Braingle: 'Fruits and Veggies' Brain Teaser

Fruits and Veggies

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Puzzle ID:	#27550
Fun:	(2.97)
Difficulty:	(1.93)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Mysterious

Identify the fruits and vegetables from the following clues:

(Don't assume that you know how part of a clue is pronounced. There may be more than one way!)

1. "Mom, may we please go outside? Will you please let us play? PLEASE! PLEASE!"

2. Another name for a taxi + the rings in a tree indicate what? = ___________________.

3. A pool stick + C + a burnt brownish color = ______________________.

4. Your mother pairs socks at the toes.

5. A drink + me + the end of the word "talon" = _____________________.

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Comments

Sunrose Dec 18, 2005	Written very good. Fun and a bit on the hard side. Enjoyed it a bunch. Keep them coming.
Fame_Kraze Dec 20, 2005	i only got 3 answers
redraptor50 Jan 23, 2006	GREAT TEASER MYST
puttaholic Jan 23, 2006	i only got 3 aswell, but it was a great teaser
bluehawk Jan 23, 2006	MY GOODNESS BUT THAT WAS CUTE AND FUN.
WJSMama Jan 23, 2006	That was good. The tomato one made me laugh
OldChinaHand Jan 23, 2006	I was passing the 'peas' on one. But the rest I passed along to my esl students. Good one, thanks
saucie Jan 23, 2006	that was a good one took me a minute to figure it out but finally got it! Keep up the good work!
mogur Jan 23, 2006	Some were hard, some were easy, they were all great.
coachpisco Jan 23, 2006	I liked it.
thimblenoggin Jan 23, 2006	Nice and Easy
churchlady Jan 23, 2006	Fun - missed one. Church Lady
xolilangel827ox Jan 23, 2006	i only got three!! these were cute...i enjoyed them!
kimberlykay Jan 23, 2006	Since you made a reference about the clues and how they might be pronounced, I thought #1 was PEAS....ya know when some small children say please it sounds like peas! #4 made no sense at all to me. Great job though!
maka10 Jan 23, 2006	Wonderfully fun and creative! Got me thinking (and in the morning, too!!)
christine77 Jan 23, 2006	very cute! I got most of them...lol. Nice teaser
rachellanders Jan 23, 2006	I got 4 of them. Ididn't get the 5th one. It's really confusing!
raff Jan 23, 2006	that was a good one it had me thinkin but i figured them out
lindquist_25 Jan 23, 2006	It was good, but I don't really understand how #4 works.
choptlivva Jan 23, 2006	Cute!!
highlama Jan 23, 2006	I thought of "tomato" for #4 but didn't see how it fit ... I would have gone crazy if I couldn't get the right answer; very interesting
jessjspieks Jan 23, 2006	Fun and hard. Really enjoyed it.
iteachkids Jan 23, 2006	These tickled my fancy ... and for a change, I got most of them. I only missed on the tomato!!!
vlerma Jan 23, 2006	Great teaser. But I came up with "Rude a Beggar" for #1. and I didn't figure out #4. Enjoyed this even if it is still Monday morning. Nice job Mysterious.
ragethe3rd Jan 23, 2006	I didnt get many of them but oh well I usually dont so it was cool anyway.
azbee123 Jan 23, 2006	i thought that was soooo cute. only i didnt understand number 4 keep these up!!!!!!!!!!
clevelandrm Jan 23, 2006	Good one got all but one
jaydeco Jan 23, 2006	Good one! Actually got it!
shawneeo Jan 23, 2006	had a hard time with no. 1, that was the best one too. They were all good though, altho the absence of the "o" at the end of tomato seems to have thrown some people off. Thanks! `
urascalu Jan 23, 2006	Loved this one! Got three of them. Although lettuce and tomato seem to be from a different salad. Thanks for the fun!
triskit Jan 23, 2006	hey this was an immunity challnge in wtb
Lucasgal Jan 23, 2006	Great one! That was fun. Epecially w/the hint. You just never really knew!
southerngirl13 Jan 23, 2006	golly, that was difficult! lol j/k
POPS Jan 23, 2006	GREAT!! Got 4 out of 5 Just loved it Keep up the good work!!!It was fun, thank you.A favorite
anchorman21 Jan 23, 2006	Great! I loved it!
lorelle_b Jan 23, 2006	LOVED IT! i thought clue #1 was peas, cuz of please...haha well great job! very unusual and unique! FUN FUN
hockeygirl Jan 23, 2006	sweeeeeeeeeeeeet ( thats my word of the week) i totally injoyed this teaser its goin to the faves!!
doghouse270 Jan 23, 2006	this was fun but i only got one!
jabdr Jan 23, 2006	Fun, funnier & funniest! Loved this one.
celtic_knot Jan 23, 2006	I got apples for the first one.
shopaholic918 Jan 23, 2006	I think it was cute! they were really clever. i got 4 of them!
chupashuevos Jan 23, 2006	AGAIN......MORE LAME TEASERS
Akheim Jan 23, 2006	HOT ON FIRE, FRUITS ROCK MY WORLD........WAIT WASNT IT VEGETABLES? IS TOMATO A FRUIT OR A VEGETABLE?????? DON'T BOTHER TO ANWSER I DONT CARE@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ OOPS I MEANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweetmama Jan 23, 2006	Good teaser! Number 3 stumpt me though!!
wizkid Jan 24, 2006	Great teaser. I got most of them
Cinnalynn Jan 25, 2006	#4 should've been pair/pear. The tomato part just BARELY makes a little bit of sense. Otherwise, a good teaser.
zonarita Feb 06, 2006	Myst, this one was easy - as I remember doing it in the WTB game. So glad you shared it with everyone else. Very enjoyable
marschie Feb 01, 2007	Hey, first comment this year! I got cucumber quickly ...and looked at the answers for the rest. I'm lazy!
lmurray Feb 01, 2007	NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY, AS A TEASER, IT IS GOOD, AS A RE-RUN, IT'S BORING. I AM SURE MANY OTHERS CAN REMEMBER THE ANSWERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS WELL
yoyoyo Feb 01, 2007	didnt get #4 due to cultural gap! I'm from the UK, you say tom-ay-to, I say tom-ah-to!
katjojo Feb 01, 2007	You stumped me on tomato. But I got all of the rest. Yeah!! Such a fun way to start my morning. Plus, IMURRAY, not all of us know that these are re-runs. I have never seen it before!
bradon182001 Feb 01, 2007	#4 was a bit of a stretch I think and like someone else I thought #1 was peas. Good thought provoking teaser
phyllisa Feb 01, 2007	I really liked this one. I didn't get tomatoes and lettuce so no salad for me!
Pizzazz2u Feb 01, 2007	A fantastic teaser! Keep up the great work! As for Lmurray.. you have to realize that he doesn't know how to keep from tearing a teaser apart. No matter what! LOL Otherwise! No big deal! He doesn't realize that anyone can say something to run down an item, an action or an individual, even on the best of days.
AbsurdHero Feb 01, 2007	The "mating pairs" reference was a bit too obscure for me. Fun overall though.
craniac Feb 01, 2007	I agree the solution to #4 (toe + mate + toe) was too obscure for me. I came up with pear (from pair), but knew it was wrong. After I saw the answer, I came up with a more gestalt explanation: toe + ma (short for mama) + toe, which solves the problem of how to pronounce the ma segment, even though this solution is a bit short on logic. But who cares? The teaser was fun.
campfirecutie Feb 01, 2007	Wonderful teaser!! I got all but one of them so not that bad for me!! Good job!!
scallio Feb 01, 2007	Tomato was a stretch, but the rest were a piece of cake. Does cake go with veggies? Anyway, fun teaser.
wordmama Feb 01, 2007	I only got cabbage and cucumber!!!
Jeepers Feb 01, 2007	Wasn't so sure about tomato...oh well nicely done
ViaTunisi Feb 01, 2007	I got tomato after I saw the answer to number one. The other three were easy, but fun.
Trishgal Feb 01, 2007	I really did enjoy it although I thought it was hard. THX
lucagrella Feb 01, 2007	I assumed #4 was explained as, what mother does is "to mate toes" hence tomatoes. Sadly, the only one I didn't get was #1, which was pretty simple, especially since it's the only one where the homonym was right there in the clue. I kept trying to think of a fruit or vegetable that sounded like "kids beg." :~} ~Luca
alfred19 Feb 01, 2007	GREAT teaser apart from the tomato which i still dont get
jaydeco Feb 01, 2007	Liked it! Keep them coming!
teddybair Feb 01, 2007	This was a fun one~Great job Myst!
Wingsfan Feb 01, 2007	I also got "pear" for #4. Good teaser though.
breathesunshine Feb 01, 2007	I didn't come up with tomato either. Maybe I need more fertilizer (although I've been told at times that I'm full of it already!) Fun teaser!
patpat553 Feb 01, 2007	I THOUGHT IT WAS BURNT AMBER,NOT UMBER. OR AM I WRONG?? ANYBODY??
hoyty Feb 01, 2007	I thought tomato was kind of a stretch but the rest were fun.
tamjp Feb 01, 2007	Tomato was good , lettuce was a stretch. It was an ok teaser because it took a bit a braingling to figure out. I liked the rebusy ones. I have to honestly admit that it seemed clumsy to me. To combine different formats for the clues made it seem rather random and awkward. sorry but that is my honest opinion
tamjp Feb 01, 2007	tis indeed UMBER patpat sorry
scm14 Feb 01, 2007	I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought "peas" for # 1. The repetitive use of "Please" and in caps led me to that. I didn't even think "lettuce". I thought "pear" for #4...because mama was pairing (pearing) socks. Tomato didn't even cross my mind.
Qrystal Feb 02, 2007	I got all except the one I was sure was pear. Oh well! As for amber vs umber: amber's a golden yellow colour, umber's a brown colour. Overall, I agree with tamjp, except that I thought the lettuce one was okay and the tomato one was a little odd... I've never associated pairing of socks with mating! And it's the socks that are being matched with their mates, not the toes! I don't know. I guess it works alright, but the pear idea seemed too similar to the lettuce one to not be the answer.
cassiemark Feb 02, 2007	I liked it - didn't get tomato, but the rest were good!
cowman12 Jun 18, 2007	I thought of PEAS for #1. I didn't get Tomato either. Good teaser!
beethovenswig May 14, 2008	Your teasers are always genius
doehead Feb 03, 2010	Like TV in the summer. All reruns!!!!
patiencewithaP Feb 03, 2010	I didn't get the tomato one either...that was a little confusing. Otherwise, well-written!
auntiesis Feb 03, 2010	I, too, missedtomato. Otherwise very cute.
sunnybonghits Feb 03, 2010	A combination of easy and hard ones. Perfect!
FatHead Feb 03, 2010	Not bad, but #1 and #4 needed hints, I think.
Babe Feb 03, 2013	Different for everyone. I did not get # 1, but found #4 to be quite easy. Not my favorite teaser though . Just so so!
jaycr Feb 03, 2013	easy, but fun
cutebug Feb 03, 2013	Not one of my favorites. Hi PCV.
HABS2933 Feb 03, 2013	SGS = 4+. Easy but okay
JQPublic Feb 03, 2013	Great teaser! I didn't get the tomato one. Should have read the instructions ...
owner Feb 03, 2013	nice one
Maggiethe8th Feb 03, 2013	missed a couple, but a good mind stretch
thecatladycac Feb 03, 2013	I found them to be pretty easy -- except for tomato - I even had to think about it for a while after I saw the answer, then finally caught on! - and I am familiar with "mating socks at the toes"! Over all, very good teaser!!