Riddle No. 31

[Carl]

Items taken during a periodic pause
Travel from me up to your jaws

I sit on the back of your ride
Ensuring you can be identified

Touching me when I'm home might be fun
Doing so may constitute a run

What am I ?


Answer will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[freddo]

plate

[Carl]

ANSWER

Plate.

Lines 1-2: a dinner plate - "Items" refers to items of food, and "a periodic pause" refers to a mealtime.

Lines 3-4: a license plate - "Your ride" refers to your motorised vehicle (should you have one).

Lines 5-6: home plate in baseball - These lines refer to scoring a run in baseball by reaching home plate.