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A BIG REUNION
A group of friends, who have not seen each other for a long time, met in their favorite restaurant one early morning.
ASTAIRE, the biggest in the group, remarked, "Must have been millions of years since we were together. "AFFLECK, the one wearing elephant pants, nodded in agreement. ANTHONY kept on complaining about the extremely cold weather back home. EUGENE, who was from the mainland, was needling SAMPRAS and NAMIER. "These neighbors are inseparable." AUSTIN, the smallest, invited everybody to his cattle farm.
The waitress, who was patiently waiting for the orders, said to herself, "Kinda strange, but these guests remind me of something." She then said," May I suggest BREAD ROLLS, JAM, BUTTER, SLICES OF CHEESE, FRUIT JUICE, and COFFEE or TEA ?"
QUESTION: What was in the mind of the waitress?
ASTAIRE, the biggest in the group, remarked, "Must have been millions of years since we were together. "AFFLECK, the one wearing elephant pants, nodded in agreement. ANTHONY kept on complaining about the extremely cold weather back home. EUGENE, who was from the mainland, was needling SAMPRAS and NAMIER. "These neighbors are inseparable." AUSTIN, the smallest, invited everybody to his cattle farm.
The waitress, who was patiently waiting for the orders, said to herself, "Kinda strange, but these guests remind me of something." She then said," May I suggest BREAD ROLLS, JAM, BUTTER, SLICES OF CHEESE, FRUIT JUICE, and COFFEE or TEA ?"
QUESTION: What was in the mind of the waitress?
Hint
Review the guest list.Answer
The seven CONTINENTS.The first 2,3 or 4 letters in the names of her guests are the same first 2,3 or 4 letters of the continents.
AStaire for the BIGGEST continent, ASia.
AFfleck for the other continent where ELEPHANTS are found, AFrica.
ANThony for the cold continent ANTarctica.
EUgene for EUrope. CONTINENTAL is used to refer to mainland Europe.
The NEIGHBORS, SAMpras and NAMier for S. AMerica and N.AMerica, respectively.
AUSTin for the smallest continent AUSTralia which is known for its CATTLE, among others.
It is said that MILLIONS OF YEARS ago, the continents formed one land mass. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.
A light breakfast of ROLLS, JAM, BUTTER, SLICES OF CHEESE, FRUIT JUICE, and COFFEE or TEA is called a CONTINENTAL Breakfast.
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wow grip that was amazing it not only made perfect sense but caused an expantion of my mind. don't know where you get these but keep em coming.
Thanks OD-1. Btw for one reason or another I always read your name as Oh Divine One. Will you kindly tell me what it means?
Another good riddle by you, griphook. I kept on thinking about animals. And it made perfect sense.
it took brain power to figure out but it wasnt a very creative riddle any one could have made up names off the top of there head with the first few letters of continents
You are ABSOLUTELY right alienbob and anyone could have serve continental breakfast too. Smile,always smile.
I just think that one was hard, I got my brain going, and I don't really know all of the continents!
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Aug 02, 2003
Good one that was!!
thanks danielle
quite far-fetched. but remarkable effort still! i liked it.
thanks
Ok That was hard because big family reunions are really hard to count the guests who attended the special get-together.
indeed. particularly when they havent seen each other for millions of years
Another very good one, griphook. I knew it had something to do with their names and what they said, but I wouldn't have though of continents...
thanks again
Very, very clever ;)
Very, very clever ;)
cool
erm..............i don wanna b a bum, but elephants are also found in asia.
Love riddles. Even ones I didn't get. The answer makes perfect sense though. More. Please more.
Uh, SWAFF, the answer says "the other continent where elephants are found."
Very creative! Excellent teaser!
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