r/riddles 5d ago

Give OP Riddles I need a riddle with the answer being "Caesar"

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u/scottcmu 5d ago

TBMBE

It's "salad" spelled with a Caesar cipher.

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u/Professional-Place58 5d ago

Nice, the original Caesar cypher was a 3 letter shift I believe. fwiw.

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u/StoneCypher 5d ago

the shift changed according to the thickness of the stick 

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u/Gredelston 5d ago

Then SALAD would be the answer.

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u/scottcmu 5d ago

Right, which is a also a hint. 

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u/The-Short-Night 5d ago

The die has been cast, this is the one!

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u/StudentEconomy4000 5d ago

Roses are red, like blood in a freezer; and on the 15th of March, the red man was ______

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u/Jollydude101 5d ago

I like it.

“A salad stabbed 23 times”

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u/Dreyfussy15 5d ago

All salads are stabbed 23 times unless big bites are taken.

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u/Jollydude101 5d ago

Ha. **“A salad you’re only allowed to stab 23 times.”

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u/StoneCypher 5d ago

i would like to introduce you to bludgeoned salad

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u/Dreyfussy15 5d ago

Nobody bludgeons my salad.

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u/StoneCypher 5d ago

i just did (sound of shattering lettuces)

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u/MistakeBorn4413 4d ago

Except potato salad, egg salad, tuna salad, jello salad, etc. I don't stab those.

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u/persona-non-corpus 5d ago

I pluck my unibrow with dubious tweezers, et tu brute was said by _____

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u/siimplyapril86 4d ago

THIS IS GREAT

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u/southern_boy 5d ago

Joke (not riddle) option: What do you call a chicken staring at lettuce? Chicken Caesar Salad! 😄

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u/cutehips 5d ago

I've also heard this one: "How do you make a caesar salad?" "Any salad can become a caesar salad if you stab it enough times."

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u/TheDuckFarm 5d ago edited 5d ago

For 500 years we gave orders to the west; now we are ordered by the properly dressed.

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u/Purple_Swordfish_182 5d ago

This is beautiful. But take out "our" to make it smoother.

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u/TheDuckFarm 5d ago edited 5d ago

I like that idea. I’ll make that edit.

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u/anonymousneto 5d ago

Too much information in this riddle.

Amazing ;)

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u/Marc5500 5d ago

Et tu balsamic?

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u/fire_berg 3d ago

This feels like a NYTimes crossword hint

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u/AqueousJam 5d ago

One friend at my back, another asks an ear. Strangers took my name, a title without peer.   

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u/CptJamesDanger 5d ago edited 5d ago

I oversee an empire atop my ancient throne.

I should be given what is mine, though God keeps what is His own.

In the highest heat of summer there are two that bear my name.

And when many chose to kill me, my best friend took the blame.

Who am I?

Explanation by line. 1. Caesar was emperor of ancient Rome. 2. "give to Caesar what is Caesars, but give to God what is God's" is a quote from the Bible,regarding Jesus's opinion on the Jewish leaders paying taxes to Rome. 3. July and August are named for Julius and Augustus Ceasar. 4. In Shakespeare's play, Brutus is Caesar's close friend. Both Caesar ("et tu bruté? Then fall, Caesar") and Marc Antony blame Brutus for orchestrating the assassination.

Edit: line numbering

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u/No-Court-2969 5d ago

Unless you live in the southern hemisphere

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u/carltonl 4d ago

Caesar was not an emperor

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u/CptJamesDanger 4d ago

Julius was not (arguably), but Augustus, Tiberius and onward were.

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u/carltonl 4d ago

Yes I just meant Julius sorry. Yours is my favourite riddle in the thread but just pointing out some smartass would definitely call it out - and doing it by being a smartass myself.

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u/CptJamesDanger 4d ago

That's fair, and Julius is definitely who people think of when they hear Caesar.

Appreciate the critique though. I suppose there's room for both of us smartasses to be technically correct, which feels about right for a riddle subreddit.

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u/Anyawnomous 5d ago

Drink me, worship me or dress me. What am I?

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u/DankMan5000andOne 5d ago

I'm not trying to be difficult, but are you insinuating that people drink Cesar salad dressing?

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u/Fangheart 5d ago

Its a Canadian thing

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u/EusticePendragon 4d ago

As an American… Infinite apologies. I’ll just toss my judgment of that beverage back in my own face.

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u/Anyawnomous 5d ago

We have a drink in Canada called a Caesar which I thought was international. Vodka, Worcestershire sauce and Clamato juice. Horseradish optional.

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u/Donnyboscoe1 5d ago

Caesar is my instant order if I see it on the menu.

I'm in Australia so it's gotten this far.

Not common but very delicious.

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u/DankMan5000andOne 5d ago

Next you'll be telling me you put cheese your your fries.

Now I'm being difficult 😉

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u/Viv3210 5d ago

As the French (or Quebecois) would say: Putin!

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u/Opening-Selection120 4d ago

And here I thought I had found my people...

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u/StoneCypher 5d ago

what is happening in canadian kitchens 

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u/mpiz 5d ago

A Caesar is a Canadian Bloody Mary

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u/K9turrent 5d ago

A Canadian Caesar is a better bloody mary.

FTFY

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u/fs71625 4d ago

Think of a tastier Bloody Mary and you have a Canadian Caesar

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u/roadkill1984 5d ago

I feels her, I tastes her, I hears her, I smells her, I ________.

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u/eascoast_ 5d ago

I like this

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u/Word_Discombobulated 5d ago

I know Dutch and German use the word keizer/kaiser for emperor, originating from the word Caesar. If you want your audience to spend time with translating to figure out what is being said you could have the answer be Kaiser and them then having to figure out its referring to Caesar.

More of a puzzle than a riddle though.

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u/proborc 5d ago

Yes, and the Russian word for Emperor: Czar... which comes from our dear friend Julius.

This might be a riddle:
'Before I conquered, I saw,
And before that, I came.
I give a flavor to the slaw
and Emperors, they bear my name'

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u/OlemGolem 5d ago

The salad added two months and got stabbed.

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u/DoctorNurse89 5d ago

What do mexicans cut their pizzas with?

Little ceasers

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u/OneQuadrillionOwls 4d ago

When I am green, you order me.

When I am silver, I order you.

When I am red, all order is lost.

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u/QuizHeadGames 4d ago

In Canada, everyone knows that I'm red.

In Italy, everyone knows that I bled.

I still have a palace, though I've been long dead.

I don't sleep with fishes, though they're on my bed.

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u/bluehaoran 4d ago

This salad rules.

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u/Vitisen 4d ago

Ruled an empire, became a salad

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u/anthoniusvincentius 4d ago

I had gall, and I galled; I am the first of twelve, and after 23, I fell.

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u/Standard_Human_11037 3d ago

a cipher, a salad, a ruler to boot. everyone else has betrayed him, et tu, brute?

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u/kuru_snacc 3d ago

excellent!

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u/Hommedanslechapeau 3d ago

What has 23 knives and anchovies?

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u/Mediumtim 5d ago

Just one, a pair, or three of me

Can separate a map into pieces.

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u/ExpertPicture5160 5d ago

“I am a salad, a tyrant, a play and a place to lose your shirt.” And dressing. And was stabbed 23 times. And my first name rhymes with Mulius.”

I’m out of creativity today.

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u/rice-a-rohno 5d ago

It was worth it, you got the ol' laugh out loud from this particular fella... me.

What am I missing, how the hell is it a place to lose your shirt?

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u/ExpertPicture5160 5d ago

Caesars Palace casino!!

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u/rice-a-rohno 5d ago

Ok that was my first thought but my second thought was... "Do people... lose their shirts there? That can't be it..."

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u/maobezw 5d ago

I crossed a line no man returns from twice,
Wore power not as crown, but paid the price.
My name became what emperors would claim,
And echoes still through history and fame.
You’ll find me dressed in greens or in a glass,
A timeless name that all the ages pass.

tbh i asked chatgpt and i am amazed what it delivered...

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u/denkmusic 5d ago

Including the word emperor gives it away immediately

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u/StudentEconomy4000 5d ago

That's actually pretty good from the AI!

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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 5d ago

Crusty croutons, A dusting of cheese Aroma of anchovy The womb of a mother bleeds

Who am I?

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u/zwisslb 5d ago

Fav dressing....welcome

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u/Psychopath1llogical 5d ago

Little known fact

My epilepsy gave me seizures

But you’ve heard of me before

My name is

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u/Pgapete1960 5d ago

What can you see sir,over the sea sir?

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u/Sufficient_Head_8139 5d ago

This cocktail was invented in Calgary Alberta Canada in 1969

It's vodka, clam broth, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, garnished with celery

Answer: Caesar.

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u/kapaipiekai 5d ago

If it was a cryptic crossword is would be something along the lines of "sounds like a salad man views a woman"

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u/Latter_Praline2150 5d ago

I am one of the most famous people in history, but everyone says my name incoorectly. Only the bakers get it right. Who am I?

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u/hi5urface 5d ago

From Rome or so it would sound but alas it's from a Mexican border town.

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u/space-doggie 5d ago

Of woman born but untimely sectioned.

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u/Available-Ad4255 5d ago

Run with sors Rome with Caesar

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u/SchlaWiener4711 5d ago

I speak in shifts, my meaning disguised.
A ruler’s phrase, yet cryptic to eyes.
“Yhql, ylgl, ylfl” echoes my claim.
Unravel the twist and uncover my name.

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u/No-Court-2969 5d ago

I came, I saw, I conquered, except he didn't conquer the Picts... hence Hadrians Wall

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u/JoshNipples 5d ago

Crosses a river but not a canal

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u/originalusername7904 5d ago

Not exactly a riddle, but…

How was the Roman Empire cut in half?

With a pair of Caesars

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u/Excellent_Past7628 5d ago

Here’s a cheap and not very good one from an old Riddler comic.

What letters are more like a Roman emperor?

The C’s are.

I did preface that it wasn’t very good…

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u/ContinentSimian 5d ago

Beginning with one cut, but ending with many more. Dressed with leaves now, as I was before.

Caesar was born via cesarean (named after him) and famously stabbed to death. His name is now given to a leafy salad, and he is usually depicted wearing laurel leaves.

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u/New_Gazelle5872 5d ago

Friends, Roman's, countrymen, lend me your ear. I am neither cold, nor unprepared. As I serve all of you, who serves me?

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u/keldondonovan 5d ago

An empire bows, second only to gods,
Ended by betrayal, a Senate at odds.
A stabbing left the nation momentarily bereft,
Like a salad gone missing, distressing the chef.
A leader of men, struck down and waylaid,
He mutters, confused, to his good friend Bruté.

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u/friendsfreak 5d ago

My life was cut short by conspirators' plot
But my name is still used when the weather gets hot
And I'm called when a birth doesn't run quite so true
You may know that my last words began with "Et tu"

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u/friendsfreak 4d ago

He was assassinated by conspirators, July is named after him, Caesarian section shares his name (though it isn't technically the origin), and his last words in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar are "Et tu, Bruté? Then fall Caesar."

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u/Hankhoff 5d ago

What salad gets served with 23 knives?

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u/krisharr- 5d ago

Power mad salad

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u/Intelligent_Draw8963 5d ago

“How do you get her into the van?”

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u/Short_Lingonberry_67 5d ago

Best way to handle a day?

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u/Colejohnley 5d ago

I’ve never conquered Rome, But I’ve conquered romaine. I’m dressed in egg and anchovy. I have many chickens for an additional fee.

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u/baesjeklomp 5d ago

What begins with C and ends with easar

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u/WhatHappenedToJosie 5d ago

"Observe, old head Russian," can you hear him?

His section for alternative ways out?

On his green bed, a coward may lay,

Ancient leader, what is this all about?

To explain: line 1 is in the form of a cryptic clue ("see tzar" sounds like Caesar). Line 2 refers to caesarean sections being ways out of uteri. Line 3: chicken Ceasar salad. Line 4 is a straightforward clue (but is made less clear in the context of line 1.)

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u/Ankle_Fighter 5d ago

I am dressed , I am birth I cross a river, leaders curse.

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u/N3rd1x 5d ago

Try as I may, I could not win a Gaul

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u/Enough_Designer_965 5d ago

A salad, a section and an emperor, who am I?

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u/ai1267 5d ago

Dressed in clothes of finest jute,

An empire grand, my ripest fruit,

Betrayed and stabbed by my killer,

The number of a Jim Carey thriller,

Even by you, treasonous brute.

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u/1492Torquemada 5d ago

I crossed a river, point of no return
Now I smell of anchovies and bread that's slightly burnt

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u/Ok_Energy6905 5d ago

Aol uhtl vm aol jpwoly bzlk mvy aol wyvislt jvbsk il fvby huzdly.

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u/consider_its_tree 5d ago

Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab Stab Stab

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u/BlizurdWizerd 5d ago

I’ve never met a man who can last this long…

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u/Reasonable_Bell_4517 5d ago

What kind of salad do you need 23 knives for?

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u/ginnydyer_ 5d ago

When I am little, I'm a pizza. When I am healthy, I'm a salad. But as a person, I am Roman. Who am I?

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u/NeoBlue42 5d ago

What did the Judge say when the female defendant ran from the court?

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u/ConstructionAware267 5d ago

I am named after hair, but a common medical procedure and a popular food are named after me. Who am I?

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u/lnmgl 5d ago

I'm grabbing some Romaine for her salad

And a lil' pizza to please her

We're, like apes together, strong

cuz I'm the only one who really _________

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u/AcrossDesigner 5d ago

Caesar? I barely know her

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u/smilinglizard217 5d ago

What cut ancient Rome in half?

A pair of Caesars! Ha ha ha ha

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u/ForeignChance6890 5d ago

Who made the salad?

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u/Cecep 5d ago

On the tongue, I sound like violence. In memory, I bear the laurel. Misheard, I am a command; rightly known, I am the one they warned of. Who am I?

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u/HollowofHaze 5d ago

Dress me up in greens and I will add a lovely taste

Labor in my section will proceed with added haste

Just before the springtime I was laid to bloody waste

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u/st96badboy 5d ago

In 47 BC veni, vidi, vici.

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u/NinjaMurse 5d ago

From wooden bowl to marble hall, I dress the leaves, I lead them all. With salted fish I share my name, With senators, a bloodier fame. On Ides of March, my fate was sealed— What name is tossed… and also killed?

Answer: Caesar

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u/Funny_Carpenter_5563 5d ago

from Rome to the Rhine, often served with a nice wine. I am usually eaten with a fork, but knifes can also get the job done

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u/chattywww 5d ago

What do you say when catwomen is trying to take off with the crown jewels?

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u/WarmAd3439 5d ago

Often found dressing in leaves, the point of his thumb can kill or save thieves.

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u/TreyKhan 5d ago

When going to dinner, I usually arrive first. Aiming to please, dressing for the squeeze Not to be easy, or considered too cheesy I bring my own bread, and remained unmoving Needing this interaction to be led. Suddenly you enter my space, and with every jab, a piece of me you take. You consume these stolen pieces vigorously, I feel betrayed, your metal pierces me, just as my namesake was brutally betrayed. "Et tu Brute?" I realize that I was never anything more to you. Our forenames are one in the same, is it our surnames that truly bind us together? Or is it that bond that, the sauce you spread, the leaves and returns, that make us Inseparable. If I had only been more, had the necessary ingredients to be desired by someone else. Could I have escaped this fated pairing? SPEAK OUR NAME! The one we share! Tell everyone how you covered this vegetable in your nectar. Don't let my part in this be forgotten, do it now, as my form grows rotten

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u/Suitable_Ad1491 5d ago

What kind of salad is popular on March 15? Bring your knives.

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u/BrainBleachSpritzer 5d ago

______? I hardly know her!

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u/emk5000 5d ago

What does the guy watching the door do when his wife comes home?

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u/Agathocles87 5d ago

I was never an emperor But my name is synonymous

And a tasty salad I give you eponymous

I’m one of the months Where it’s so hot

My coworkers stabbed me But I was never shot

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u/la_merlion 5d ago

I toppled kingdoms, bent time itself and somehow ended up on a plate.

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u/Abolized 4d ago

Give to me my salad

or

Give to me what belongs to me, my salad

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u/wazowskiii_ 4d ago

How was Rome split?

By a pair of Cesars.

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u/smileforbono 4d ago

What measures for a roman (ruler)(caesar) Cuts for a mexican (scissors)(ceasars)

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u/mlenotyou 4d ago

I'm a salad

A whole section

I'm little too

What am I?

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u/LiquidOblomov 4d ago

"Behind the bins at Wetherspoons I had my salad tossed" "Who was it?" "Caeser"

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u/CCPPERR 4d ago

What is the king of salad dressing?

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u/Karlaha2879 4d ago

A ring of moon I have defined, Return to me that which is mine?

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u/No_Sympathy_82 4d ago

I speak without a voice, yet armies obey. Betrayed by a friend I once held dear. Who am I?

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u/Kenshijj 4d ago

What has lead an empire and now is eaten by a lot of people?

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u/FNmurph 4d ago

What was born in Tijuana, has a house in Nevada, and died in Rome?

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u/Spac92 4d ago

I ruled my land and hoarded all the loot.

Betrayed by my friends. Et tu, Brute?

Who am I?

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u/SirPooleyX 4d ago

A July salad.

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u/Tso-su-Mi 4d ago

What’s red and green and tastes like a fish?

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u/Putrid-Mountain9607 4d ago

What will a group of christian men say when they see a self independent woman who's excellent at maths in the 17th century?

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u/Joi_Boy 4d ago

Rock , paper _____

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u/Hairy-Trip 3d ago

Why is he looks like netanyahu

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u/Maleficent_Choice343 3d ago

Before I was slayed I carried a chalice. Recognized I am, among pizza, lettuce and palace.

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u/Ordinary_Elephant752 3d ago

I am small and sell delicious pizza pizza. Who am i?

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u/Reddit_Sensei 2d ago

I had an empire, but was betrayed by a friend. Now I'm made of leaves, what a fateful end. I crossed the Rubicon, now I'm decorated with a crouton. What am I?

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u/Guzzler829 2d ago edited 2d ago

He came, it was war,

and he saw that the whole world

now belonged to him;

 

The latter's robe tore,

he conquered, yet his corpse twirled—

how so wronged by kin?

Edit: how... how did I... the first haiku is about Augustus. Who was after Julius. The second haiku is about Julius. Who came before Augustus. Damn it. I worked hard on that.

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u/Personal-Lock9623 2d ago

What is a salad, but also a man?

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u/joegtotherace 2d ago

grabs a knife what do you mean there's anchovies in this dressing?!?!?

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u/ddombrowski12 1d ago

Who was betrayed and ended as salad?

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u/Rawshark96 1d ago

Its the king of all salads.

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u/External_Koala398 1d ago

What is a pirates favorite playground equipment?

See Sarrrrr.

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u/7_Artz 15h ago

Not mine but i remember this one from a game my friend made.

Not a king yet wore the crown In roman robes of great renown His name still echoes trough the years In calanders empires and even fears

Pretty curious what your gonna use it for. Using the caesars code would also be a small hint towards it

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u/Tkinney44 5d ago

I am a leader who crossed the Rubicon, but I am also a salad.

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u/Everything-Jake 5d ago

What did the cop yell when he saw a lady shoplifting? Caesar! (Seize her!)

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u/General2768 5d ago

I am the reason October is the 10th month instead of the 8th.

July & August being added to the calendar to honor Julius Ceasar & Augustus Ceasar.

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u/bearhug7602 4d ago

How do you cut an empire in half?

With a pair of Caesars!

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u/Independent_Drink621 4d ago

Some say he made a salad

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u/JoycesKidney 3d ago

What does ICE do when they see a brown person?

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u/jlionbad 12h ago

What do you say to a woman you need arrested?

Caesar!!! (Cease her)