Thursday Morning Riddle
I am found in a playground for kids’ recreation;
When you play a trombone, I adjust modulation;
I am hitting your base at a low elevation;
And a page in a PowerPoint-made presentation.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:01 am
Slide
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
SLIDE is correct. Way to go, Asher!
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:26 pm
The original version, for posterity:
I am used to change pitch on a tenor trombone;
Hit your base scraping low when a ball might be thrown;
Where kids line up in groups, but must come down alone;
And a page in the show where a PowerPoint’s shown.
I did really like this one, but I recently used this rhyme, and I try to mix it up. So I’m very happy to share it with you now.
December 3rd, 2010 at 9:31 am
I really liked the re-write. “…brevity is the soul of wit…”
December 5th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Thanks, Asher.
If anything, though, the re-write is longer, since the soft ending adds an extra syllable to each line. But it looks shorter, because the four-syllable words are space-efficient.
December 9th, 2010 at 9:59 am
SLIDE….and I didn’t look at the above answers first.
Can never seem to get here first – but am always impressed with the riddles you’re able to come up with on the fly.
Cheers,
Trish
December 9th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Thanks, Trish!
You weren’t late this morning… just one minute early. New riddles are usually auto-posted at 10am.