# Riddle answer PLEASE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 2, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447 "2012-10-02T01:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PJ.Maniago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@PJ.Maniago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PJ.Maniago)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/1 "2012-10-02T01:48:57Z")
the riddle is: “Soup to nuts, nuts to soup… is it going to get you?” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/2 "2012-10-02T02:37:10Z")
Where did you hear this riddle? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/3 "2012-10-02T02:47:15Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Where did you hear this riddle? That’s not an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/4 "2012-10-02T03:05:34Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > That’s not an answer. Some context might help suss out the answer, don’t you see that? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/5 "2012-10-02T04:07:54Z")
> [@PJ.Maniago](#): > > the riddle is: > “Soup to nuts, nuts to soup… is it going to get you?” 14 k of g in a f p d ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/6 "2012-10-02T04:09:08Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > 14 k of g in a f p d Oh no… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/7 "2012-10-02T04:26:20Z")
One side makes you grow [del]taller[/del] smarter, the other side makes you grow [del]shorter[/del] dumber. ---
**Author:** ![core\_dump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@core\_dump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/core_dump)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/8 "2012-10-02T04:43:01Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > 14 k of g in a f p d I’m totally lost in this thread. I don’t talk jive; can someone translate this for me please? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/9 "2012-10-02T04:56:52Z")
> [@core\_dump](#): > > I’m totally lost in this thread. I don’t talk jive; can someone translate this for me please? So far, no. ---
**Author:** ![core\_dump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@core\_dump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/core_dump)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/10 "2012-10-02T05:01:41Z")
After doing some searching, all I can turn up is that the phrase ends with “you’re going to get it either way”. So my guess is in English it means something like: Whether you spill your soup on your nuts, or place your nuts in your soup, you’re going to get burned either way. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/11 "2012-10-02T05:25:06Z")
> [@core\_dump](#): > > I’m totally lost in this thread. I don’t talk jive; can someone translate this for me please? You know those puzzles like 14MoaDMC? (14 men on a Dead Mans chest), some one posted that line here as one of those. Since there is no good solution, he clearly got some (minor?) detail wrong. (Clearly it started 14karats of Gold in a …" but "f p d’ does not yield any common phrase. And he never came back with the answer, either) The same could be occurring here. The question of where “Soup to nuts” came from has been answered by Cecil/SDSAB, however. > **[What’s the origin of the expression, “from soup to nuts”?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342715/what-s-the-origin-of-the-expression-from-soup-to-nuts)** > > A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD \*Where did the phrase “soup to nuts,” which I believe means from start to finish, come from? — Rich, Hebron, CT According to my Dictionary of Idioms: From Soup to Nuts Meaning: the whole thing from beginning to end Origin: For centuries, any foods served at the beginning or end of a meal stood for the entire thing: the start and finish and everything in between. This expression was “from eggs to apples” and “from pottage to cheese.” In the United States in the middle of the 20th century, the expression developed into “from soup to nuts.” At many meals, soup is often the first course and a dessert with nuts is sometimes the last. The expression does not have to refer to only to meals, however. It could be the selection of goods for sale or classes offered. \* But it is quite likely that the OP has slightly gotten the riddle wrong. Thus, we need context. In fact, often in such riddles the context can provide the crucial clue, and the riddle can not be solved without it. I say that the OP has gotten the quote wrong, as all Google searches for that exact phrase lead back here. You guess is quite good, mind you. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/12 "2012-10-02T22:37:03Z")
> [@core\_dump](#): > > After doing some searching, all I can turn up is that the phrase ends with “you’re going to get it either way”. > > So my guess is in English it means something like: > Whether you spill your soup on your nuts, or place your nuts in your soup, you’re going to get burned either way. Since “soup to nuts” means “the entire meal” (seeing soup as the first course and nuts as the last course), the “you’re going to get it either way” ending does make sense without it being much of a riddle at all. It would just mean something like “Whatever order the courses are served in, you’re going to get it either way.” The OP’s ending doesn’t make much sense to me. I don’t get it. (But in Soviet Russia, it get me… maybe I’ve stumbled on the answer?). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/13 "2012-10-02T22:43:37Z")
> [@PJ.Maniago](#): > > the riddle is: > “Soup to nuts, nuts to soup… is it going to get you?” No soup, radio! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/14 "2012-10-02T22:48:16Z")
“Nuts” could also be an expression of disapproval or disgust. So, someone saying, “Nuts to soup” could be expressing his distaste for soup. But again, it needs moar context. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/15 "2012-10-02T22:58:33Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Nuts” could also be an expression of disapproval or disgust. So, someone saying, “Nuts to soup” could be expressing his distaste for soup. But again, it needs moar context. ‘Hunger’, then? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/16 "2012-10-03T01:32:28Z")
> [@PJ.Maniago](#): > > the riddle is: > “Soup to nuts, nuts to soup… is it going to get you?” The answer depends on knowing the only three words in the English language that end in ‘gry’. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/17 "2012-10-03T01:37:48Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > No soup, radio! Have I mentioned recently how much I like you? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-answer-please/636447/18 "2012-10-03T01:47:20Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Have I mentioned recently how much I like you? No! But it’s about frikkin time! And, a’likewise. I shall “Friend” you! Whatever that means.