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Yard By Yard
Blade to blade I always win,
My foe laid low and even.
Yard by yard through thick and thin,
I'm busiest in season.
My foe laid low and even.
Yard by yard through thick and thin,
I'm busiest in season.
Hint
Pushed and pulled I stay the course,My power is measured by the horse.
Answer
A lawn mower.Explanation: It cuts blades of grass with its blade, leaving them low and even. It is used in home yards and is busiest in summer when grass grows fastest.
(Hint)
You push and pull when cutting and generally stay in a straight course, and your lawn mower engine has a horsepower rating (like 3.5 horsepower).
Hope it was enjoyed more than mowing the yard!
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Nice Teaser Hobo. It's getting warmer now - I know where there is a yard that could use your attention!!
GOOD ONE! Funa and it did make me laugh when I read the answer. I thought of lawn mower right off.
easy, but good, and fun
i guessed a reaper machine thingy. i don't know why the simpler lawn mower didn't come to mind...
Easy enough to figure out, but presented quite well. Nice work!
=D i love these short, simple ones! =D im sure u will have more for us to enjoy
Nice riddle Zona! Speaking of lawn mowers, mine is telling me I should make sure he's good and healthy for the warmer months ahead...
♥ that was easy i read the title and got the answer at the first line but it was still fun
This is the best teaser I have ever read. . .how do you come up with such great teasers!!!
Nice one, 'Bo. Being here in the north, the first thing I thought of was a snow-blower! Ack!
Easy, and fun.
Easy, and fun.
liked this one
good one. Like someone said before, it is kind of misleading, which makes it somewhat hard. I still wonder why a simple lawn mower didnt come to mind...
Great teaser. I found it easy and didn't read the hint until I read the explanation then I went back and read your hint, It was really good too. Thanks.
Nice teaser Bo, I got it right away because it made perfect sense. Thanks for posting.
Am I getting smarter, or are these teasers just getting easier?
Good teaser!
Good teaser!
Excellent! Can't believe I missed that.
Just had an operation.Glad to come back to an easy one.
I rarely get riddles, and this one I got immediately, no hint! Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy, as my younger students like to say!!
"always wins"? Ever run a lawn mower over a thick area of long grass where the glass blades tangle up in the mower blades and stop the mower? Chuckle.....if one wants to be picky about things....but I thought it was wonderful riddle!
Clever and classic!
Great teaser, thanks! and yes, I got it right off, but it was still good!
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Great teaser! clues were very clever
Easy, but fun. Nice teaser.
Easy, but cute. Thanks
Thanks for the positive comments folks. This was more of a teaser "snack." I'm glad it was enjoyed as one.
Great riddle, thanks.
I thought it was GRASS at first ... living in the tropics, you realise how the grass and other plant life eventually take over from their foe - the constructions of man! many old buildings lie low now, covered by the plants they once suffocated.
I thought it was GRASS at first ... living in the tropics, you realise how the grass and other plant life eventually take over from their foe - the constructions of man! many old buildings lie low now, covered by the plants they once suffocated.
Easy, but good. I like easy!
That's a great one. For some silly reason I assumed you were talking about the measurement "yard" rather than a backyard. Threw me off a bit!
Easy but a good teaser - thanks! Happy Labor Day - and relax! Hi to KiPA and Sis!
Good teaser, even if it was a bit easy. Didn't read the hint until after though, not that it would have helped as I have a manual mower.
AROB, and if it wasn't raining I would be firing mine up. Happy holiday to GiMi & AS.
Too easy, but cute because I don't have to use one. Hi Gayle & K, Happy holiday.
that wuz easy, but fun!!!!
Hapy Labor Day All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hapy Labor Day All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very easy, but well written.
Another year, another time another guess, and same answer. Very easy!
You bet your sweet grass I solved this one.
Happy Friday all!
Happy Friday all!
Seemed pretty obvious.
Very easy.
Did anyone really need the hint for that one?
I LOVE the smell of new mown/mowed grass. So fresh and summery. Thanks for a good teaser.
Easy. Wonder if this will be the teaser of the day on Sep 5, 2017.
Did anyone else miss the "What am I?" line that should always be at the end of a riddle? Or is that just me? Oh well! This was a really fun, really easy riddle. Thanks!
Good teaser. Easy but fun. Thanks for posting.
Fun, easy and enjoyable teaser.
I like it XD and the hint was pretty good :3
Not all lawn mowers for measuring horsepower.
I use a manual reel mower. In getting the places power mowers can't, and given my two-acre yard, it is great exercise. I know I'm likely in the minority but I actually enjoy mowing my lawn.
I use a manual reel mower. In getting the places power mowers can't, and given my two-acre yard, it is great exercise. I know I'm likely in the minority but I actually enjoy mowing my lawn.
Living in Florida this is a year round job for us! A fun teaser, good job.
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