Comments on: Plum Taking

By: Verne

Verne — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 23:00:39 +0000

Where did this riddle originate?

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:04:49 +0000

In reply to Hihn. That version is lovely.

By: Hihn

Hihn — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:39:51 +0000

Way to butcher the lovely rhyme scheme though.

A man without eyes
sees plumbs on a tree.
He neither takes them
nor leaves them.
How can this be?

By: Seamus

Seamus — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:02:28 +0000

Yes, it has something to do with the eyes, also grammar, The man only had one eye, (single)so did not have the plural, (eyes), he did see two plumbs and ate one leaving one,

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:55:48 +0000

the person who told me this said that the answer above was close but not quite
something to do with the eyes. Having no eyes
I said well he had a vision
she said close but not right yet
Any other answers to this riddle?

By: Kade5251

Kade5251 — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:46:34 +0000

If the man didn’t take plums nor plums did he leave, you would have to assume that there were only two plums on the tree, he took one “plum” (singular), and in doing so he wouldn’t have left back any “plums” but would have left “a plum”, so “plums” plural he didn’t leave.