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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: towr, ThudnBlunder, Eigenray, Grimbal, Icarus, william wu, SMQ)    Rebuses « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2 3 4 5  ...  17 Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Rebuses  (Read 24262 times) Three Hands Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 715 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #50 on: Feb 13th, 2007, 8:36pm » Quote Modify D'oh. Should have spotted that one...   Ah well, at least my initial instincts for this kind of puzzle are correct, even if I then can't work out why... IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #51 on: Feb 13th, 2007, 10:59pm » Quote Modify Bingo, WTF   PU     LL     and   exprejoyssable   « Last Edit: Feb 13th, 2007, 11:09pm by Noke Lieu » IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. TenaliRaman Uberpuzzler I am no special. I am only passionately curious.     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #52 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 12:17am » Quote Modify on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:59pm, Noke Lieu wrote: Bingo, WTF exprejoyssable   ::inexpressable joy:: IP Logged Self discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle - Antoine de Saint Exupery TenaliRaman Uberpuzzler I am no special. I am only passionately curious.     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #53 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 12:37am » Quote Modify on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:59pm, Noke Lieu wrote: Bingo, WTF PU     LL ::Pull out a blank:: IP Logged Self discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle - Antoine de Saint Exupery towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #54 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 12:39am » Quote Modify on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:59pm, Noke Lieu wrote: PU     LL pull apart IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #55 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 1:59am » Quote Modify The given answer was wholesale auto yard.   How about EZ_LOONY's FIITEN? IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #56 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 6:02am » Quote Modify Infinity.   By the way, while I was trying to solve the wholesale rebus, I Googled "wholesale car yard" to see if it was a common English phrase.  Since I only found three results, and wholesale car lot did little better, I figured the last word must have been something like pace or step.  This led me to my guesses of carpets and car parts. IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei TenaliRaman Uberpuzzler I am no special. I am only passionately curious.     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #57 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 6:17am » Quote Modify on Feb 14th, 2007, 6:02am, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote: Infinity. I was thinking the same, but it doesnt fit well. I would guess it to be something like, IFINITNE   -- AI IP Logged Self discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle - Antoine de Saint Exupery Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #58 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 6:51am » Quote Modify Teenager.   Fifteen, with a terrible spelling. IP Logged Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #59 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 7:42am » Quote Modify Nice, Grimbal.  I was thinking along the lines of there is an "ite" in "fin."  In fin, ite.     Oh, I see I typed infinity in my previous post instead of infinite.  A little slip up there.  Sorry if I confused anyone.   « Last Edit: Feb 14th, 2007, 7:44am by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot » IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei TenaliRaman Uberpuzzler I am no special. I am only passionately curious.     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #60 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 7:53am » Quote Modify Ack , your thinking is right. Sorry, i didnt look at that very carefully.       -- AI IP Logged Self discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle - Antoine de Saint Exupery Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #61 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 7:59am » Quote Modify Damn you are probably right.  I thought of INF in ITE, but it didn't quite work. « Last Edit: Feb 14th, 2007, 8:00am by Grimbal » IP Logged C.S.I. Junior Member Can anyone help me think outside the box please?     Posts: 83 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #62 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 8:03am » Quote Modify but how does it fit with teenager? IP Logged Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #63 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 8:27am » Quote Modify It jokingly fits with teenager CSI.   I don't know if there are rules are about when posting new ones is acceptable, but I guess I'll just throw this out there.  I know I have a knack for the less-innocuous riddles.   Bum-fellows « Last Edit: Feb 14th, 2007, 8:28am by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot » IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #64 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 8:29am » Quote Modify on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:03am, C.S.I. wrote: but how does it fit with teenager? It doesn't.   I was first searching in the direction of X in Y, it didn't work, so I dropped that idea.  I then started in a fresh direction and came up with the teenager solution. IP Logged ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #65 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 5:19pm » Quote Modify on Feb 14th, 2007, 6:17am, TenaliRaman wrote: I was thinking the same, but it doesnt fit well. I would guess it to be something like, IFINITNE-- AI Or maybe: Infinite as in In Finite (anagram of FIITEN). IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. TenaliRaman Uberpuzzler I am no special. I am only passionately curious.     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #66 on: Feb 14th, 2007, 8:18pm » Quote Modify on Feb 14th, 2007, 5:19pm, THUDandBLUNDER wrote: Or maybe: Infinite as in In Finite (anagram of FIITEN). Yeah that could work too, but WTF's interpretation seems more analogous to previous versions.   -- AI IP Logged Self discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle - Antoine de Saint Exupery ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #67 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 9:03am » Quote Modify on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:18pm, TenaliRaman wrote: Yeah that could work too, but WTF's interpretation seems more analogous to previous versions. Ah, I missed WTF's answer.   on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:27am, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote: Bum-fellows Gaze?       « Last Edit: Feb 15th, 2007, 9:04am by ThudnBlunder » IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #68 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 10:48am » Quote Modify   Very clever.  I figured that would be a similar guess, though I wasn't expecting the homophone.  It fits so I guess it's an alternate. IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #69 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 3:25pm » Quote Modify gtlty  ? IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #70 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 5:27pm » Quote Modify on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:27am, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote: Bum-fellows Cheeks?   IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #71 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 5:32pm » Quote Modify No cheeks.  Would it help if I separated them?  The words, I mean.     BUM - FELLOWS   I figured separation would be necessary but I wanted to have some fun first. IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Rebuses   rebus2.gif « Reply #72 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:24pm » Quote Modify University drop out? (bum left fellows)       (sorry about the resolution on this- but it's being a hastle) « Last Edit: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:26pm by Noke Lieu » IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #73 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:27pm » Quote Modify I see two answers.  Man of manners.  Manners make the man.   You're getting closer, Noke. IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Rebuses   « Reply #74 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:55pm » Quote Modify on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:27pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote: I see two answers.  Man of manners.  Manners make the man.   I was after manners maketh man but they're good enough.     on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:27pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote: You're getting closer, Noke.   Oooh, Pressure! I really have to get on with work though! IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. 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