Thursday, 17 July 2014

wordplay - Simple twisting riddle



One of the riddles we used to have painted on the walls of one of our classrooms in secondary school (with the last part added in :+ ):



What runs but doesn't walk,
has a mouth yet still can't talk,
has a head but doesn't think,
has a bed but will not sleep
and twists yet is not a riddle?



Took us 12 year old students a couple of days to figure out back then (despite it being terribly obvious in hindsight of course). So just wondering how many minutes it will take here :P .



Answer




The answer is



A river. As you said, it is pretty obvious. They run, have heads, mouths, and beds, and they often twist.



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