I could kill you
If you eat, not waste me
Yet my whole
Can be very tasty
A part of me
Can be used to entice
And if you've an adult mind
My whole can't be done twice
What am I?
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1$\begingroup$ -1 The last line is just bad taste. $\endgroup$– bgmCoderApr 8, 2015 at 0:46
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A cherryA cherry pit
I could kill you If you eat, not waste me
Cherry-bomb.Per Josh' comments: apparently a cherry pit is poisonous.
Yet my whole Can be very tasty
Cherry the fruit
A part of me Can be used to entice
Knotting the stem with the tongue, is apparently considered attractive
And if you've an adult mind My whole can't be done twice
"Pop the cherry" idiom.
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$\begingroup$ Go just a step deeper, and you get the point! It's not the cherry itself I'm looking for... $\endgroup$– JoshFeb 18, 2015 at 14:59
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1$\begingroup$ @Josh, you mean the seed? As in you can choke on it and die? $\endgroup$ Feb 18, 2015 at 15:03
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$\begingroup$ Actually, the pit is poisonous, and chewing on it can kill you. ;) $\endgroup$– JoshFeb 18, 2015 at 15:04
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2$\begingroup$ It's a myth. the hydrocyanid is not enough to kill a person. You would need to eat plenty to die. Have you ever eaten cherries from a glass? I mean when the pits are picked out first? Sometimes you will have a broken one in that bottle and I already ate some :) $\endgroup$ Feb 18, 2015 at 16:07
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is it
an apple?
I could kill you
If you eat, not waste me
apple seeds contain tiny amount of cyanide
Yet my whole
Can be very tasty
obviously the apple itself is tasty
A part of me
Can be used to entice
something about the forbidden fruit
And if you've an adult mind
My whole can't be done twice
forbidden fruit again I guess
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$\begingroup$ You're on the right track - I didn't think of the Garden of Eden apple, but it doesn't quite fit the last couplet. $\endgroup$– JoshFeb 18, 2015 at 3:47
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Is it...
False hope?
I could kill you
If you eat, not waste me
Clinging to it can only consume you, better to nip it in the bud.
Yet my whole
Can be very tasty
The comfort of illusion is usually much better than the harsh reality
A part of me
Can be used to entice
As charlatans, mountebanks, politicians, grifters and swindlers of all shades know all too well.
And if you've an adult mind
My whole can't be done twice
Because once you know, you cannot un-know without conscious self-deceit.
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$\begingroup$ Way to think outside the box! However incorrect, this is still a very good answer, except it doesn't take an adult mind. $\endgroup$– JoshFeb 18, 2015 at 15:01