Family Sport
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."
Answer
The hands on a clock (hour, minute, and second).
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mikster678 
Sep 04, 2007
| I thought that was a hard'un! |
littlestud 
Sep 04, 2007
| nice one cam  |
swirlingmist 
Sep 04, 2007
| A great one! Thanks for sharing. |
MikeMan1216
Sep 04, 2007
| Very fun!! Great teaser |
happyhak
Sep 05, 2007
| LOL! Great teaser!!!
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."
And I say:
"GREAT TEASER! NUMBER 1!!!" |
zigthepig
Sep 05, 2007
| wo0ow (imagine it there)
I love this one *favourites* |
4demo
Sep 15, 2007
| Fun and clever! I love the "pun" using the word "second"! Going into my faves! |
dhanish007
Oct 05, 2007
| For some reason, I found it easy... the non-stop and the second gave it away. |
coolpainter
Oct 05, 2007
| I don't know where brothers comes into the logic. |
rehtaeh
Oct 05, 2007
| Fantastic, I loved it |
vlerma
Oct 05, 2007
| Great job there Cam. Nicely written. More please |
bradon182001
Oct 05, 2007
| Very clever. I didn't get it, but it sure makes sense after seeing the answer.  |
4princesses
Oct 05, 2007
| Good job on this one! I got it right and thought it was cleverly written. |
lyndalee830 
Oct 05, 2007
| this is one of the best teasers I have read in a long time....good job |
dogg6pound9
Oct 05, 2007
| excellent teaser...i thought he was named after their father which would make him a "second" (commonly known as Jr.) stupid me...keep 'em coming |
emu77alu02
Oct 05, 2007
| Great teaser--I think it is one of the best |
chaskey
Oct 05, 2007
| I agree with the above praises. Beautifully done. |
zaya
Oct 05, 2007
| Could have been a clever riddle, but there was no explanation of what we're solving so I'm quite disappointed. Where did it say to explain what the 3 brothers represented, versus why the youngest could be considered "second".  |
hradilv
Oct 05, 2007
| Wow!! Excellent teaser - did you write it yourself? Well done! Thanks! |
scallio
Oct 05, 2007
| Excellent teaser! Well written and concise.
I found this one to be rather easy but not so much so as to make it a bore.
|
jaydeco
Oct 05, 2007
| good one! I didn't figure it out but it became much clearer after I seen the answer! You had me stumped!  |
(user deleted)
Oct 05, 2007
| How about George W. Bush as the answer. 3 brothers. second to his dad... |
jabdr
Oct 05, 2007
| Good teaser,grilled cheese (cam?).  The answer came to me in a second. It's nice to get one quicklly, rather than in minutes or hours, or never. |
UptheHill
Oct 05, 2007
| Need more coffee, nice one, would have never guessed it though!! |
locutus13ds
Oct 05, 2007
| Huhh???? It passed me by  |
2ndhandrose
Oct 05, 2007
| I didn't get the riddle. 
but it was obvious after reading
answer.
I think too one of the best in a
while |
grilledcheese
Oct 05, 2007
| Thanks for all the positive comments every one |
crystal2040379
Oct 05, 2007
| Clever |
auntiesis
Oct 05, 2007
| Very good ! I didn't understand the title, Family Sport. But it was a great puzzle, even though I had no clue.   |
snownvegas
Oct 05, 2007
| Good one! |
nikitafullmoon
Oct 05, 2007
| Brilliant teaser! |
wandering_goat
Oct 05, 2007
| Great teaser! How can people not understand this? They're brothers because they're all closely related, living in the same area, joined together, etc. The youngest is "second" because he's the second hand. |
romans1_16
Oct 05, 2007
| I had to read it twice, but I got it. It was really fun and it took a bit of thinking so I absolutely loved it! Good job. |
Therulerofthem
Oct 05, 2007
| I love it!
Great teaser. |
Seize
Oct 05, 2007
| very good...I happened to get this one, but that's not to say it was easy as I am a genius! |
Madelulabelle
Oct 05, 2007
| Great one Grilledcheese! You have some of my favorites on the site! Really well written!  |
oddrey
Oct 05, 2007
| absolutely marvelous! |
Trishgal
Oct 08, 2007
| Thought it was very clever, seemed very forthright to me...kudos |
mondayschild59
Oct 12, 2007
| That was very good. I liked that one. It took me a few minutes but I got it. Thanks for the teaser.
Monday~ |
bpalermo 
Nov 14, 2007
| Beautiful. Simple and, yet, fun. One of the best around. Congratulations! |
MzPink85
Dec 11, 2007
| GREAT TEASER!!! you got me... was no-where near the answer! |
mosca
Jan 10, 2008
| really GREAT teaser! Took some thinking, but was not too obscure! |
kodhrawara
Jan 28, 2008
| I got it the very "second" I read it |
vg674
Feb 14, 2008
| Great but ambigous.
I couldn't figure out what the question was for a bit. |
chakki
May 21, 2008
| its very sportive  |
MyLove4Life
May 24, 2008
| Brilliant!! I didn't get it but I went D'oh! when I read the answer.
Great job! |
teen_wiz
Jul 25, 2008
| Loved it--the rhyme was perfect too. |
Psychic_Master
Dec 05, 2008
| HAHA!
Great! That one got me stumped until I read the answer...and even then I had to re-read the teaser. Poor sleep-deprived me. I'm definitely gonna check out your other teasers. Nice one! |
zembobo
Dec 16, 2008
| You know why it's hard to find the answer? Because the bloke forgot to ask the question...I'm sorry, did I miss the question? Good rhyme, but the only way I was able to figure out the question...was to look at the answer!! |
GreenApples27
Mar 10, 2009
| That was an awesome riddle Cameron! I didn't understand what it was asking of me though! haha
But when I saw the answer I was like oooh. haha
VERY good. |
Paladin
Mar 16, 2009
| Loved it... I got it right off, but I think it was just a fluke that my mind went ehre. Well done! |
drussel3
Apr 19, 2009
| Very good |
elentir
Oct 05, 2010
| How are they 'oldest', 'middle' and 'youngest'? Aren't they all the same age? Actually, if you want to get really technical about it, from the beginning of time seconds have been around before hours have; 3599 of them actually. |
gaylewolf
Oct 05, 2010
| Terrific puzzle!
I didn't get it, but once I saw the answer I realized how very clever it was!
Thanks for a good one - well done! |
talanpoe
Oct 05, 2010
| elentir wrote:[quote]How are they 'oldest', 'middle' and 'youngest'? Aren't they all the same age?[/quote]
As I recall what I learned about the history of clockmaking, the earliest clocks had only an hour hand. Minute hands came along some centuries later, followed by second hands as a more recent innovation. |
wordmama
Oct 05, 2010
| I enjoyed this teaser immensely, especially the getting it part!! The first time I read it, I also thought, "The question's missing!" Next time through, the youngest going fastest but also second led me to the clock and then the other descriptions fell into place! Loved it! Congrats, grilled cheese! |
elentir
Oct 05, 2010
| OK, that makes a little more sense then. Thanks Talanpoe! |
sunnybonghits
Oct 05, 2010
| ummm.....where's the riddle? this is a poem. i also don't understand why the hands of the clock have different ages? a nice poem, but a terrible riddle. |
ttam007
Oct 05, 2010
| I thought we were guessing the sport, since that was in the title. A question would have really helped, i.e., Who are we?
I like the riddle overall. It was well written and doesn't have a dozen different answers. Though the answer is obvious once you know it, that in my mind is a hallmark of a good riddle. |
precious1026
Oct 05, 2010
| Wandering Goat, explained the idea of this Teaser in such simple terms that this Teaser is quite brilliant and funny. I like Teaser like this one. I didn't get the answer, but its nice to see that so many did get the correct answer. My answer was Way off. I thought he came in second because running like the wind only gives you first place when there is Wind, but without the Wind, as the Air is calm,then he gets second place. So what, I told you I was way off. By the way, the Title "Family Sports" makes the Teaser even more believable. I am Out----> |
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