Why was the farmer always so busy?
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: medium
Hint: Think about what farmers do with soil and thoughts
Answer
He was always cultivating ideas
Explanation
The pun connects 'cultivating' crops with the metaphorical cultivation of ideas.
This is a medium wordplay riddle — a moderate challenge for most people. The answer is He was always cultivating ideas.
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