Help me maintain hero status - solve this riddle.....

[BigBazza]

My Eldest has just text me to ask "What is long and thin, all the colours of the rainbow and can eat 40 sheep?"

Not wanting to disprove his belief that his Dad knows everything, can anyone help me solve it please?

Thanks

BB

[Vixpy1]

A Welshman

[HRG]

Vixpy1 said:

A Welshman

I didn't know Plotloss could do all that.

[MK4 Slowride]

A snake dipped into oil.

ahh so that's where it comes from.

[james_tigerwoods]

I've not idea, but I did Google it briefly and didn't find the answer...

Is that cheating?

[oilydan]

BigBazza said:

My Eldest has just text me to ask "What is long and thin, all the colours of the rainbow and can eat 40 sheep?"

Not wanting to disprove his belief that his Dad knows everything, can anyone help me solve it please?

Thanks

BB

A ball of Wool?

[Steamer]

A big wolf in a gay coat?

[BigBazza]

Steamer said:

A big wolf in a gay coat?

Best answer so far - but it is in fact....... hot off the press ...........

A rug.

I was dissapointed too, still he's only 7 and can text better than me!

[lazyitus]

anonymous said:

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Yes they do. They are aptly named 'Woolves'.

[Davi]

anonymous said:

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I think they're like kettles - they won't do what you want them to when watched.

[Neil_H]

A wooly scarf! As long as you're willing to accept 'eat 40 sheep' in a metaphorical sense?

[BigBazza]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Nope, he has one without a SIM card for pretending but uses his Mothers when he wants to text me. I'm old fashioned, it'll be a long time before he gets one and even then only for safety reasons.

[carter711]

"What is long and thin, all the colours of the rainbow and can eat 40 sheep?"


Hmm, i don't know of a living creature that can eat 40 sheep, perhaps over a period of time but certainly not at once.
This would suggest the answer is not a living thing, but the question states 'eat' therefore the answer must be alive?
Long and thin but can eat 40 sheep, it can't be living. Sorry i'm thinking aloud.


Are you sure this is not a riddle, but a joke?

[turbobloke]

Probably a joke - is the answer a long thin hungry rainbow coloured sheep eater?

[911motorsport]

I know of a Big Cat that can eat garden forks!

It's a 4 point tool eater jaguar.

[Morningside]

Does this help?

[Davi]

BigBazza said:

Steamer said:

A big wolf in a gay coat?

Best answer so far - but it is in fact....... hot off the press ...........

A rug.

That's crap. Even taking into account riddles usually being a bit obscure in their references, they are usually at least clever with the obscurity. Not just crap. Tell your son to inform the askee of the riddle it's crap.

[oilydan]

BigBazza said:

Steamer said:

A big wolf in a gay coat?

Best answer so far - but it is in fact....... hot off the press ...........

A rug.

I was dissapointed too, still he's only 7 and can text better than me!

I think you'll find that my 'Ball of wool' answer a much better answer considering the 'eats 40 shhep' was metaphorical. Rugs are not long and thin.

Tell your son that he is wrong and send him to bed with no supper. After a good slipper thrashing.

[Steamer]

911motorsport said:

I know of a Big Cat that can eat garden forks!

It's a 4 point tool eater jaguar.

have one of these but with a large slice of

[CosmicMatt]

Help me maintain relationship status.

Other half wants to see fireworks display this evening (not in that way, i'd be lucky!) I tell her to go home after work and get some rest (she has been doing long hours)...

now she is ignoring me - am I in the dog house? If so why? And is it my fault?

Cure: Should I visit a strip joint...