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(Message started by: THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 28th, 2004, 6:15pm)
Title: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 28th, 2004, 6:15pm
1)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 28th, 2004, 6:16pm
2)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Oct 29th, 2004, 1:04am
English is not my native language...

1: [hide]down right stupid[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 2:21am

on 10/29/04 at 01:04:15, BNC wrote:
English is not my native language...

1: [hide]down right stupid[/hide]


That's it, BNC - except I think 'down right' is usually written as one word.  
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Oct 29th, 2004, 5:17am
2) [hide]moral support?[/hide]

Not sure about 3), though, but I'm guessing something along the lines of [hide] the world in the palm of his hand [/hide], although I' far from convinced...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 5:47am

on 10/29/04 at 05:17:44, Three Hands wrote:
2) [hide]moral support?[/hide]

Not sure about 3), though, but I'm guessing something along the lines of [hide] the world in the palm of his hand [/hide], although I' far from convinced...


2) Yes
and
3) No
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Oct 29th, 2004, 5:52am
Rebus3: [hide]a grip (or hold) on the world[/hide]

Rebus4: Hey, what happened to rebus4?

Rebus5: [hide]Too funny for words[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 8:32am

Quote:
Rebus3: a grip (or hold) on the world

It has more to do with one's emotions.


Quote:
Rebus4: Hey, what happened to rebus4?

See below.


Quote:
Rebus5: Too funny for words

Correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by asterix on Oct 29th, 2004, 8:38am
Rebus 3: [hide] Feeling on top of the world [/hide]
Rebus 5: [hide] Up to a point [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by asterix on Oct 29th, 2004, 8:40am
That's for Rebus 4, not 5.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 8:49am

on 10/29/04 at 08:38:24, asterix wrote:
Rebus 3: [hide] Feeling on top of the world [/hide]
Rebus 5: [hide] Up to a point [/hide]

* strikes again.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 8:54am
.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Oct 29th, 2004, 10:06am
Rebus6: [hide] Back to square one  [/hide]
Rebus7: [hide] Uppercut [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 10:21am

on 10/29/04 at 10:06:52, Aryabhatta wrote:
Rebus6: [hide] Back to square one  [/hide]
Rebus7: [hide] Uppercut [/hide]

6} Yes
and
7} No

8}
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Oct 29th, 2004, 11:14am
Rebus7: [hide] A cut above the rest [/hide] then?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Oct 29th, 2004, 11:15am
Rebus8: [hide] Pick a side and stick to it[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by rmsgrey on Oct 29th, 2004, 11:35am
Rebus 8: [hide]The wrong end of the stick[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 29th, 2004, 7:25pm

Quote:
Rebus7: A cut above the rest then?

Yes.


Quote:
Rebus 8: The wrong end of the stick::

Yes.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Oct 30th, 2004, 5:22am
::[hide]skate on thin ice[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 30th, 2004, 10:20pm

on 10/30/04 at 05:22:50, towr wrote:
::[hide]skate on thin ice[/hide]::

Correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 30th, 2004, 10:23pm
.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Oct 31st, 2004, 1:43am
for num 9:: [hide]What goes up must come down.[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Oct 31st, 2004, 1:46am
For 10.... maybe??? ::[hide]What's black and white and red all over?[/hide]  :-/
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 31st, 2004, 3:07am
Both right, BNC.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 31st, 2004, 3:11am
.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Oct 31st, 2004, 6:00am
::[hide]Unfinished Symphony[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 31st, 2004, 6:31am
Correct, Icarus.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 31st, 2004, 6:33am
.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Oct 31st, 2004, 11:43am
My wife got num 20: [hide]matinee[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Oct 31st, 2004, 11:44am
Num 19: [hide]Robin hood[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by rmsgrey on Nov 1st, 2004, 3:46am
13 ::[hide]Beaten black and blue[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Lewis Temple on Dec 9th, 2004, 8:51pm
12.)  [hide] Beaten black and Blue [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by EZ_Lonny on Dec 10th, 2004, 6:44am
11. [hide]unfinished symphony[/hide]

never mind, it's been solved already.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by EZ_Lonny on Dec 10th, 2004, 7:00am
FIITEN
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 12th, 2007, 10:45am
:
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by CowsRUs on Feb 12th, 2007, 4:56pm
No retail?  ;D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 12th, 2007, 5:21pm

on 02/12/07 at 16:56:55, CowsRUs wrote:
No retail?  ;D

So if it is not retail, what is it?   ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by CowsRUs on Feb 12th, 2007, 5:35pm
No return...?  ;D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 12th, 2007, 5:35pm
[hide]Wholesale carpets[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 12th, 2007, 5:38pm

on 02/12/07 at 17:35:27, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
[hide]Wholesale carpets[/hide]?

Carpets? Nope.
It's an American expression, so I don't know how common it is.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 12th, 2007, 5:48pm
[hide]Car parts?[/hide]  I'll think on it.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by rmsgrey on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:48am
[hide]Yard[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:51am
With rmsgrey's reply, all the pieces are there. Just need to put them together.  :)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Feb 13th, 2007, 5:07pm
which makes [hide]wholesale car yard[/hide].
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 13th, 2007, 5:17pm

on 02/13/07 at 17:07:48, Noke Lieu wrote:
which makes [hide]wholesale car yard[/hide].

But I did say it was an American expression.   :)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Feb 13th, 2007, 7:25pm
[hide]Perignon[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Feb 13th, 2007, 8:04pm

on 02/13/07 at 17:07:48, Noke Lieu wrote:
which makes [hide]wholesale car yard[/hide].


Here in the states, we call them "car lots". Yards are those grassy places that we have around our houses. Having cars in your yard is tantamount to being a redneck - particularly if the cars are on blocks.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 13th, 2007, 8:09pm
I don't see how you could get "lot" out of that last image.  [hide]Dominate[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Feb 13th, 2007, 8:25pm
Not entirely convinced, but I would guess something more like [hide]domination - as in "Dom in 8 ions".[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 13th, 2007, 8:29pm
I disagree.  He spelled out [hide]"Dom" in eights.  Dominates.[/hide]  As to the lots, still confused.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Feb 13th, 2007, 8:36pm
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...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:59pm
Bingo, WTF

PU     LL


and

exprejoyssable
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 14th, 2007, 12:17am

on 02/13/07 at 22:59:51, Noke Lieu wrote:
Bingo, WTF
exprejoyssable

::[hide]inexpressable joy[/hide]::
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 14th, 2007, 12:37am

on 02/13/07 at 22:59:51, Noke Lieu wrote:
Bingo, WTF
PU     LL

::[hide]Pull out a blank[/hide]::???
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Feb 14th, 2007, 12:39am

on 02/13/07 at 22:59:51, Noke Lieu wrote:
PU     LL
[hide]pull apart[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 14th, 2007, 1:59am
The given answer was [hide]wholesale auto yard[/hide].

How about EZ_LOONY's FIITEN?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 14th, 2007, 6:02am
[hide]Infinity[/hide].

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.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 14th, 2007, 6:17am

on 02/14/07 at 06:02:49, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
[hide]Infinity[/hide].

I was thinking the same, but it doesnt fit well.
I would guess it to be something like,
IFINITNE

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Feb 14th, 2007, 6:51am
Teenager.

[hide] Fifteen, with a terrible spelling. [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 14th, 2007, 7:42am
Nice, Grimbal.  I was thinking along the lines of [hide]there is an "ite" in "fin."  In fin, ite.[/hide]  ;)

Oh, I see [hide]I typed infinity in my previous post instead of infinite.[/hide]  A little slip up there.  Sorry if I confused anyone.  :-[
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 14th, 2007, 7:53am
Ack :o, your thinking is right. Sorry, i didnt look at that very carefully.  :)

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Feb 14th, 2007, 7:59am
Damn you are probably right.  I thought of [hide]INF in ITE[/hide], but it didn't quite work.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by C.S.I. on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:03am
but how does it fit with teenager?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:27am
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. :P

Bum-fellows
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:29am

on 02/14/07 at 08:03:04, C.S.I. wrote:
but how does it fit with teenager?
It doesn't.

I was first searching in the direction of [hide]X in Y[/hide], it didn't work, so I dropped that idea.  I then started in a fresh direction and came up with the teenager solution.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 14th, 2007, 5:19pm

on 02/14/07 at 06:17:20, 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).
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 14th, 2007, 8:18pm

on 02/14/07 at 17:19:58, 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
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 15th, 2007, 9:03am

on 02/14/07 at 20:18:11, TenaliRaman wrote:
Yeah that could work too, but WTF's interpretation seems more analogous to previous versions.

Ah, I missed WTF's answer.


on 02/14/07 at 08:27:43, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Bum-fellows

[hide]Gaze[/hide]?    ::)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 15th, 2007, 10:48am
:o ;D

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.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Feb 15th, 2007, 3:25pm
gtlty  ?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 15th, 2007, 5:27pm

on 02/14/07 at 08:27:43, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Bum-fellows

[hide]Cheeks[/hide]?   :D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 15th, 2007, 5:32pm
No cheeks.  Would it help if I separated them?  The words, I mean.  :P

BUM - FELLOWS


I figured separation would be necessary but I wanted to have some fun first.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:24pm
University drop out? (bum left fellows)
:D


(sorry about the resolution on this- but it's being a hastle)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:27pm
I see two answers.  [hide]Man of manners.  Manners make the man.[/hide]

You're getting closer, Noke.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:55pm

on 02/15/07 at 18:27:22, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
I see two answers.  [hide]Man of manners.  Manners make the man.[/hide]


I was after [hide] manners maketh man [/hide] but they're good enough.



on 02/15/07 at 18:27:22, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
You're getting closer, Noke.


Oooh, Pressure! I really have to get on with work though!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 15th, 2007, 7:08pm
Just thought up another fun one.

OPkBAL
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 16th, 2007, 1:37am
And yet another one..

http://www.geocities.com/meorhamzah/material.JPG
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Feb 16th, 2007, 2:33am
An easy one.

Ahttp://images.google.ch/images?q=tbn:8aNMr1uxk-92UM:http%3A//www.medienzentrum-siegen.de/heupel/findet_nemo/nemo_.jpgNE
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 16th, 2007, 2:49am

on 02/16/07 at 02:33:24, Grimbal wrote:
An easy one.

Ahttp://images.google.ch/images?q=tbn:8aNMr1uxk-92UM:http%3A//www.medienzentrum-siegen.de/heupel/findet_nemo/nemo_.jpgNE

::[hide]Anemone[/hide]
;D

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 16th, 2007, 3:16am

on 02/16/07 at 01:37:11, JiNbOtAk wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/meorhamzah/material.JPG

Something like [hide]materially unequal world[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 16th, 2007, 3:19am

on 02/16/07 at 03:16:01, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
Something like [hide]materially unequal world[/hide]?



Umm..no. The triangle is a symbol actually..

hint : [hide]think robert langdon[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 16th, 2007, 4:19am

on 02/16/07 at 03:19:38, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Umm..no. The triangle is a symbol actually..

[hide]Of a chalice?[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 16th, 2007, 6:34am

on 02/16/07 at 04:19:22, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
[hide]Of a chalice?[/hide]

:o


I think he was going for [hide]divergence.  I don't really know what to do next.  Material world I get.  The other side I don't really.  Divergence of material wealth comes to mind but I don't see it going anywhere.[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 16th, 2007, 7:30am

on 02/16/07 at 06:34:57, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
I think he was going for [hide]divergence.  [/hide]

But what does that have to do with Robert Langdon?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 16th, 2007, 7:44am
Wasn't that a V?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 16th, 2007, 5:25pm

on 02/16/07 at 04:19:22, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
[hide]Of a chalice?[/hide]


Yep..its a [hide]chalice[/hide]. So what does it represent ?


Quote:
Wasn't that a V?


The simpler version was a V, it could also have this form..
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 16th, 2007, 6:45pm

on 02/16/07 at 17:25:38, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Yep..its a [hide]chalice[/hide]. So what does it represent ?

Womanhood.
Mother Earth suggests itself but I don't see what it has to do with material.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Feb 16th, 2007, 7:07pm
So, we've got a material girl and a material world; where does that lead us... ;)

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Feb 16th, 2007, 11:20pm

on 02/16/07 at 19:07:58, SMQ wrote:
So, we've got a material girl and a material world; where does that lead us... ;)

--SMQ

::[hide]madonna[/hide]??
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 17th, 2007, 7:47am

on 02/16/07 at 19:07:58, SMQ wrote:
So, we've got a material girl and a material world; where does that lead us... ;)

--SMQ


Yep, thought that was kinda straight forward..
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Feb 19th, 2007, 1:51am
Another rebus
2.71828183 3.14159 0.43429448
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 19th, 2007, 2:07am
[hide]epilog[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Feb 19th, 2007, 2:21am
Yeah.  I thought of [hide]epilogue[/hide].
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 19th, 2007, 2:44am
Nice one. I didn't recognise the last term so I looked it up and came across A114468 (http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A114468)


on 02/19/07 at 02:21:36, Grimbal wrote:
Yeah.  I thought of [hide]epilogue[/hide].
Good; we must keep the flag flying or British English will become a dead language.    ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 19th, 2007, 5:19pm

on 02/15/07 at 19:08:57, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Just thought up another fun one.

OPkBAL



Any clues on this WTF ?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 19th, 2007, 6:20pm

on 02/19/07 at 17:19:25, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Any clues on this WTF ?

I might post a clue later.  For now, don't think too hard.  The other one is more difficult.  ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 21st, 2007, 5:42pm
I guess it's clue time. :D

[hide]For the first one I posted, the dash in the middle is a "minus" sign.  For the second, I can't say too much but I will say this: I'm a physics major.[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 21st, 2007, 6:42pm

on 02/21/07 at 17:42:14, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
I guess it's clue time. :D

[hide]For the first, 'albumen' comes to mind.
For the second, I had thought of 'optical' but I don't understand the kB[/hide]. Is the small k significant?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 22nd, 2007, 9:42pm
It's usually written with a small k, yes.  The first one is kind of ridiculous.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by rmsgrey on Feb 23rd, 2007, 7:02am
[hide]Istanbul[/hide]?

Though what Boltzmann has to do with anything... :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 23rd, 2007, 8:03am
Yep.  That's it.  Boltmann has little to do with it but what else could I write that would make it solvable?  I couldn't just use C.  That would never have been solved.  It seemed necessary to add a little hint to what the thing in the middle actually was.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Padfoot on Feb 25th, 2007, 8:32am
And yet another one:

U2
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Padfoot on Feb 25th, 2007, 11:01am
There are many reasonable answers...      
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 25th, 2007, 4:51pm

on 02/25/07 at 11:01:38, Padfoot wrote:
There are many reasonable answers...      


I'll go with the most obvious one then, [hide]you too[/hide]..
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 25th, 2007, 5:38pm

on 02/25/07 at 11:01:38, Padfoot wrote:
There are many reasonable answers...      

The more the merrier?    ::)    :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 25th, 2007, 5:47pm
The Edge?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 11:26am
|
\/
SPR  ING


For anyone still wondering about my previous rebus, [hide]ass-less chaps[/hide].  :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Padfoot on Mar 10th, 2007, 11:41am
Spearing?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 1:10pm
Nope.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Mar 10th, 2007, 2:31pm

on 03/10/07 at 11:26:09, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
|
\/
SPR  ING


:[hide]Cupid[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Mar 10th, 2007, 3:16pm
[hide]sprouting[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 3:37pm
No to both.  Sprouting was a very nice guess though.  [hide]Think more along the lines of Cancun[/hide].
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 10th, 2007, 3:56pm
Or [hide]Padre Island[/hide] or [hide]Fort Lauderdale[/hide], or a number of other locations...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 10th, 2007, 3:58pm

on 03/10/07 at 11:26:09, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
For anyone still wondering about my previous rebus, [hide]ass-less chaps[/hide].  :P


Shouldn't it have been Fellows - Bums, then?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 4:03pm
I guess it may be open to interpretation, but for the line of thinking I followed "fellows minus bum" is "chaps, less ass."  I do see what you mean, as "chaps minus ass" could easily produce the intended answer.  When I was writing it, I figured the way I posted it would be easier to understand.  Perhaps it was the wrong decision, but it seems to me it could have gone either way.  Would it have helped had I posted the other way?

I should note that the intended train of thought was something like "ass less chaps."  ::)

And you are correct for the last rebus, Icarus.  Fort Lauderdale would be nice.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Mar 10th, 2007, 4:21pm

on 03/10/07 at 16:03:53, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
I should note that the intended train of thought was something like "ass less chaps."  ::)

Which means what? Men without an ass (as in mule)? It's not a phrase that easily springs to mind.   ::)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 4:24pm
I guess I didn't realize that Chaps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaps) might be a cultural phenomenon.  I assumed they were common globally.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Mar 10th, 2007, 4:33pm

on 03/10/07 at 16:24:52, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
I guess I didn't realize that Chaps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaps) might be a cultural phenomenon.  I assumed they were common globally.

Yes, I have heard of 'chaps'. Still, 'assless chaps' is not a common phrase, is it?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 4:40pm
It returns 54,000 results in a Google search, slightly less than 1% of all entries containing "chaps."  That seems relatively low, but still somewhat common.  I know I've heard it many times, especially around Halloween.  Then again, I live in New York City.  People talk about ass-less chaps at any time of the year.

Either way, it seems this was a little too obscure.   :-/ :-[
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Mar 10th, 2007, 7:15pm
[quote author=Whiskey Tango Foxtrot link=board=riddles_easy;num=1099012533;start=100#118 date=03/10/07 at 16:40:07]Either way, it seems this was a little too obscure.   :-/ :-[/quote]
Well, even 'chapless asses' gets 10 hits.
But it is in an online dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Assless+Chaps). So I guess it is OK (from an Americo-centric point of view).    :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 10th, 2007, 7:28pm

on 03/10/07 at 16:40:07, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Then again, I live in New York City.  People talk about ass-less chaps at any time of the year.


??? why in the world would New Yorkers talk much about chaps? Obviously you are referring to something different by that term that I would, as New York is not a natural habitat for cowboys!  :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 10th, 2007, 7:42pm
You'd be surprised, Icarus.  New Yorkers have a penchant for playing dress-up.  I live near a bar that has "Trailer Trash Tuesdays" at which there are supposedly no shortage of chaps.  Chaps are also a prominent feature on the mannequins in front of the three S&M shops I walk past every day on the way to class.

Nevertheless, it seems I overestimated their universality.  :-/
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 10th, 2007, 9:52pm
Okay.... Same general garment that I am referring to, but MUCH different application... ::)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Mar 11th, 2007, 3:43am

on 03/10/07 at 11:26:09, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
|
\/
SPR  ING



[hide]Spring break[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 11th, 2007, 7:20pm
http://www.geocities.com/meorhamzah/monster.jpg
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 12th, 2007, 10:11am
[hide]One-eyed monster, or cyclops.  Considering the logo it could also be Inc, Incorporated, or ink.[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 12th, 2007, 12:16pm
its monsters inc. i saw the movie a couple of months ago( after all i am 11)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 12th, 2007, 5:44pm
Actually, there is a significant difference between the Monsters Inc logo and the pic I posted..
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 12th, 2007, 6:05pm
You're just jealous because he recognized it!  ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Michael_Dagg on Mar 12th, 2007, 6:17pm

on 03/12/07 at 12:16:11, tiber13 wrote:
its monsters inc. i saw the movie a couple of months ago( after all i am 11)


So, you are only 11. What brought you to this website
given the thousands out there that are flashy and more
attractive than this one?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 12th, 2007, 7:08pm

on 03/12/07 at 18:05:47, Icarus wrote:
You're just jealous because he recognized it!  ;)


Oops, you caught me..  :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SWF on Mar 12th, 2007, 7:21pm
Hey, tiber13, there is a terrible TV show called "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?".  Some of those kids seemed to be usually smart-- much smarter than any 5th grader I have known.  For example, 6 out of 6 kids knew who the first US president to be impeached was, and the one they asked knew which geological period we are currently in.  Is this stuff general knowledge for kids these days?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Padfoot on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:08am
    I a saw that show too and I have to agree with you SWF.  I am also in 5th grade and can tell you that atleast in my school, very few of those answers are taught to us.
    There was a "4th grade" queston on the show that was "What is NA on the periodic table". Yet our science teacher had never taught us ANYTHING about the periodic table.  
    As for how those 5th graders get all of the questions right... well I think somthing fishy's going on.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:48am
first, i like riddles and this is a place where i can comunacate, second, are you smarter than a fith grader is false, the use MIDGETS! And the use bonus questions, questions at the end of the test that only 2% of the poulation can answer. Plus i got every question right, even the walrus one, witch is on both artics.( I listen to fm96 witch is a london radio and they created it 2 month earlier)
Dumb fox network!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:52am
[img][/img]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:52am
crud
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 13th, 2007, 3:53pm

on 03/13/07 at 06:52:46, tiber13 wrote:
crud


sour curd?  ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 13th, 2007, 3:53pm
O_ER_T_O_
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 13th, 2007, 4:14pm
Need to know a GAME for this.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 13th, 2007, 4:47pm
i said "crud", because i dontknow how to post pictures, and no offense to midgets,EXEPT THOSE ON ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 13th, 2007, 4:48pm
is that donald trump?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SWF on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:14pm

on 03/13/07 at 15:53:30, Aryabhatta wrote:
O_ER_T_O_

Painless operation.

Is that a game of Tic-Tac-Trump?

Thanks for the info, Padfoot and tiber13. I didn't remember learning the periodic table in 4th grade either.  Apparently the smarter than a 5th grader show is a fraud. Before the show, the kids are given "workbooks" to study, and questions from the workbooks "might" (more likely-will) be used on the show.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Mar 14th, 2007, 9:58am

on 03/13/07 at 18:14:44, SWF wrote:
Is that a game of Tic-Tac-Trump?

I suspect the game is contract bridge, but I can't decide if that's a bid of 2NT or 3NT...  is the white box significant?

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 14th, 2007, 10:01am

on 03/13/07 at 16:48:09, tiber13 wrote:
is that donald trump?


Yes
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 14th, 2007, 10:01am

on 03/13/07 at 18:14:44, SWF wrote:
Painless operation.


Correct!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 14th, 2007, 10:02am

on 03/14/07 at 09:58:32, SMQ wrote:
I suspect the game is contract bridge, but I can't decide if that's a bid of 2NT or 3NT...  is the white box significant?

--SMQ


The white box only shows that I am pretty bad at using a paint program  :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 14th, 2007, 11:05am
could you tell me how to post pictures< because i have a good one
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Mar 14th, 2007, 11:58am

on 03/14/07 at 11:05:17, tiber13 wrote:
could you tell me how to post pictures< because i have a good one
There is an editbox for attachments below the message area when you reply/post. It will be uploaded to the server and show up under your message.

You can also include images from other server using the [img][/img] tags (put the url to the image in between the tags)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 14th, 2007, 12:21pm
ander
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 15th, 2007, 10:50am
i want to get a photo from paint but it isnt working
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 15th, 2007, 10:55am

on 03/12/07 at 19:21:26, SWF wrote:
Hey, tiber13, there is a terrible TV show called "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?".  Some of those kids seemed to be usually smart-- much smarter than any 5th grader I have known.  For example, 6 out of 6 kids knew who the first US president to be impeached was, and the one they asked knew which geological period we are currently in.  Is this stuff general knowledge for kids these days?


i dont like to brag, but my iq is 117 and no , if every average or higher child could answer those Mensa would be huge, they'ed be able to:
1. program the VCR =)
2. make a machine to clean their room,
3. have a device that can rub your feet AND tell you the hockey scores and play replays.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Mar 15th, 2007, 1:37pm

on 03/15/07 at 10:50:43, tiber13 wrote:
i want to get a photo from paint but it isnt working
From paint? So that'd likely be a .bmp, right? Try and see if you can convert it to .jpg (it may either be the size, or the format, and this should solve both).
If this doesn't work, you'll have to tell something more about what errors you get.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 16th, 2007, 9:22am

on 03/14/07 at 12:21:42, Aryabhatta wrote:
ander


This one is actually a rebus... and not an example of posting an image.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Mar 16th, 2007, 12:26pm
[hide]Alexander the Great[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 16th, 2007, 1:56pm

on 03/16/07 at 12:26:32, Three Hands wrote:
[hide]Alexander the Great[/hide]


Correct!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 16th, 2007, 3:49pm

on 03/15/07 at 13:37:35, towr wrote:
From paint? So that'd likely be a .bmp, right? Try and see if you can convert it to .jpg (it may either be the size, or the format, and this should solve both).
If this doesn't work, you'll have to tell something more about what errors you get.


i ahve tried after readig this but i still cant covert it, could you please message me with directions, many thanks, Tiberiania.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 16th, 2007, 8:07pm
Look at the file your picture is saved in. If the extension is .bmp, then it is saved as a bitmap, and you will want to convert it to something that takes less room. JPEGs are good. GIFs are even better for size, but lose a bit in picture quality. I also like the PNG format - often it is smaller than a GIF of the same image, but with a higher quality picture.

Assuming you are using Windows, To convert your picture, open it with Paint or other picture editing program, then choose "Save As". The dialog box that opens up should have a "Save as type" box. If you pull down the choices (click the down-arrow button on the right of the box), it will give you a list of the various formats you can save the picture under. Choose either JPEG, GIF, or PNG, then click Save. You now have your picture saved in a nice format.

* By the way, please trim your picture of anything unnecessary first. Not to long ago, we maxed out the directory attachments were saved in, and had to do without for a few weeks until William was able to get its size increased. So please try to be stingy with the amount of space you use. I'd like to take as long as possible to reach that limit again.*

Once you have your picture saved on your hard drive in a nice compact format, open a post window here in the forums, and create your post. Below the text entry window is an "Attach:" box, with a browse button beside it. Click "Browse" and find your picture. Select it, then click the "Open" button. You should end up back at the reply window with the path to your picture in the "Attach:" box. Click "Post".

Do not click "Preview" first. When you preview, the attachment address is deleted. If you do preview your post before posting, you will have to browse for your file again before posting. You cannot preview the picture.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Mar 17th, 2007, 3:27am

on 03/16/07 at 15:49:47, tiber13 wrote:
i ahve tried after readig this but i still cant covert it, could you please message me with directions, many thanks, Tiberiania.
If you use irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm) (which is my preferred basic image viewer/editor), then it's just a matter of opening the file, and then choosing "save as", then you can chose what format to save in.
It's much the same in every image viewer/editor (with some exceptions; paint often only allows bmp)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 23rd, 2007, 2:56pm
HeHeHe :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 23rd, 2007, 2:57pm
thank you Icarus, i goti even better than perfectly! :D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 23rd, 2007, 2:59pm
sorry about the tardy ness, i am not the master at paint.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Padfoot on Mar 23rd, 2007, 5:17pm
A big fish?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 23rd, 2007, 6:35pm
A big ugly fish is more like it..  :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 23rd, 2007, 6:55pm
no and no
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 23rd, 2007, 6:56pm
it is kinda a rebus, yah, mabye... yah!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 23rd, 2007, 6:58pm
Fsh?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Mar 25th, 2007, 1:44pm
I think the alteration to the picture is meant to suggest something to do with a blind fish, or a fish without any eyes.

Can't think of any sayings off the top of my head which would apply, though.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:10pm
Yes FSH
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:11pm
Another Funny one:
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:16pm
tiber13 - You are giving your answers away. Please look at the top of your post - the link shows the name of your file, including this [hide]pi-chart[/hide].

In the future, don't name your pictures with the answer.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:18pm
tiber13,
You may consider renaming your pictures before posting  ;)

[edit]Yeah, what Icarus said[/edit]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by tiber13 on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:26pm
ok, how 'bout you dont look! fine.  :-/
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Icarus on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:39pm
If it's any consolation, I got this immediately, but was actually confused by the fact that my answer was already showing as the name. It was only after I noticed you had done the same thing on the previous picture that I realized you didn't know that the file name is displayed.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:22pm
<obligatory message body>
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Mar 27th, 2007, 12:27am
Is the answer 18?  ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 27th, 2007, 10:39am

on 03/27/07 at 00:27:57, Grimbal wrote:
Is the answer 18?  ;)


That restriction applies to me too?  ???  :P ::)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Apr 9th, 2007, 1:55pm
*shameless bump*. The answer is not 18.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Apr 9th, 2007, 4:48pm
[hide]Ford T-Bird driver[/hide]? or [hide]40 bald drivers[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Apr 10th, 2007, 1:04am
Is the identity of the picture in (4) important (I don't recognize her)?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 10th, 2007, 1:56am

on 04/10/07 at 01:04:55, BNC wrote:
(I don't recognize her)?

[hide]It's Minnie Driver.
There isn't a golf connection, is there?[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Apr 10th, 2007, 2:23am

on 04/10/07 at 01:04:55, BNC wrote:
Is the identity of the picture in (4) important (I don't recognize her)?


And I thought everyone on this forum is a die hard fan of Good Will Hunting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_will_hunting)..  :P
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Apr 10th, 2007, 9:26am

on 04/09/07 at 16:48:18, denis wrote:
[hide]Ford T-Bird driver[/hide]? or [hide]40 bald drivers[/hide]


No. The order does not matter. In fact I could have made more additions to the four or have had a totally different set.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Apr 10th, 2007, 9:26am

on 04/10/07 at 01:56:42, ThudanBlunder wrote:
[hide]It's Minnie Driver.
There isn't a golf connection, is there?[/hide]


Yes there is :)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Apr 10th, 2007, 12:50pm
[hide]Golf course (fore, tee, eagle/birdie, driver)[/hide]

Mmm... open-faced club sandwich.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Apr 10th, 2007, 7:36pm

on 04/10/07 at 12:50:28, Eigenray wrote:
[hide]Golf course (fore, tee, eagle/birdie, driver)[/hide]

Mmm... open-faced club sandwich.


Correct!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Sep 7th, 2007, 10:11pm
A couple more :

  1. FIOSWHL


2. http://www.geocities.com/meorhamzah/rebus1.gif
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 8th, 2007, 12:52am
2. [hide] love triangle? [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 4:54am
A few easy rebuses here:

1:HIJKLMNO

 

2:     STO
           N
           E

3: amUous

4: abg

5: DNA4th

There are more, but they will do for now.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 8th, 2007, 4:57am

on 09/08/07 at 04:54:28, mikedagr8 wrote:
1:HIJKLMNO

[hide]H2O[/hide]

For 5) you should turn off your smilies (below posting window).
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 4:58am

on 09/08/07 at 04:57:36, ThudanBlunder wrote:
[hide]H2O[/hide]

For 5) you should turn off your smilies (below posting window).



Incorrect. ;)

I forgot to put the space in there, hence it came out as a smiley.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:02am
Correct. AKA Liquid Gold

6: OWHE

#6 is my personal favourite out of all of mine.

7: Ba   ck

          ^
        ^  ^
      ^  ^  ^
    ^  ^  ^  ^
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

Not clear on how well you will be able to understand the diagram for #7, so here is another version of it.

         ^
       ^  ^
     ^      ^
   ^          ^
 ^               ^
^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:07am

on 09/08/07 at 05:02:48, mikedagr8 wrote:
Correct. AKA Liquid Gold

I thought that was oil.

2) [hide]Falling stone[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:08am
Incorrect.

Also check your quote, it didn't come out properly. Never mind.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Sep 8th, 2007, 8:19am
3. [hide]Ambiguous[/hide]
4. [hide]Mixed bag[/hide]
7. [hide]Brokeback Mountain[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ima1trkpny on Sep 8th, 2007, 9:25am

on 09/08/07 at 04:54:28, mikedagr8 wrote:
2:     STO
           N
           E


2: [hide]cornerstone[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:12pm
All correct.

8:FAREDCE

9:    M     E
     
      A      L

10: T RN

11:   BEND
      DRAW
      DRAW
      DRAW
      DRAW
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:19pm
8) [hide]Red in (the) face[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:21pm
Correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:39pm
9) [hide]Square meal[/hide]

Has anybody got your favourite yet, #6?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 8th, 2007, 5:43pm
Correct.

#6, is the hardest of all of mine. If anyone is able to get this without help I would be suprised. The same with #5 as well, but that was a little easier I found.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Sep 9th, 2007, 6:55am
10) [hide]No U-Turn[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 9th, 2007, 11:02am

Quote:
5: DNA4th


[hide] Back and forth [/hide]


Quote:
6: OWHE


[hide] Middle of Nowhere [/hide]


Quote:
11:   BEND
      DRAW
      DRAW
      DRAW
      DRAW


[hide] Bend over backwards [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 9th, 2007, 11:39am
12. pr/b
13. DEBRAAD
14. ear, ware
15. not+st+ing
16. otu
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 9th, 2007, 5:12pm
17) IECXEPT

Well done, Aryabhatta!
Is English your first language?
If not, how come you are so good at rebuses?   :o
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 9th, 2007, 5:56pm
17) [hide]I before E except after C[/hide]

18)  EC     E
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 9th, 2007, 8:43pm
13) [hide] BRAIN DEAD [/hide]
16) [hide] out of order [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 9th, 2007, 9:44pm

on 09/09/07 at 20:43:09, Sameer wrote:
13) [hide] BRAIN DEAD [/hide]
Correct!


Quote:
16) [hide] out of order [/hide]
Quite the opposite, in fact. :D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 9th, 2007, 10:18pm
16) [hide] out in (alphabetical) order [/hide]

Nice...  :D

15) [hide] notwithstanding [/hide]

I am glad this thread is not yet "polluted"!! ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 10th, 2007, 12:12am

on 09/09/07 at 22:18:09, Sameer wrote:
16) [hide] out in (alphabetical) order [/hide]

Is that a common phrase?  Maybe something like [hide]sorted out[/hide].

12) [hide]proverb[/hide]
14) [hide]earthenware[/hide].  (I would have gone with "Erato Erato Erato, e e e", which is probably why I don't try making rebi.)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 12:35am

on 09/09/07 at 22:18:09, Sameer wrote:
15) [hide] notwithstanding [/hide]
Correct,


on 09/10/07 at 00:12:15, Eigenray wrote:
Is that a common phrase?  Maybe something like [hide]sorted out[/hide].

12) [hide]proverb[/hide]
14) [hide]earthenware[/hide].

--> ALL ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 2:00am
Holy crap, all correct. NICE  :D, extremely impressed.

19: DIAL

20:  D  d  D
   
     d  W  d
   
     D  d   D

That will do for now.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 2:20am
I haven't seen an answer to these.  (or none confirmed)


on 09/07/07 at 22:11:04, JiNbOtAk wrote:
  1. FIOSWHL


on 09/09/07 at 17:12:25, ThudanBlunder wrote:
17) IECXEPT


on 09/09/07 at 17:56:09, denis wrote:
18)  EC     E
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 2:23am
20. [hide] Wind [/hide]?

21.  EC:-*E
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 2:28am
Incorrect.

21: [hide]ecstasy?/[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 2:30am
Cor(here)rect...

i.e. Incorrect.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 2:37am
#17, denis has solved.

#1, it has the letters which make the words owl and fish mixed up, although it can be made so as in order.

#18, if read says EC space/gap E. Anyone pick this up? Is this the direction we should be heading?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:18am

on 09/10/07 at 02:23:12, Grimbal wrote:
21.  EC:-*E

Did you come up with this one after `[hide]grep ^ec.*e$ words[/hide]` to solve 18?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:20am

on 09/10/07 at 03:18:48, Eigenray wrote:
Did you come up with this one after `[hide]grep ^ec.*e$ words[/hide]` to solve 18?


Since I didn't understand that... What does it have to do with riddles/rebuses and could you briefly explain it
?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:26am
@Eigenray:
What a funny idea. ::)

Did you do grep 'ear.*ware' and 'not.*st.*ing'?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:28am
If you know unix, you probably know grep.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:29am
Nope I don't know them. Never mind then. Is it in reference to your rebuses?

BTW, you are close with #20.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:31am

on 09/09/07 at 17:56:09, denis wrote:
17) [hide]I before E except after C[/hide]

I don't understand that one.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:34am
Common spelling phrase, teaches kids how to spell. E.g. It is very common to see words which use/utilise this saying, but I can't think of any on demand. There are exceptions to the rule like 'achievement'.

Oh, I got one. Ceiling.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:35am

on 09/10/07 at 03:20:51, mikedagr8 wrote:
Since I didn't understand that... What does it have to do with riddles/rebuses and could you briefly explain it
?

grep is a command to find all lines in a file matching a given pattern.  If words contains a list of words, "grep '^ec.*e$' words" will find all words starting with ec and ending with e.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 10th, 2007, 3:44am

on 09/10/07 at 03:26:19, Grimbal wrote:
Did you do grep 'ear.*ware' and 'not.*st.*ing'?

No, I got them all legitimately.  Except for [hide]eclipse[/hide].  But if I get the answer by trying (and failing) to cheat on a different problem, does it count as cheating?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 10th, 2007, 5:24am

on 09/10/07 at 02:23:12, Grimbal wrote:
21.  EC:-*E


Correct! (its actually an improvement to #18 )
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Sep 10th, 2007, 5:32am
19. [hide]Laid back[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 10th, 2007, 5:33am
Correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 10th, 2007, 5:58am
Just like me.  I didn't find, I grepped.  But I didn't see it as a solution to 19, so I made a new one.

1) [hide]fish and owl ... fish-owl [/hide]?

20) [hide] Windrose [/hide]?

new:
22) C RA
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 10th, 2007, 1:12pm

on 09/09/07 at 17:12:25, ThudanBlunder wrote:
17) IECXEPT

Well done, Aryabhatta!
Is English your first language?
If not, how come you are so good at rebuses?   :o


Thanks T&B..
English is not my first language but it comes close I guess. Must be the cryptic crosswords which I was into, a few years back. Though I wouldn't say i am very good at rebuses, I usually manage to get only a few...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 10th, 2007, 7:30pm
23)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 10th, 2007, 10:45pm

on 09/10/07 at 03:26:19, Grimbal wrote:
@Eigenray:
What a funny idea. ::)

Did you do grep 'ear.*ware' and 'not.*st.*ing'?


I got notwithstanding without the use of grep  :)

I got it immediately after I was "BRAINDEAD"!!

22) C array??  ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 11th, 2007, 12:33am

Quote:
20) [hide]Windrose[/hide] ?

Incorrect.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 11th, 2007, 12:45am

on 09/10/07 at 22:45:55, Sameer wrote:
22) C array??  ;)

Good idea, but... no.

24.  PA
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 11th, 2007, 4:01am
25:             Age
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by rmsgrey on Sep 11th, 2007, 4:24am
I was going to answer 23) but I just didn't get around to it...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 11th, 2007, 4:25am

on 09/11/07 at 04:24:05, rmsgrey wrote:
I was going to answer 23) but I just didn't get around to it...

??? Do you know it? I was thinking [hide]intuition[/hide], not sure why, it just popped into my head.

1. FIOSWHL
I am now looking at every second letter, it reads f-o-w-l-i-s-h I'm not sure, I don't recognise anything...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Sep 11th, 2007, 5:51am
24)[hide]Grandpa[/hide]
25) [hide]Space Age[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 6:01am

on 09/11/07 at 04:24:05, rmsgrey wrote:
I was going to answer 23) but I just didn't get around to it...


Correct!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 11th, 2007, 6:03am
26. an easy one: HOLE
27. another one: [hide]Mr.[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 11th, 2007, 7:11am
26) [hide]black hole[/hide]
27) [hide]Mr. Hyde (as in The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and ...)[/hide]

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 11th, 2007, 7:54am

on 09/11/07 at 05:51:14, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
24) Grandpa

Negative.  I would have said GR PA ::)   (but it makes sense).
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 8:51am
28: World                       World
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 11th, 2007, 8:53am
28 ) Distant Worlds?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 8:55am
Sameer, not the intented but an acceptable response.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 11th, 2007, 9:11am
28. Interplanetary space?

And I forgot: SMQ's 26 and 27 are correct.

But

20:  D  d  D
          d  W  d
          D  d   D

22. C RA

24.  PA

Are still baffling the brightest minds in this forum.

While

1. FIOSWHL  

23)

25:             Age

are unconfirmed.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 9:12am

on 09/11/07 at 09:11:08, Grimbal wrote:
28. Interplanetary space?


No.. Sameer was  close btw.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 11th, 2007, 9:14am
Worlds apart?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 9:46am

on 09/11/07 at 09:14:19, Grimbal wrote:
Worlds apart?


Correct
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 10:14am
29:

Male
Male
Male
Female
Male
Male


30:

"Le plus mauvait"="worst"

31:

16,1,9,14,20
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Sep 11th, 2007, 11:25am
29 [hide]Single white female?[/hide]

30 [hide]Lost in translation[/hide]

23 - probably wrong and being overthought, but [hide]season[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 11:28am

on 09/11/07 at 11:25:45, Three Hands wrote:
29 [hide]Single white female?[/hide]

30 [hide]Lost in translation[/hide]


Correct


on 09/11/07 at 11:25:45, Three Hands wrote:
23 - probably wrong and being overthought, but [hide]season[/hide]?


incorrect
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 11th, 2007, 2:18pm
#25 is correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Sep 11th, 2007, 6:48pm

on 09/11/07 at 09:11:08, Grimbal wrote:
While

1. FIOSWHL  

are unconfirmed.


Still no intended ones.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 11th, 2007, 9:13pm
I feel dirty adding puzzles, but not answers. Something to do with effort, timing and workloads, I think?

(other than 31 [hide] paint by numbers [/hide]. Cute.)

32.   niat  nuom

33.   p  rt
. .    a
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 11th, 2007, 9:27pm

on 09/11/07 at 21:13:14, Noke Lieu wrote:
32.   niat  nuom


32: I did this one [hide]broke back mountain, I like yours better, by the way[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 11th, 2007, 10:47pm

on 09/11/07 at 18:48:36, JiNbOtAk wrote:
FIOSWL


Well if there was a B, I would have said fish in a bowl!!

I have lost track of how many are unsolved! Can someone (with time) please compile the ones unsolved and refrain from posting new ones until those are done?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 10:47pm

on 09/11/07 at 21:13:14, Noke Lieu wrote:
31: [hide] paint by numbers [/hide].


You got it.


33: [hide]backtrap[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 11th, 2007, 11:03pm
Sorry about that, mikedagr8
and sorry about these.
34.



oh, aqnd 33 is not backtrap. whatever that may be?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 11th, 2007, 11:08pm
sorry about that.
And sorry about these.

35
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 11th, 2007, 11:10pm
33: [hide]backtrap[/hide] or [hide]trap door[/hide]?
35: [hide]wishful thinking[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 11th, 2007, 11:27pm
35 correct.

33, nope
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 12th, 2007, 2:34am
I'll try a summary:

UNSOLVED

20:  D  d  D
         d  W  d
         D  d   D

22. C RA

24.  PA

33.   p  rt
. .    a

34. (a mustache-circle.  Or maybe these are hair.  And it could be a ring.  A ring of hair?  What can that mean?  And only some of the hair is red.)


UNCONFIRMED

1. FIOSWHL  
(fish-owl?  fowlish?)

23)  (red circle with TTUI)
(round TUIT ?)


A new one (and a hint for 24):

36: C&Y
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 2:52am

Quote:
36: C&Y


[hide]Candy[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by JiNbOtAk on Sep 12th, 2007, 2:52am

on 09/12/07 at 02:34:23, Grimbal wrote:

1. FIOSWHL  
(fish-owl?  fowlish?)


The F might be for fish, or it might not.  ::) Seriously, I thought you guys would get it by now. Or maybe my rebus is not that good  :-[
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 12th, 2007, 2:57am

on 09/12/07 at 02:52:09, mikedagr8 wrote:
[hide]Candy[/hide]

Yes.  What about 24?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 2:59am
24) PA - Parents/Players Association   ;D

For #2O, refer to the Madonna rebus for clues, it is in a similar structure and Grimbal was REALLY close.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 3:09am
1: [hide]wolfish in the fold[/hide]?  That was the TOSish episode with Jackish the Ripperish  :-/

20: [hide]winds[/hide]?

22: C(_!_)&RA? :P  [hide]Cholera[/hide]

23: [hide]has been confirmed by denis[/hide]

24: P&A?  P&|A?

33: [hide]falling apart[/hide]?

34: [hide]mohair[/hide] something?  [hide]weave?  spinning wheel[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 3:13am
20: [hide]winds[/hide]?

Even closer than Grimbal.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 3:39am
20: [hide]West Indies[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 3:41am

on 09/12/07 at 03:39:45, Eigenray wrote:
20: [hide]West Indies[/hide]

CORRECT! :D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 12th, 2007, 4:55am

on 09/12/07 at 03:09:35, Eigenray wrote:
22: C(_!_)&RA? :P  [hide]Cholera[/hide]
Correct.  At least the right part.  The left part is your own responsibility, inclusive the "licking" icon which I will prefer not to try understand.


on 09/12/07 at 03:09:35, Eigenray wrote:
24: P&A??
Getting warm. Accepted.

And I'll propose
34. [hide]herring[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 12th, 2007, 9:01am

on 09/12/07 at 04:55:21, Grimbal wrote:
Correct.

Getting warm.

24. [hide] Panda [/hide]

Thanks for summarizing, Grimbal!!!  :D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 12th, 2007, 9:13am
Correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 12th, 2007, 9:38am
36: Go(Co.)od
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 9:41am

on 09/12/07 at 09:13:16, Grimbal wrote:
Correct.

That's what I just said!  But I guess you might have read it as pampa.  Which doesn't make any sense at all.  Oh, did you mean campy before?  I read it as cbitwiseandy  ::)

Actually, I kind of like these two:

P&|RA and C(_!_)&RA

[Edited and reverted]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 12th, 2007, 9:48am
36) [hide] In Good Company [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 12th, 2007, 10:03am
Correct!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 12th, 2007, 10:07am
37: HFI2SHO
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 12th, 2007, 10:25am
37) [hide] Fish in water [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 12th, 2007, 10:35am
Yes
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 12th, 2007, 1:30pm

on 09/12/07 at 09:41:15, Eigenray wrote:
That's what I just said!

Oops, sorry.  But if you re-encode what you decode, where does it end?

Quote:
Actually, I kind of like these two:

P&|RA and C(_!_)&RA

Aah, I get it now.  I thought there was a depiction of a hole in there.
I like them too.  You could even say P&|A.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 2:56pm
38a) P&|A

38b) C(_!_)&RA

38c) m&@|y

38d) *http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/vee.gif@K+

38e) [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifrdm/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifdm]%cinnabar lg(ULONGLONG_MAX+1)

38f) ^^^^^^
(Nonstandard spelling.  For English, that is.  Well, it's also wrong in Spanish, but in a different way.  Whatever.)

38g) ! P SiO2 4077
Typographical remark: The 'P' above is neither Greek nor Latin.

Allright, that's enough.  It's hard to stop once you get going.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 5:16pm
39:  CRHOACIKR
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 12th, 2007, 5:34pm

on 09/12/07 at 03:09:35, Eigenray wrote:
34: [hide]mohair[/hide] something?  [hide]weave?  spinning wheel[/hide]?



nope. It is hair as opposed to moustaches...

I like the herring, but sadly, not quite what I was after. I did appologise about it...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 12th, 2007, 5:56pm
38a) [hide]Pandora[/hide]
38b) [hide]Cassandra[/hide]
38c) [hide]mandatory[/hide]
38d) [hide]starvation[/hide]

38g) [hide]Bangers and Mash[/hide] :D

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 12th, 2007, 6:45pm

on 09/12/07 at 17:16:10, mikedagr8 wrote:
39:  CRHOACIKR



looks like [hide]rockin'chair[/hide]

but for  the lack of a G

so... hair in crock.... mixed roach through rick...
rack in choir...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 7:05pm
Correct, I thought since it was a rebus, it didn't need to have 100% correct spelling.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 7:38pm

on 09/12/07 at 17:34:05, Noke Lieu wrote:
nope. It is hair as opposed to moustaches...

Oh, I thought those were supposed to be Moe Howard's trademark hairstyle.


on 09/12/07 at 17:56:36, SMQ wrote:
38a) [hide]Pandora[/hide]
38b) [hide]Cassandra[/hide]
38c) [hide]mandatory[/hide]
38d) [hide]starvation[/hide]

38g) [hide]Bangers and Mash[/hide] :D

Yep!  (I was hungry and needed a phrase with a !.)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 12th, 2007, 7:43pm
I get the mash, but not the bangers... will have t think on that.

csoisncccccccccc


(and Eigenray's comment gets closer to the intended answer- it's just "preset shape" from paintshop)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 7:50pm
You didn't comment on my guess: 33) [hide]falling apart[/hide]?  Or [hide]broken part[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 12th, 2007, 8:05pm
40:  ans   wer

41: oil
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 12th, 2007, 8:16pm

on 09/12/07 at 19:50:49, Eigenray wrote:
You didn't comment on my guess: 33) [hide]falling apart[/hide]?  Or [hide]broken part[/hide]?


yeah i did.
Or not.
I meant to- you got it right enough- was after fallen apart.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 12th, 2007, 8:31pm

on 09/12/07 at 14:56:53, Eigenray wrote:
38a) P&|A

38f) ^^^^^^
(Nonstandard spelling.  For English, that is.  Well, it's also wrong in Spanish, but in a different way.  Whatever.)


Either 6 Karats or 6 carrots?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 12th, 2007, 8:55pm

on 09/12/07 at 20:31:21, Sameer wrote:
Either 6 Karats or 6 carrots?

No.  The 6 is not important; it could just as easily have been 4 or 7, for example.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2007, 12:36am
UNSOLVED

34. (the hairy thing)

38e) [rdm/dm]%cinnabar lg(ULONGLONG_MAX)

38f) ^^^^^^  [hide]sour corn flakes[/hide] :-[
(Nonstandard spelling.  For English, that is.  Well, it's also wrong in Spanish, but in a different way.  Whatever.)

40:  ans wer

41: oil [hide]black oil[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 13th, 2007, 1:47am

Quote:
41: oil [hide]black oil[/hide]?


Incorrect.

Is #34 meant to be a face or a circle?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2007, 1:56am
42: TAttQoLtUaE

43: oil
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 13th, 2007, 2:00am
Olive oil. ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 13th, 2007, 3:23am

on 09/12/07 at 19:43:01, Noke Lieu wrote:
I get the mash, but not the bangers... will have t think on that.

! [hide]often read as 'bang' in typesetting and programming[/hide]
P [hide]the Cyrillic letter 'Er'[/hide]
SiO2 [hide]silicon-dioxide: the main chemical component of sand[/hide]
4077 [hide]unit number of the camp in the book/movie/TV show M*A*S*H[/hide]

38f) simply [hide]carrots[/hide]?

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2007, 5:15am

on 09/13/07 at 02:00:26, mikedagr8 wrote:
Olive oil. ;)

Yep.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 13th, 2007, 5:17am
Think music for #41.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2007, 6:32am
44. (_!_)/.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 13th, 2007, 1:34pm

on 09/13/07 at 06:32:15, Grimbal wrote:
44. (_!_)/.

[hide]Buttonhole[/hide]?


on 09/13/07 at 00:36:07, Grimbal wrote:
38f) ^^^^^^  [hide]sour corn flakes[/hide] :-[/quote]No.

[quote author=SMQ link=board=riddles_easy;num=1099012533;start=275#299 date=09/13/07 at 03:23:34]38f) simply [hide]carrots[/hide]?
No.  The number isn't completely insignificant.  You'd probably need at least 3 for it to work.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 13th, 2007, 1:39pm
40: [hide]split decision[/hide]?


on 09/12/07 at 19:43:01, Noke Lieu wrote:
csoisncccccccccc

Is that a rebus?  It doesn't have a number but I don't know what else it could be.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2007, 2:16pm

on 09/13/07 at 13:34:25, Eigenray wrote:
[hide]Buttonhole[/hide]?

Yes.


Quote:
No.

I would have been most surprised.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 13th, 2007, 3:23pm
Aha!  38f) [hide]a bunch of carrots[/hide]?

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 13th, 2007, 4:08pm

Quote:
40: split decision?


Incorrect.

45: C36"-
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 13th, 2007, 4:35pm

on 09/13/07 at 15:23:36, SMQ wrote:
Aha!  38f) [hide]a bunch of carrots[/hide]?

No carrots.  And it is a single word.


on 09/13/07 at 16:08:00, mikedagr8 wrote:
45: C36"-

[hide]100 yard dash[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 13th, 2007, 5:11pm

on 09/13/07 at 16:35:38, Eigenray wrote:
No carrots.

Dang.  Well, since my brain is stuck there, here's an easy one -- first come, first serve: :)

46) ^^^^^^
    ^^^^^^
    ^^^^^^
    ^^^^^^

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ima1trkpny on Sep 13th, 2007, 5:30pm

on 09/13/07 at 00:36:07, Grimbal wrote:
UNSOLVED

40:  ans wer


Two part answer?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 13th, 2007, 6:08pm

on 09/13/07 at 13:39:01, Eigenray wrote:
40: Is that a rebus?  It doesn't have a number but I don't know what else it could be.


oh yes, that's a rebus. and it's almost self referencing, which is nice.


oh and is oil ...
[hide] midnight oil [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 14th, 2007, 1:08am
All Correct. :D


Quote:
46) ^^^^^^
     ^^^^^^
     ^^^^^^
     ^^^^^^


24 carat(s) gold
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 14th, 2007, 4:51am
47: down
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 14th, 2007, 5:22am

on 09/14/07 at 01:08:55, mikedagr8 wrote:
24 carat(s) gold

Correct (for the record).

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Sep 14th, 2007, 5:37am

on 09/14/07 at 04:51:01, mikedagr8 wrote:
47: down

[hide]a little down[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 14th, 2007, 5:40am

on 09/14/07 at 05:37:02, towr wrote:
[hide]a little down[/hide]?

Correct, I had another 2 answers I would also accept, see if you can get them.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by towr on Sep 14th, 2007, 5:49am
[hide]down under[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 14th, 2007, 5:51am

on 09/14/07 at 05:49:43, towr wrote:
[hide]down under[/hide]?

Yes, last one now. This one is interchangeable, so really 4 answers, but one of them is better than the other.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Sep 14th, 2007, 10:43am
[hide]lowdown[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 14th, 2007, 11:23am
48: 8durationtion
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 14th, 2007, 1:14pm
49
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 14th, 2007, 1:22pm
Aryabhatta, you needed to edit that rebus?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 14th, 2007, 1:42pm

on 09/14/07 at 13:22:01, denis wrote:
Aryabhatta, you needed to edit that rebus?


LOL!  ;D

I thought I will add a hint, but later removed it.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 14th, 2007, 9:10pm
38f) A mountain range?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 15th, 2007, 6:14am

Quote:
[hide]lowdown?[/hide]


Sorry I didn't respond earlier I skipped over the post by mistake. But correct. Or down low was the other one.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 15th, 2007, 1:06pm
UNSOLVED
-> proposed answers

34. (the hairy thing)

38e) [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifrdm/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifdm]%cinnabar lg(ULONGLONG_MAX)

38f) ^^^^^^
(Nonstandard spelling.  For English, that is.  Well, it's also wrong in Spanish, but in a different way.  Whatever.)

39.5: csoisncccccccccc

42: TAttQoLtUaE
It's not a rebus, actually, and the number is part of it.

48: 8durationtion

49
[hide]  [/hide]?

And a new one:

50: @term| (see below)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 15th, 2007, 1:54pm
50: [hide]terminator[/hide]?

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 15th, 2007, 3:58pm

on 09/14/07 at 21:10:24, Sameer wrote:
38f) A mountain range?

on 09/15/07 at 13:06:35, Grimbal wrote:
A mountain range?
No.  It's one word.  [hide]^*^[/hide] might be easier but it's off by one letter.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 15th, 2007, 5:00pm
#40, #41, #45 are all correct as I stated before.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 16th, 2007, 3:58am

on 09/15/07 at 17:00:51, mikedagr8 wrote:
#40, #41, #45 are all correct as I stated before.

I see, I missed the "All correct".  Summary corrected.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 16th, 2007, 8:20am
42) Well, duh! [hide]The Answer to the Question of Life, the Universe and Everything[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 16th, 2007, 8:45am
38f) [hide]multicart[/hide]?  :-/
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 16th, 2007, 8:56am

on 09/16/07 at 08:20:02, BNC wrote:
42) Well, duh! [hide]The Answer to the Question of Life, the Universe and Everything[/hide]

Yes.  By the way, what was the question?   ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by pex on Sep 16th, 2007, 9:21am

on 09/16/07 at 08:45:37, BNC wrote:
38f) [hide]multicart[/hide]?  :-/

Of course! [hide]cartridge[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 16th, 2007, 2:48pm

on 09/16/07 at 08:45:37, BNC wrote:
38f) [hide]multicart[/hide]?  :-/

No, but you are close.  Try putting it in the context of the ones before it.


on 09/16/07 at 09:21:50, pex wrote:
Of course! [hide]cartridge[/hide]?

No, it's not that clever.


on 09/15/07 at 13:06:35, Grimbal wrote:
38e) [rdm/dm]%cinnabar lg(ULONGLONG_MAX)

You dropped the http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifs.  If cinnabar is too obscure, you can use hematite instead (but it doesn't sound as delicious).  I.e.,
[http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifrdm/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifdm]%hematite lg(ULONGLONG_MAX)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 17th, 2007, 12:35am

on 09/16/07 at 14:48:17, Eigenray wrote:
No, but you are close.  Try putting it in the context of the ones before it.

38f) [hide]Polycrates[/hide], perhaps?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 17th, 2007, 1:45am

on 09/17/07 at 00:35:20, BNC wrote:
38f) [hide]Polycrates[/hide], perhaps?

Enough with the carrots!  Now I'm starting to regret posting this, because you'll all be disappointed with the intended answer.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 17th, 2007, 4:32am
46: 8term|

Thinking about the other one, still can't quite get it. :-/
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 17th, 2007, 5:07am
You mean 50) 8term|?  It sounds better than @term|.  You could also say ||||term||||

38f) manifold?

Or is it a fallen stair?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 17th, 2007, 5:10am

Quote:
You mean 50) 8term|?  It sounds better than @term|.  You could also say ||||term||||


Ah yes I do. I couldn't find the actual puzzle, so I just went one after my last one :-[ I tried to improve on the original. Sorry about that.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 17th, 2007, 3:48pm

on 09/17/07 at 04:32:43, mikedagr8 wrote:
46: 8term|

I think this also works for 48: [hide]termination[/hide].


on 09/17/07 at 05:07:58, Grimbal wrote:
You mean 50) 8term|38f) manifold?
Or is it a fallen stair?

No.  I guess you don't see what the ^ stands for.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 17th, 2007, 5:00pm

on 09/17/07 at 15:48:15, Eigenray wrote:
I think this also works for 48: [hide]termination[/hide].


You got it! That was the intended.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 17th, 2007, 7:33pm
38e)

Well cinnabar and hematite are both ores. However I am lost on the integral and the lg(ULONGLONG_MAX) thing!! Any hints?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 17th, 2007, 8:32pm
The 49 rebus is not very good.

So I will give a hint. [hide] To get the answer (which is in English) you need to use another language. As to which one, you can probably guess after the first step is done. [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 17th, 2007, 10:17pm
49: [hide]void[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 17th, 2007, 10:22pm

on 09/17/07 at 22:17:53, denis wrote:
49: [hide]void[/hide]?


If you give your reasoning, it might be acceptable, but that is not the answer I was looking for.

Another hint: [hide] The number is the rebus [/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 17th, 2007, 10:36pm

on 09/17/07 at 22:22:22, Aryabhatta wrote:
If you give your reasoning, it might be acceptable



You had mentioned another language so I though of C.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 17th, 2007, 10:54pm

on 09/17/07 at 22:36:50, denis wrote:
You had mentioned another language so I though of C.


No no.. not computer related...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 17th, 2007, 10:57pm
49) Well then [hide] null [/hide] in the language of math!!  ;)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 18th, 2007, 12:29am

on 09/17/07 at 22:57:00, Sameer wrote:
49) Well then [hide] null [/hide] in the language of math!!  ;)


Nothing like that... look at the second hint.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Sep 18th, 2007, 12:44am

on 09/17/07 at 19:33:42, Sameer wrote:
38e)

Well cinnabar and hematite are both ores. However I am lost on the integral and the lg(ULONGLONG_MAX) thing!! Any hints?

The integral is COG and lg is normally used to denote log base 2, which would make lg(ULONGLONG_MAX) = 63 (if its of any use).

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 18th, 2007, 12:48am

on 09/18/07 at 00:44:22, TenaliRaman wrote:
The integral is COG and lg is normally used to denote log base 2, which would make lg(ULONGLONG_MAX) = 63 (if its of any use).

Very close, but slightly off, for both.  Crap, I meant lg(ULONGLONG_MAX+1).  (And don't tell me ULONGLONG_MAX+1 == 0.)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 18th, 2007, 2:43am
38e)[hide] Are average persons tortuous?

[http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifrdm/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/int.gifdm] -> r average
% -> percent
cinnabar -> ore
lg(ULONGLONG_MAX) -> 64 -> chess.
[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 18th, 2007, 4:20am

on 09/18/07 at 02:43:50, Grimbal wrote:
38e) Are average persons tortuous?

You don't really think that's the right answer, do you?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 18th, 2007, 4:31am
Uh... isn't it? ::)

I was hoping part of it to be correct.

And at least, I am trying.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 18th, 2007, 4:36am
Does #49 require Roman Numerals? XLIX not sure how that helps if it does require.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 18th, 2007, 5:22am

on 09/18/07 at 04:31:40, Grimbal wrote:
Uh... isn't it? :-[

I was hoping part of it to be correct.

And at least, I am trying.

Well, it's just not a very common phrase.  It should be obvious when you have the right answer.  TenaliRaman is closest.


Does 49 have anything to do with [hide]Indium[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 18th, 2007, 9:09am
Why is the integral COG? I was thinking more on the lines of "moment" ... Thanks for clarifying lg being log base 2. So I think that the word ends with "orate"
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 18th, 2007, 12:16pm

on 09/18/07 at 04:36:49, mikedagr8 wrote:
Does #49 require Roman Numerals? XLIX not sure how that helps if it does require.


Yes, but is it XLIX? I thought it was [hide] IL [/hide]. If not, sorry and scratch out the rebus.


Quote:
Something with Indium?


No.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 18th, 2007, 6:41pm

on 09/18/07 at 09:09:04, Sameer wrote:
Why is the integral COG? I was thinking more on the lines of "moment" ... Thanks for clarifying lg being log base 2. So I think that the word ends with "orate"

It's not COG.  Who said anything about gravity?  ;)
And where did you get 8?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 18th, 2007, 6:54pm

on 09/18/07 at 18:41:48, Eigenray wrote:
It's not COG.  Who said anything about gravity?  ;)
And where did you get 8?


Ooops I took the log twice!! Yea sorry I didn't understand the acronym COG.. now I do :) .. so ...

"integral something" + % (per?) + or(e) + 64 ??? Wow some rebus...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Sep 18th, 2007, 9:44pm

on 09/18/07 at 18:54:48, Sameer wrote:
"integral something" + % (per?) + or(e) + 64 ??? Wow some rebus...

compercentorsixtyfour

That must mean something, i guess.

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 18th, 2007, 11:32pm

on 09/18/07 at 21:44:24, TenaliRaman wrote:
compercentorsixtyfour

So close.  Maybe it isn't as internationally well known as I thought?  But surely someone will get it now!
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 19th, 2007, 12:17am

on 09/18/07 at 12:16:53, Aryabhatta wrote:
Yes, but is it XLIX? I thought it was [hide] IL [/hide]. If not, sorry and scratch out the rebus.


It could be, but it is an informal "shortcut". The formal representation is, indeed, XLIX.
See, for example, wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals)

Quote:
XCIX or IC
Rules regarding Roman numerals often state that a symbol representing 10x may not precede any symbol larger than 10x+1. For example, C cannot be preceded by I or V, only by X (or, of course, by a symbol representing a value equal to or larger than C). Thus, one should represent the number "ninety-nine" as XCIX, not as the "shortcut" IC. However, these rules are not universally followed.

This 'problem' manifested in questions as to why 1990 was not written as MXM instead of the universal usage MCMXC, or why 1999 was not written simply IMM or MIM as opposed to the universal MCMXCIX.


IMHO, if you state you meant the informal shortcut, the rebus is valid.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 19th, 2007, 12:35am
38e) Aha!  I got it.  You are a computer fan.  And % is in C language (or related).

It wasn't that difficult after all.

As usual, when I search and I think of something, if it is not a solution it makes a new riddle.

51) ^^^^^^^
(not ^^^^^^, not ^^^^^^^^, but ^^^^^^^)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Eigenray on Sep 19th, 2007, 1:18am

on 09/19/07 at 00:35:02, Grimbal wrote:
Aha!  I got it.  You are a computer fan.  And % is in C language (or related).

Actually it was just the first thing to come to mind with a % (after commode).  Now how about 38f)?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Sep 19th, 2007, 1:36am

on 09/19/07 at 01:18:07, Eigenray wrote:
Actually it was just the first thing to come to mind with a % (after commode).  Now how about 38f)?

Oh my god, how the hell can i not guess that!!!!!!!  :D   Anyone for Arkanoid? ;)

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 19th, 2007, 1:52am
Anyone no anything to do with IL? I don't know programming or anything someone else doesn't know on the site, but I would like #49 solved.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 19th, 2007, 2:22am
49) IL = Illinois?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 19th, 2007, 5:53am

on 09/19/07 at 01:36:02, TenaliRaman wrote:
Anyone for Arkanoid? ;)

I only ever played that on the NES and loved it (everything had something similar, but Taito's Arkanoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkanoid) is still the best.) They had a 64 version? Why didn't I know this?!

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 19th, 2007, 6:19am
49: IL(french)=HE(english)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 19th, 2007, 9:48am

on 09/19/07 at 06:19:09, denis wrote:
49: IL(french)=HE(english)


On the right track, but why French?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 19th, 2007, 9:49am

on 09/19/07 at 00:17:45, BNC wrote:
IMHO, if you state you meant the informal shortcut, the rebus is valid.


I never knew that such a concept existed until you pointed it out...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 19th, 2007, 9:59am

on 09/19/07 at 09:48:30, Aryabhatta wrote:
On the right track, but why French?


Just a wild guess. "IL" is as fairly common French word and you did mention another language so I though this might fit.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 19th, 2007, 10:55am

on 09/19/07 at 09:59:29, denis wrote:
Just a wild guess. "IL" is as fairly common French word and you did mention another language so I though this might fit.


I think the language I chose for the rebus is not a wild guess, but it could be claimed to be...

There is some (even though it might be miniscule) logic in selecting the translation language.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 19th, 2007, 11:15am
Ah then I would guess Latin (given the roman numerals) or Italian...
I can't find the Latin translation if there is one.

How about  IL(Italian)=The (english)..
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 19th, 2007, 11:18am

on 09/19/07 at 05:53:44, SMQ wrote:
I only ever played that on the NES and loved it (everything had something similar, but Taito's Arkanoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkanoid) is still the best.) They had a 64 version? Why didn't I know this?!

--SMQ


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

Edit: I apparently misunderstood the wording in SMQ's query and made a big fool of myself by telling SMQ that there is something called commodore 64...
 :-[
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 19th, 2007, 11:48am
Yes, thank you, I know what a C64 is -- in fact I still have a few of them. :D  I taught myself to program machine language on one.  By hand.  Assemblers are for wimps. ;D

I'm just surprised, given the number of C64 games I played and how much I enjoyed Arkanoid, that I never knew until now there was a version of Arkanoid for the 64.

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 19th, 2007, 12:15pm

on 09/19/07 at 11:15:41, denis wrote:
Ah then I would guess Latin (given the roman numerals) or Italian...
I can't find the Latin translation if there is one.

How about  IL(Italian)=The (english)..


Yes, that is "the" answer I was looking for  :)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 21st, 2007, 4:39pm
*shameless nudge (before I forget the answers)*
::)


"the hairy thing"
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBAttachments/rebe1.gif

and

csoisncccccccccc
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 21st, 2007, 4:52pm

on 09/19/07 at 11:48:10, SMQ wrote:
I'm just surprised, given the number of C64 games I played and how much I enjoyed Arkanoid, that I never knew until now there was a version of Arkanoid for the 64.
--SMQ

Have you tried DXBall2 or the new Super DXBall?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 22nd, 2007, 10:51pm
51: durationtion

Not sure if this will make sense, but we'll see. Can we have an update of the unsolved ones please?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 23rd, 2007, 3:04am

on 09/22/07 at 22:51:47, mikedagr8 wrote:
51: durationtion

[hide]Double duration[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 23rd, 2007, 3:44am
Incorrect.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 23rd, 2007, 4:03am

on 09/22/07 at 22:51:47, mikedagr8 wrote:
51: durationtion

Not sure if this will make sense, but we'll see. Can we have an update of the unsolved ones please?

I think it's 52. 51 was Grimbals:

on 09/19/07 at 00:35:02, Grimbal wrote:
51) ^^^^^^^
(not ^^^^^^, not ^^^^^^^^, but ^^^^^^^)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 23rd, 2007, 5:27am

on 09/22/07 at 22:51:47, mikedagr8 wrote:
Can we have an update of the unsolved ones please?

You could have done it.

UNSOLVED

Noke Lieu's
34. (the hair ring, see above)

Eigenray's
38f) ^^^^^^
(Nonstandard spelling.  For English, that is.  Well, it's also wrong in Spanish, but in a different way.  Whatever.)

Noke Lieu's
39.5: csoisncccccccccc

Grimbal's
51) ^^^^^^^
(not ^^^^^^, not ^^^^^^^^, but ^^^^^^^)
hint: you can drink it

mikddagr8's
51: durationtion

AND NEW ONES

52 - 2?|~2?

53. e¢l
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 23rd, 2007, 5:28am
39.5: csoisncccccccccc
I can recognize a cos and sin shuffled.
and 10 c's which is probaly not for Tennessee.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Sep 23rd, 2007, 5:30am
51. [hide]Extended duration?[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 23rd, 2007, 8:01am

on 09/23/07 at 05:27:59, Grimbal wrote:
51) ^^^^^^^
(not ^^^^^^, not ^^^^^^^^, but ^^^^^^^)


[hide]7 Up[/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by denis on Sep 23rd, 2007, 8:05am
51:

[hide]double term[/hide]?
or
[hide]temination[/hide]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 23rd, 2007, 4:15pm

on 09/23/07 at 05:28:35, Grimbal wrote:
39.5: csoisncccccccccc
I can recognize a cos and sin shuffled.
and 10 c's which is probaly not for Tennessee.


cos and sin
sort of- that was there as a deliberate over thinking stumbling block.

tennessee... nope. But that gets me thinking.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 23rd, 2007, 11:37pm

on 09/23/07 at 05:30:41, Three Hands wrote:
51. [hide]Extended duration?[/hide]


Correct. Did it make sense do you think?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 24th, 2007, 12:19am

on 09/23/07 at 08:01:32, denis wrote:
[hide]7 Up[/hide]?

Yes.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by TenaliRaman on Sep 24th, 2007, 5:02am

on 09/23/07 at 05:27:59, Grimbal wrote:
52 - 2?|~2?

[hide]To question or not to question !?!??[/hide]


Quote:
53. e¢l

[hide]Sentinel ?![/hide]

-- AI
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 24th, 2007, 5:19am

on 09/24/07 at 05:02:05, TenaliRaman wrote:
[hide]To question or not to question !?!??[/hide]

It is a 2 step question: 1. what does ? stand for?, 2.  what to do with it?


on 09/24/07 at 05:02:05, TenaliRaman wrote:
[hide]Sentinel ?![/hide]

yes.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 24th, 2007, 8:42am

on 09/24/07 at 05:19:55, Grimbal wrote:
It is a 2 step question: 1. what does ? stand for?, 2.  what to do with it?

yes.

The ? usually stand for a [hide]b[/hide] (which is what TenaliRaman hinted at).
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 24th, 2007, 9:11am
And if you put it all together?
(reminds me of a Marx Brothers movie)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Sameer on Sep 24th, 2007, 9:34am

on 09/24/07 at 09:11:10, Grimbal wrote:
And if you put it all together?
(reminds me of a Marx Brothers movie)


I like the Mel Brooks version!!   ;D
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Grimbal on Sep 24th, 2007, 9:59am
It is about one very specific scene of a Marx Brothers movie (of which I don't remember the title).
It is probably a hint only after you found what there is besides the [hide]B[/hide] to put together.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Three Hands on Sep 24th, 2007, 11:26am

on 09/23/07 at 23:37:24, mikedagr8 wrote:
Correct. Did it make sense do you think?


Mostly. Although it is a little shaky, and largely fits due to lack of other obvious answers, it still does work once you think about it...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 28th, 2007, 3:52am
I thought that I should try and keep this going.

54: shang

55: land

56:8

For 56, it's similar to 49.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by BNC on Sep 28th, 2007, 5:06am

on 09/24/07 at 09:59:41, Grimbal wrote:
It is about one very specific scene of a Marx Brothers movie (of which I don't remember the title).
It is probably a hint only after you found what there is besides the [hide]B[/hide] to put together.


Probably not what you're looking for... [hide]for a bitwise or, the answer is 0[/hide]  :-/


[edit]55) [hide]greenland[/hide][/edit]
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by SMQ on Sep 28th, 2007, 5:20am
54) [hide]Shanghai[/hide] (technically this should be noted as a homonym)

--SMQ
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 28th, 2007, 5:24am
Both correct.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Oct 1st, 2007, 5:37pm
the answer lies on this page...
csoisncccccccccc (http://w3.umh.ac.be/iidb/)
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Oct 1st, 2007, 7:15pm
Oh, I got it now... (I think)

csoisncccccccccc = [hide]Inconsistencies [/hide]?
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Oct 1st, 2007, 7:17pm
yep.

not going to be so generous for the other one though...
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by mikedagr8 on Oct 1st, 2007, 7:18pm
The link didn't help. Why was it there? Never mind, as soon as I clicked it, I found my answer... all over the place.
Title: Re: Rebuses
Post by Noke Lieu on Dec 1st, 2007, 11:28pm
I have returned home from the depths of Tasmania and fidn myself back in town for a week or s before I shoot off again.
That might not be enough time to get my brain back on line to contribute much int he way of new riddles.

The unsolved one (the hairy thing)... it's shakespearian, if that helps....


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