends in "-gry"
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:38pm
Oops, I deleted the bit I put about number one... I have never heard this one. So far I can come up with:
1.Arm
2.Ear
3.Eye
4.Leg
5.Lip
6.Hip
7.Jaw
8.Rib
9.Toe
Updated On: 8/31/06 at 09:38 PM
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:42pmWould lid count? lol
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:48pmgum?
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:00pm
There really is no answer to that second riddle. In fact, it's not even written properly, for the minimal (pathetic) answer that does exist for it. It should read:
There are three words in the English language that end with "gry."
One is hungry and the other is angry. What is the third word?
Everyone uses this word every day, everyone knows what it means, and knows what it stands for. If you have listened very closely I have already told you the third word.
The answer is "hungry", which is the 3 word in the second sentence. Like I said, pathetic riddle.
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:01pm
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor/topics/grypuzzle.htm
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:10pmThese make me mad.
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:14pmThanks JohnBoy! And could the 10th part of the body be "fat"? (I'm sorry, I was thinking of PB ENT and that came to mind!)
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:17pmHow about vas? As in vas deferens.
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:46pm
"(No slang or dirty words here!)"
That was a requirement Calvin.
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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:51pmand #2 is really an old riddle
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 4:31am
The answer to riddle #2 is "language." [I swear, I didn't click on PB ENT.'s link!] 
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:53amtit
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
i*heart*fame
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:59ambum
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