Braingle: 'What Am I?' Riddle

What Am I?

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Puzzle ID:	#24810
Fun:	(2.94)
Difficulty:	(1.03)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	Javian

I have two arms and a back,
Supported by four legs.
But there is something I do lack,
Actually, I have no eyes to see.

I also cannot move around,
Or at least, not on my own.
Unfortunately I can make no sound,
Except perhaps a squeak.

If you chop off my head,
You are left with a hair.
If you chop off my tail,
Only tea is left there.

One more clue I will add,
Is that you often use me.
Yet you barely ever notice,
In fact I'd much rather be a tree.

What am I?

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Comments

lycanthrope Jul 24, 2005	Got the answer! The only line that confused me was cutting off the tail (I don't drink tea). Nicely done!
ginny322 Jul 24, 2005	good one! you stumped me. not like that's hard to do, these days.... jk.
sueintexas Jul 25, 2005	nice one, the chair was easy but couldn't figure out the tea.
froggygg Jul 25, 2005	Very good teaser.
Javian Jul 25, 2005	Thanks for the great comments.
book_worm_77 Jul 25, 2005	Kinda easy, but fun! I didn't get the tea, since I don't drink tea, but the rest was great! Good job!
xFLoRiDa_HuNNyX Jul 25, 2005	that was easy but good!
loveshellylove Aug 01, 2005	This one was nice and fun.
mikeydoo Aug 29, 2005	Never heard of chai, but great teaser
gotabody Aug 29, 2005	too EZ
Chakoteya Aug 29, 2005	Way too long a poem (but very nicely constructed) It only needs one or two verses to guarantee getting this one right.
thimblenoggin Aug 29, 2005	Right away it was a chair. The tea took some thinkology. Without that it would have been too easy.
pinkgirl Aug 29, 2005	Got the chair part straight away then got mixed up at the next bit & thought it might be seat backwards
Ozymandias Aug 29, 2005	Easy, but nice!
majo9681 Aug 29, 2005	It was too easy and not very creative.
mo_5603 Aug 29, 2005	That was really easy, but I thank you for posting it since they're usually not easy enough for me to figure out! I almost started to second guess myself when I saw the "cut off my head and tail" part
Trickster1992 Aug 29, 2005	Easy! Good though.
jessjspieks Aug 29, 2005	Loved it, very cute....didn't get the answer though
Celanba Aug 29, 2005	I was close, I guessed table.
gumdrop480 Aug 29, 2005	i got it in the first vers. but the tea thing confused me.... ....maybe i can blame it on......oo i know, the fact that i don't drink tea!! yea, that is a good excuse!!
tamjp Aug 29, 2005	I love chai! Yum! You all should try it! Easy , but super clever!!
nathalia Aug 29, 2005	I liked it, & wasnt that easy cuz the tea thing threw me of for a while...thank God for seach engines. I had no idea what chai was.
lives_2sing Aug 29, 2005	this was cool. i didnt realize that it could be a chair. i was way off. i thought it was like a plant or sometin.
pawz73 Aug 29, 2005	Yeah, the "head" and "tail" verse really had me doubting myself. Made it more fun that way.
Nash-n-Seb Aug 29, 2005	EXCELLENT !!! I GOT IT!!! The hair tea thing got me, but when I read the answer, it made sense. A fun one!
beerexs Aug 29, 2005	Finally got one! Very Creative!@
riddlelover Aug 29, 2005	Very good job...Clever, and it "stumped" me! (haha, no pun intended)
bagogirl Aug 29, 2005	YAY! two in a row! im on a roll (Im only in middle school) i think that was very clever because the tea thing could really stump people but i didn't get it so i just still thought it was a chair and not pay attention to the tea stuff!
akm365 Aug 29, 2005	good job
ErIn_RuLeS Aug 29, 2005	good!!1
kandd Aug 29, 2005	I guessed correctly! But I didn't understand the tea part. I guess it's because I'm not all that familier with teas.
Tracey2209 Aug 29, 2005	I got it in the first line or two. Very easy!
jabdr Aug 29, 2005	I got it immediately....and immediately decided that I was wrong. Didn't put together the hair or chai at all....and thought I was so dumb to pick the 'obvious' chair...and not the 'right' answer. Loved it!
talkinghands Aug 29, 2005	new to this, I liked it, made you think outside the box
crazyhobo Aug 29, 2005	I liked it, but by the second line, i knew the answer.
crazyhobo Aug 29, 2005	I liked it, but by the second line, i knew the answer.
tdc_tmc Aug 29, 2005	I was thinking of a walking stick!
amelia639 Aug 29, 2005	i knew the amswer, even though i didn't get the head and tail part
Javian Aug 30, 2005	Thanks, I'm glad you guys liked it, it's one of my easier ones, but i had fun writing the riddle
bhssoccer23 Aug 31, 2005	It was easy, but very clever and creative! Great job!
schatzy228 Sep 03, 2005	loved it! took me almost 3 minutes to get the tea part,,,,good job!
dutchymonster Sep 05, 2005	I too diddn't get the tea part - I should have thoug - there's nowt I like better than a nice cuppa char
sambean Sep 05, 2005	i got it except i couldn't figure out the tea and hair part.
rkaaland Dec 11, 2005	Chai Tea!!! Very Clever!
tonjawithaj Oct 16, 2009	got the tea and hair part...not the tree part.
leroyleroy Oct 19, 2009	JUST ABOUT THE BEST BRAINGLE I HAVE SEEN YET!!!!!!!!!!
Stack1607 Oct 19, 2009	it's easy but a lot of fun. I didn't get the chop off pary
doehead Oct 19, 2009	EZ EZ EZ
GrammarNaziWTF Oct 19, 2009	Another good one for this same answer is straight out of Golden Eye (James Bond movie): Boris: You sit on it, but you can't take it with you. ...... Natalia: What other name do you call your bottom?...... He plays word games. It's what you sit on, but you can't take it with you.... Bond: chair. (always got the answer doesn't he?)
craniac Oct 19, 2009	Like others, I couldn't get the "chopped off parts", but the rest of the teaser fit the answer "chair" so well that I decided to go with it anyway.
patiencewithaP Oct 19, 2009	I didn't get the tea and hair parts either but figured it must be a chair. Fun teaser!
nima_m Oct 19, 2009	Fun but easy
speedqueenkmw Oct 19, 2009	got it-fun
doehead Oct 19, 2009	Explanation; Chop off the head= Remove the C and you have hair. Chop off the tail= Remove the R and you have chai. Hope this helps.
hubbamutt777 Oct 19, 2009	i thought it was a wooden rocking horse. for "chop off my head" i thought it was literally and you'd still have the tail, but i got stuck on the "chop off the tail" part cuz i dont drink tea! great job!
UptheHill Oct 19, 2009	NICE1!!!
avonma Oct 20, 2009	I had "chair" all along until you started chopping off pieces! I kept picturing the "thing," not the word, so I didn't get that part. And I LOVE Chai Tea!!! Very clever!
phyllisa Oct 20, 2009	Great teaser!
phyllisa Oct 20, 2009	Great teaser!
Babe Oct 19, 2012	It only took two lines on this one! Chair was so very obvious that I thought i must be wrong! I was not. Easy and I lke easy!
Babe Oct 19, 2012	Sorry! I forgot to mention that my kitchen chairs do not have arms. That could have been a boo boo to the whole idea. It should have said,"Some of us have arms, while others do not!." Oh well, most people still got it!
gaylewolf Oct 19, 2012	I loved this one - thanks for posting!
HABS2933 Oct 19, 2012	Like Babe, I had it by the 2nd line but also thought there may be a twist to it. Two of the four chairs in our kitchen nd two of the ten in the dining room, do not have arms but the two chairs that sit and the ends of either table are all "Captain's Chairs" and therefore have them. Still an enjoyable teaser, even if a bit easy.
Maggiethe8th Oct 19, 2012	I liked a simple one this morning- I would have gotten the chai tea if I hadn't thought I was to still leave off the 'c' (head).....duh! Had it, regardless!
cutebug Oct 19, 2012	Well written, but extremely easy.
tripleteam5 Oct 19, 2012	overly long as 1st stanza gave it to me. However, is clever and that much skill at poeterizing (my own new word LOL ) is to be admired. I alway credit that which is beyond my skills/patience levels