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A Batter
I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit.
I am near a ball, yet I am never thrown.
What am I?
I am near a ball, yet I am never thrown.
What am I?
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Your Eyelashes!Hide Answer Show Answer
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Good One!!!
Gloves?
Jimbo I thought that also but gloves would not work as they are not used to bat with
very clever, had me stumped!!
I sure enjoyed this reaser, thanks
......yet I never get a hit.....
Never had a smack in the eye?
Never had a smack in the eye?
Kallian, gloves can be used to bat with - such as in cricket, you have batting gloves; every boy in Australia has batting gloves to protect their hands.
I was thinking totally different but it didn't exactly fit with just one ball.
I was thinking totally different but it didn't exactly fit with just one ball.
Great!
It could also be the thing that props up the ball, like in softball. I don't know what it's called. It's used to hit the ball (it keeps it in one spot), and it never gets hit (almost never).
Ok...you got me! LOL!
I enjoyed this one soooooo much!!! I have been really busy with school this semester and with moving but I still find a moment to try and figure out the brain teasers. This one was so fun that I sent it to a couple of my friends to see if they can figure it out. Great Job!!! I sincerely loved it.
Tricky, tricky. Never would have gotten this one in a million years. Good job.
Think about it.Could also be your hand.The bat get the hit,not your hand.
Yes, I also thought it was a hand
I agree withe the above. It could be a hand, a glove, a tee, etc. Who approves these things, anyway?
I didn't even come close.
Quite clever, i never would have guessd
Pretty easy, but a good one.
I love the people who always post with "I thought it was..." followed by some inane idea that only fits half the clues.
I love the people who always post with "I thought it was..." followed by some inane idea that only fits half the clues.
Right on "guess," maybe they feel half an answer in better than none.
I was stumped on this one.
I was stumped on this one.
nice riddle
I thought it was a tee
I thought it was a tee
nice riddle
I thought it was a tee
I thought it was a tee
Two words, Play Nice!
very easy but a good riddle...
Hmmm...*bats eyelashes*
Clever! I was also thinking along the lines of baseball. Great teaser!
This is pretty good! Fun and easy!
Once I saw the answer I could have kicked myself, I thought it was a glove. Batters wear them, and so does the pitcher and everyone else. But alas I was going in the wrong direction. I couldn't see for looking.
Monday~
Monday~
I too was thinking along the "baseball" line! lol Great Job! This is going in my favourites...
Wow...too clever.
I too was thinking of baseball and came up with arm. I had to laugh when I saw the answer! Cute and tricky!
great teaser.i knew it couldnt be glove becouse that would of ben way to easy..teasers are made to make you think.great fun..
Ya got me. Didn't think long enough I won't say where
I was headed with that since the
others are a little testy about that
today. Censorship by members?
Oh well,
GOOD ONE THANKS ROSE
I was headed with that since the
others are a little testy about that
today. Censorship by members?
Oh well,
GOOD ONE THANKS ROSE
Yawn... too easy.
Very cute!!
ahaha, cute teaser
LOL! so funny. i would have never guessed, i thought it was the pitcher. very good very good
Nov 23, 2007
I was thinking of a tee.
Nov 23, 2007
Batter's get hit and hits all quite often.
wowzah i thought glove
Very good and clever. I was way off. I thought the pitcher's mound.
It is used to bat with. The hitter has to have it so it is part of it all. Okay, it is lame, I know. no comments please!
It is used to bat with. The hitter has to have it so it is part of it all. Okay, it is lame, I know. no comments please!
but hw r eyelashs usd 2 bat???
how eyelashes used to bat???
Your eyelashes flick away small objects when you blink.But the best answer to the riddle is HANDS!!
Batting gloves are thrown all the time. They also get hit. Ever been hit on the hands while playing baseball? Mucho pain. However, I don't know if you could consider it thrown, but eyelashes do come off and fall. Is your body throwing them out?
It could be your hand,too. Just think about it.
You guys are taking the bazeball analogy too literally. You bat your eyelashes whe you flutter them usually ascribed to a woman who is flirting and playing the "oh woe is me damsel in distress" role. The "ball they are near is you eyeball. The teaser stated near a ball but don't get hit, so batting glove or any other piece of baseball equipment wouldn't really fit.
You guys are taking the bazeball analogy too literally. You bat your eyelashes whe you flutter them usually ascribed to a woman who is flirting and playing the "oh woe is me damsel in distress" role. The "ball they are near is you eyeball. The teaser stated near a ball but don't get hit, so batting glove or any other piece of baseball equipment wouldn't really fit.
The riddle states it "never gets A hit". I emphasize the 'A' because that means that it can include other baseball equipment. Just because it gets hit doesn't count as getting A hit. Therefore, tees, batting gloves, pitcher mounds are all valid answers. If you go with the other interpretation, eyelashes get hit all the time too. They are there to protect our eyes from getting hit from dust and other particles. That would rule them out as an answer.
It got me but that is not unusual.
I looked at this in the morning, and knew it needed to sit....was able to figure it out pretty painlessly this afternoon-and really enjoyed it! Must be a cultural expression about batting eyelashes, given many didn't recognize it.
I agree with Habs^
If hand worked for the answer so could wrist, finger, palm . . .
If hand worked for the answer so could wrist, finger, palm . . .
ya got me!!
I thought it was easy, but clever. Thanks for posting1
My guess was "eye lids" which could work, I guess; but I have never said that I bat my eye lids - only I bat my eye lashes! Nice Teaser.
I guessed, you wouldn't have lashes w/out an eye- leaving it to the judges. lol
I guessed eye, you wouldn't have lashes w/out an eye- leaving it to the judges. lol
Nice & easy one, thanks!
Soooo easy but fun too.
I almost gave up on this one, but then I focused and ran through any "bat" idioms I could think of. That led to the answer pretty quickly. So, is it easy or hard? It's easy once you find the right frame of mind, hard if you don't.
This is very well done. I love riddles that sound like they are talking about one thing, but actually reference another.
This is very well done. I love riddles that sound like they are talking about one thing, but actually reference another.
I got this one pretty easily. I thought it was a cute riddle gokaran. I agree with Snowdog about liking riddles that make you think in one direction and send you in another.
Close but no cigar - I got "eye".
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