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Try and Crack This One!
Riddle
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I am not a human, nor am I an animal.
I have eyes, but cannot see,
and I have hair that you cannot comb.
My brown skin has several layers but this seems a paradox,
because one is smooth and the other is hard.
My skin protects my soft white flesh;
and within my flesh is my opaque blood.
What am I?
I have eyes, but cannot see,
and I have hair that you cannot comb.
My brown skin has several layers but this seems a paradox,
because one is smooth and the other is hard.
My skin protects my soft white flesh;
and within my flesh is my opaque blood.
What am I?
Answer
A coconutThe coconut is the seed and edible fruit of the coco palm tree (Cocos nucifera). Each coconut has several layers: a smooth, deep tan outer covering; a brown fiber of 1-2" thickness; a hard, dark brown hairy husk with three indented "eyes" at one end; a thin brown skin; the cream white coconut meat; and at the center, a thin opaque coconut juice.
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Wow, can't believe I actually figured out what this was so quickly! Great job, as usual, Jazz!
Cute title, too. Just noticed it!
That's really good. Thanks
I think the hair and brown skin being so close helped me get this pretty fast. Obviously was put together with a lot of care and turned out nicely. And yes the name is cute
Thank you all for your kind comments.
fun and easy. good job.
that was a lot of fun trying to solve, and I actually got it right (big cheesy smile)
This one was pretty fun!
Figured it had to be a nut but took a bit to figure out which one. Great job.
clever but fun!!!
Quick and easy, for an early morning start! A dynamic title, too! I can see you put some thought into this one. WTG!
Thanks much appreciated.
I thought it was a potato...
wahooo! I totally got this one! awesome job jazz. it was way fun.
Haha, I thought this was a potato too but the hair and hard skin don't match up. Well, I am from Idaho so I guess I have somewhat of an excuse...
AS FORMER BEACH BUM THE ANSWER CAME QUITE EASILY.
Living in Hawaii and Samoa I got it right away!!
Excellent!
Excellent!
i thougt it was potato too
Thank you.
IMURRAY: That's hilarious!
IMURRAY: That's hilarious!
I thought potato too!
Apr 30, 2007
This was a good one. It took me a little bit to figure it out. & I love the title.
WOW at first i thought it was a potato but then i read on and realized it was a coconut!
Same thoughts here, but by the time I got to the end, I knew it was a coconut. Good teaser.
Extremely easy.C'mon Jazz I know you can do better Also looking forward to Pizzaface2U's(or whatever you call yourself) nasty ignorant remarks
I got it!! Wow! took under a minute- got a very visual picture of a coconut about half way through. Nicely described, title helped
Good Job! Nice way to start the week
Good Job! Nice way to start the week
very good jazzm.... count me in with one of the potato guessers, but knew it coulndt be because of the hair, etc..... have a gr8day
later gators,kitty
later gators,kitty
i was stuck on potato too ...good one!
(I don't think doehead has any room to complain about nasty comments...)
(I don't think doehead has any room to complain about nasty comments...)
hey jazz, i finally got one right.
thought potato at first, but then looked at title to get correct answer.
i m so happy. i m so happy.
thought potato at first, but then looked at title to get correct answer.
i m so happy. i m so happy.
actually coconut juice is as transparent as water and not opaque. It looks opaque when you mix the coco water with young coco meat to form a milky white liquid
i was also stuck on potato, but more so because i didn't know the three dots on a coconut were called "eyes." i guess you learn something new every day. and jodysue, get a grip! i thought "opaque blood" was a great description!
wow.... that was really lame...
I got it after about a 5 second delay. I can't believe it just popped into my head like that. Thanks Jazz, always a good one from you.
Good one! I got it right away.
Yum! You've made me hungry! I LOVE coconut!
I guessed incorrectly with potato, not realizing that coconuts have eyes. I wondered what potato you'd ever seen with hair and two layers of skin!
I guessed incorrectly with potato, not realizing that coconuts have eyes. I wondered what potato you'd ever seen with hair and two layers of skin!
I thought potato too...the grow hairy roots when you leave them in the cupboard too long, and they have eyes, and the juice that comes out of them when you cut them tends to be milky becasue of the starch...but the layered skin didn't fit. Ah well!
The teaser title "Try and Crack This One!" led me right there, too easy.
At first I thought it was a Potato! Then some of the clues didn't make sense, so I just kingda thought for a minute and ummm, well... nothing. So anyway, great teaser! That was really kewl! I liked it!
i thought it was a potato then an onion if i had read the title i moght of gotten it good teaser
great one!
haha i thought it was a patato or something! lol good one!
that was good! I was close!
my first thought was kiwi but i knew that couldnt be it.
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First I thought onion but they don't have hair... A good hint would be "it is not a potato".
I dont know about you guys, but I had fun!
I dont know about you guys, but I had fun!
Like alot of others I started thinking potato (we grow lots of them here in Maine!) but then quickly switched to coconut before I even finished reading. Good job, Jazz.
Fun and easy, Jazz. Thanks for submitting. The kids will have fun with this one!
I thought it was a potato.
jazz ur teasers rock
also jodysue you seem to be on your own on this one because every1 loves it
good one. got it right away.
a potato. nope, oh well we'll see what happens tomorrow.
Thanks guys for the great comments!
Jodysue: do yourself a favour, read a dictionary!
Jodysue: do yourself a favour, read a dictionary!
I own several dictionaries,,,mostly medical and english SOOOOOOO AM CONFIDENT BLOODY OPAQUE IS NOT ONLY ALMOST AN OXYMORON, BUT INAPPROPRIATE TO COCONUT JUICE NICE TRY JAZZ
EASY!!!!!Had this one before I even finished the clue!
Well Jodysue since you think you are so good at teasers, let's see you write, submit and get one approved. I am eager to read one and learn from you.
Perhaps with only a score of 5 AND already racking up the bad karma, we might be waiting until hell freezes over.
By the way, it's 'Opaque blood' NOT 'Bloody opaque' as you have incorrectly quoted me writing! Further, the clue is simply used as a metaphor...perhaps you might need to check that word up in the many dictionaries you own.
Perhaps with only a score of 5 AND already racking up the bad karma, we might be waiting until hell freezes over.
By the way, it's 'Opaque blood' NOT 'Bloody opaque' as you have incorrectly quoted me writing! Further, the clue is simply used as a metaphor...perhaps you might need to check that word up in the many dictionaries you own.
d didnt know what to think about it but it was awsome
i didnt know what to think about it but it was awsome
I did not get it! me, the bigest coconut fan ever
awwww..... I didn't get it
I thought of potato, but was pretty sure it wasn't. I thought of egg, but was pretty sure it wasn't. I decided to just check the answer before I went nuts -- too bad "nut" didn't come to mind before reading the answer though! Oh well!
I thought it was a cute teaser. Good one!
I thought of potato, but was pretty sure it wasn't. I thought of egg, but was pretty sure it wasn't. I decided to just check the answer before I went nuts -- too bad "nut" didn't come to mind before reading the answer though! Oh well!
I thought it was a cute teaser. Good one!
Thanks Qrystal
Very cleveer, fun teaser. Enjoyed it.
Another easy repeat.
I guess I should have gotten it but was distracted by having no idea that there were dots on a coconut called 'eyes'. Oh, well, this isn't going to spoil the sunny, milder day we finally have here in NY.
I had no idea coconuts have eyes...made me think of potato too! Great teaser!
Why can't you comb the hair?
It was super easy! Jazzmusician, you should not take comments so seriously and ruin your effort by being so obnoxious. Opinions are asked so just take it for what is worth, and be the gracious one. Don't spoil your teaser by being a pill. There will always be controversy!! Besides, I liked it!
I'd like to add to Jazzmusician: When someone makes a nasty remark, don't go getting defensive, you don't know what is motivating them, or what kind of life they lead. Just respond graciously or not at all, otherwise you lower yourself to their level. That said - I think this was a very nice riddle! I look forward to more by you.
I did not get this one. I thought it was potato. I did not know coconuts have eyes.
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