This classic riddle asks:
“What has a tongue but never talks?”
At first, you may think of an animal or a person, but the answer is something much more ordinary.
The answer is:
A shoe.
A shoe can have a “tongue,” which is the flexible piece of material underneath the laces, but of course it cannot speak.
That is what makes the riddle clever. The word “tongue” immediately makes us think of talking, but it can also describe a part of an everyday object.
Most lace-up shoes have a tongue that sits between the foot and the laces, helping make the shoe more comfortable and secure.
So the correct answer is:
A shoe.
Simple once you know it, but easy to overthink at first.
Did you guess it right away?
