What's my line?
$begingroup$
- I like pies, but I don't like pastries.
- I like gents, but I don't like toffs.
- I like reason, but I don't like rationality.
What have I been doing and how have I been punished?
Bonus question:
- One of my friends likes a clean, but he doesn't like a bath or a shower.
- Another of my friends almost likes urges, but he definitely doesn't like temptation,
What's my name?
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asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
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$begingroup$
- I like pies, but I don't like pastries.
- I like gents, but I don't like toffs.
- I like reason, but I don't like rationality.
What have I been doing and how have I been punished?
Bonus question:
- One of my friends likes a clean, but he doesn't like a bath or a shower.
- Another of my friends almost likes urges, but he definitely doesn't like temptation,
What's my name?
riddle wordplay knowledge
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
- I like pies, but I don't like pastries.
- I like gents, but I don't like toffs.
- I like reason, but I don't like rationality.
What have I been doing and how have I been punished?
Bonus question:
- One of my friends likes a clean, but he doesn't like a bath or a shower.
- Another of my friends almost likes urges, but he definitely doesn't like temptation,
What's my name?
riddle wordplay knowledge
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
$endgroup$
- I like pies, but I don't like pastries.
- I like gents, but I don't like toffs.
- I like reason, but I don't like rationality.
What have I been doing and how have I been punished?
Bonus question:
- One of my friends likes a clean, but he doesn't like a bath or a shower.
- Another of my friends almost likes urges, but he definitely doesn't like temptation,
What's my name?
riddle wordplay knowledge
riddle wordplay knowledge
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
asked 6 hours ago
Rupert MorrishRupert Morrish
3,3091932
3,3091932
add a comment |
add a comment |
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$begingroup$
Have you been
Spying for a foreign nation?
The words you like sure look like it:
S-pies
A-gents
T-reason
And a common punishment for that used to be what was done to those words too:
Off with their heads!
Using the same logic, the friends in the bonus questions might then be
Donald M-aclean and Guy B-urges(s)
which would then make you
either Philby, Blunt, or Cairncross, but since none of those guys got the punishment mentioned above, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
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1
$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
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$begingroup$
Have you been
Spying for a foreign nation?
The words you like sure look like it:
S-pies
A-gents
T-reason
And a common punishment for that used to be what was done to those words too:
Off with their heads!
Using the same logic, the friends in the bonus questions might then be
Donald M-aclean and Guy B-urges(s)
which would then make you
either Philby, Blunt, or Cairncross, but since none of those guys got the punishment mentioned above, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
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1
$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Have you been
Spying for a foreign nation?
The words you like sure look like it:
S-pies
A-gents
T-reason
And a common punishment for that used to be what was done to those words too:
Off with their heads!
Using the same logic, the friends in the bonus questions might then be
Donald M-aclean and Guy B-urges(s)
which would then make you
either Philby, Blunt, or Cairncross, but since none of those guys got the punishment mentioned above, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Have you been
Spying for a foreign nation?
The words you like sure look like it:
S-pies
A-gents
T-reason
And a common punishment for that used to be what was done to those words too:
Off with their heads!
Using the same logic, the friends in the bonus questions might then be
Donald M-aclean and Guy B-urges(s)
which would then make you
either Philby, Blunt, or Cairncross, but since none of those guys got the punishment mentioned above, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
$endgroup$
Have you been
Spying for a foreign nation?
The words you like sure look like it:
S-pies
A-gents
T-reason
And a common punishment for that used to be what was done to those words too:
Off with their heads!
Using the same logic, the friends in the bonus questions might then be
Donald M-aclean and Guy B-urges(s)
which would then make you
either Philby, Blunt, or Cairncross, but since none of those guys got the punishment mentioned above, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
answered 54 mins ago
BassBass
28.3k469174
28.3k469174
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$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
1
1
$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
$begingroup$
The punishment isn't historically accurate. I'm old enough that I remember when there were just three of them, so if you want to reduce your answer to the last of the original trio, you'll get the tick.
$endgroup$
– Rupert Morrish
50 mins ago
add a comment |
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