A BIG REUNION
A group of friends, who have not seen each other for a long time, met in their favorite restaurant one early morning.
ASTAIRE, the biggest in the group, remarked, "Must have been millions of years since we were together. "AFFLECK, the one wearing elephant pants, nodded in agreement. ANTHONY kept on complaining about the extremely cold weather back home. EUGENE, who was from the mainland, was needling SAMPRAS and NAMIER. "These neighbors are inseparable." AUSTIN, the smallest, invited everybody to his cattle farm.
The waitress, who was patiently waiting for the orders, said to herself, "Kinda strange, but these guests remind me of something." She then said," May I suggest BREAD ROLLS, JAM, BUTTER, SLICES OF CHEESE, FRUIT JUICE, and COFFEE or TEA ?"
QUESTION: What was in the mind of the waitress?
HintReview the guest list.
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Answer
The seven CONTINENTS.
The first 2,3 or 4 letters in the names of her guests are the same first 2,3 or 4 letters of the continents.
AStaire for the BIGGEST continent, ASia.
AFfleck for the other continent where ELEPHANTS are found, AFrica.
ANThony for the cold continent ANTarctica.
EUgene for EUrope. CONTINENTAL is used to refer to mainland Europe.
The NEIGHBORS, SAMpras and NAMier for S. AMerica and N.AMerica, respectively.
AUSTin for the smallest continent AUSTralia which is known for its CATTLE, among others.
It is said that MILLIONS OF YEARS ago, the continents formed one land mass. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.
A light breakfast of ROLLS, JAM, BUTTER, SLICES OF CHEESE, FRUIT JUICE, and COFFEE or TEA is called a CONTINENTAL Breakfast.
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Comments
OD-1   
Apr 02, 2003
| wow grip that was amazing it not only made perfect sense but caused an expantion of my mind. don't know where you get these but keep em coming. |
griphook  
Apr 02, 2003
| Thanks OD-1. Btw for one reason or another I always read your name as Oh Divine One. Will you kindly tell me what it means? |
icehaven 
Apr 06, 2003
| Another good riddle by you, griphook. I kept on thinking about animals. And it made perfect sense. |
Alienbob
Apr 20, 2003
| it took brain power to figure out but it wasnt a very creative riddle any one could have made up names off the top of there head with the first few letters of continents |
griphook  
Apr 23, 2003
| You are ABSOLUTELY right alienbob and anyone could have serve continental breakfast too. Smile,always smile. |
rhiababe
Apr 25, 2003
| I just think that one was hard, I got my brain going, and I don't really know all of the continents!
:~} |
Danielle123
Aug 02, 2003
| Good one that was!! |
griphook  
Aug 02, 2003
| thanks danielle |
silver_sword  
Feb 02, 2004
| quite far-fetched. but remarkable effort still! i liked it. |
griphook  
Feb 02, 2004
| thanks |
griphook  
Feb 08, 2004
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quinton  
Feb 08, 2004
| Ok That was hard because big family reunions are really hard to count the guests who attended the special get-together. |
griphook  
Feb 08, 2004
| indeed. particularly when they havent seen each other for millions of years |
Nite_Owl 
Mar 10, 2004
| Another very good one, griphook . I knew it had something to do with their names and what they said, but I wouldn't have though of continents... |
griphook  
Mar 10, 2004
| thanks again |
absoluTILLY
Jun 23, 2004
| Very, very clever ;) |
absoluTILLY
Jun 23, 2004
| Very, very clever ;) |
CoOlDuDe1243
Jul 19, 2004
| cool |
bigSWAFF_69_   
Mar 25, 2005
| erm..............i don wanna b a bum, but elephants are also found in asia. |
lycanthrope   
Jul 18, 2005
| Love riddles. Even ones I didn't get. The answer makes perfect sense though. More. Please more.  |
crocodile   
Jul 21, 2009
| Uh, SWAFF, the answer says "the other continent where elephants are found." |
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