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Bad town riddles on dope
There's a travel agency that I pass every day on my commute. They've got a marquee of sorts in front of their place. One side has a commercial on it ("Tired? Take a cruise!"), but the other side usually features some sort of riddle.
They post the riddle for a week or so, and then add the answer for another week.
Some of the riddles (I'm guessing) come out of books. Some of them are made up by someone who works there, though, because they're about local towns. Here are a couple I remember (which of course aren't about local towns). I'll put the answer in white font, so just select the blank areas or hit Ctrl-A to see them:
Q: What car crosses rivers?
A: Ford
Q: What city is a thin hornet?
A: Nairobi ("narrow bee", get it? Hey, I didn't write it!)
In that spirit, here's a lame riddle of my own. Only Massachusetts residents are likely to have any chance of guessing it. Sorry!
Q: What city is an expired pig?
They post the riddle for a week or so, and then add the answer for another week.
Some of the riddles (I'm guessing) come out of books. Some of them are made up by someone who works there, though, because they're about local towns. Here are a couple I remember (which of course aren't about local towns). I'll put the answer in white font, so just select the blank areas or hit Ctrl-A to see them:
Q: What car crosses rivers?
A: Ford
Q: What city is a thin hornet?
A: Nairobi ("narrow bee", get it? Hey, I didn't write it!)
In that spirit, here's a lame riddle of my own. Only Massachusetts residents are likely to have any chance of guessing it. Sorry!
Q: What city is an expired pig?
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Teri had some little difficulty with it, but then, she's not from MA. Although ironically when I made it up and asked her, we were actually IN Dedham. We were driving by a huge sign that said "DEDHAM MALL", in fact. :D