Waspo's Game of Riddles

[Suffragium]

Four, to be guaranteed a matching pair

Good point, but I either didn't see that they had to be matching or he edited that out.

[Kaios]

Good point, but I either didn't see that they had to be matching or he edited that out.

I thought it said matching and then I looked again just now and it doesn't. I think my brain just added that in but in any case that's how I read the question.

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A pair, not a pair that matches. Also, I can't believe how cheap vicar whitby is, can you believe it? He can squeeze a nickle until the buffalo poops.. Unreal

[Kaios]

A pair, not a pair that matches.

Yeah but when you say you're gonna go grab a "pair of socks" I assume most people don't mean a mismatch pair.

[bologna_man00]

A pair, not a pair that matches.

Only girls wear mismatched socks

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Ever wonder why its called a pair of pants when you only buy 1?

[ElManisero]

2

Edit: tell vicar whitby he's a cheapass

We have a winner!

(Duly noted!)

[Kaios]

Ok what a stupid riddle.

Ever wonder why its called a pair of pants when you only buy 1?

It's the same as a "pair of glasses" or a "pair of scissors." Although you are using the noun as a singular, it still represents a plural because technically the pants or glasses or scissors are made up of two identical parts.

[lachlaan]

Yeah, such a stupid riddle, because using wordplay in riddles is totally not a thing.

[Trenial]

Ok what a stupid riddle.

Ever wonder why its called a pair of pants when you only buy 1?

It's the same as a "pair of glasses" or a "pair of scissors." Although you are using the noun as a singular, it still represents a plural because technically the pants or glasses or scissors are made up of two identical parts.

Its an old Anglo Saxon remnant. Much like Ox, and Oxen, both can mean singular and plural. Aurochs, Aurochsen too.