[brainz]

my job was very simple

and i made a hefty sum

i wore a black cape to keep

out the sun.

many people used me

when they were in a tight pinch

my job was hot during the 1600's

althought a new guy more clean and

private has taken up my place

althought if you ask

me he has a horrid stink and taste

what am i

youll have to open a few more boxes

Spoiler for keep going:

almost

Spoiler for just one more:

alright fine be that way

Spoiler for here it is:

hahahah not tellin you gotta try first

[Guest]

I'm thinking of some kind of food - perhaps bread or even a grape (skin or rind as the black cape)

[brainz]

chewing vs. smoking tobacco, pipe, cigarette, etc

at first i thought outhouse, then spittoon...

many people used it and shared it, right? but, you taste it too. black cape---very curious indeed.

not a kraut barrel not snuff or chewing tabbaco not an exicutioner not gun powder

and maryann one of your ideas was painfully close but im not sayin wich one ohh and btw not a food item

[brainz]

I think we need some more clues!!!

The Grim Reaper...

or a Mortician...

oh allright i guess i did make it a little bit tough here you go a clue

[Guest]

oh allright i guess i did make it a little bit tough here you go a clue

Ok...

[spoiler='I think I've got it...

']the toilet

[Guest]

Ok...

[spoiler='I think I've got it...

']the toilet

Obviously I was wrong

the toilet (water closet was invented in 1596... thanks wikipedia) should be the new guy most clean and

private. So the right answer should be the chamberpot or, along the same lines, the outhouse or something like that

.

Just one problem still remains. Ok for the horrid stink but don't ask me about its flavor... I've never tasted it. Moreover I think that also the old guy didn't smell and taste so good.

[brainz]

Obviously I was wrong

the toilet (water closet was invented in 1596... thanks wikipedia) should be the new guy most clean and

private. So the right answer should be the chamberpot or, along the same lines, the outhouse or something like that

.

Just one problem still remains. Ok for the horrid stink but don't ask me about its flavor... I've never tasted it. Moreover I think that also the old guy didn't smell and taste so good.

yep it does have to do with a porto potty its an older version of it a man waering a black cape would walk around the streets with a bucket and offer his services as a portto potty (yes this was real not a fantsy) hehe sweet job

[Guest]

I thought of that also, but the taste factor threw me

[brainz]

I thought of that also, but the taste factor threw me

lol yeah but i doubt you have walked into one with a stuffed nose breathing through your mouth ugh the air in em tasts horrid

[Guest]

a hangman....old fashion hangman in black

[Guest]

i hang out with some amish and other plain folks so the outhouse was my immediate first thought when i read that riddle lol

my job was very simple

and i made a hefty sum

i wore a black cape to keep

out the sun.

many people used me

when they were in a tight pinch

my job was hot during the 1600's

althought a new guy more clean and

private has taken up my place

althought if you ask

me he has a horrid stink and taste

what am i

youll have to open a few more boxes

Spoiler for keep going:

almost

Spoiler for just one more:

alright fine be that way

Spoiler for here it is:

hahahah not tellin you gotta try first