Daily puzzles/problems.

[togre]

Ok, it's me again? Decipher the following message:

YYURYYUBICURYY4ME

[prendrelemick]

Too wise you are
Too wise you be
I see you are too wise for me.

Good one togre.

While I think of something, can we try and guess what mortified Mark?

[togre]

Too wise you are
Too wise you be
I see you are too wise for me.

Good one togre.

Right on. That's one my father taught me years ago.

Too wise you are
While I think of something, can we try and guess what mortified Mark?

From his tone I assume it's some unforgivable proof reading error or using "your" instead of "you're" but I looked for a couple of minutes and couldn't find anything scandalous.

[togre]

the international dateline

Could it be "International Date Line" is the clammy-causing calamity? If so, that's a pretty acute conscience to be pricked so sharply by such a slip.

[prendrelemick]

I picked up my bottle of mineral water from which I took a swig.

A trifle inelegant perhaps?

[MarkBastable]

A trifle inelegant perhaps?

Funny you should say that. I edited that sentence on the fly as I pasted the passage in, and didn't really read it back to myself. So, yeah - I'll do something about that.

But that's not it. And it's not the lack of capitalisation on International Date Line, either, though I'da got that at final edit, I think.

[billl]

my mother and ME!

[MarkBastable]

my mother and ME!

Yeah, that's it.

It's a good example of one of the dilemmas of writing in the first person, actually. The narrator is exactly the sort of person who would make that over-compensatory error, so it's true to his voice. On the other hand, I'm exactly the sort of person who might make the error in speech but would correct himself immediately. So to leave the error in would require me to have a lot of confidence in both myself and in the reader's trust in me as the writer of a narrative voice.

I ought to leave it there, really, and learn to live with the cringe.

[prendrelemick]

I noticed that, but thought it was ok as mother and narrator were the subject of the sentence. However, in 1970s comprehensives we didn't do grammer - or spelling.

[prendrelemick]

I,ve done another rhyming slang one.

To remind you how it works, a word is substituted by the first word of a common phrase. The last word of that phrase rhymes with the substituted word.

For example "Car" can be substituted by "Jam" because "Jam Jar" rhymes with car.




I've no chocolate and it gives me quiche to admit it, I was a pig's in my chicken life. I was a cup, living in a cottage, my life was a parma.

Harsh cucumber? Perhaps, but I need to rogan this chow away and turn over a new roast. It would be ground to be able to change your life as easily as a kiwi and apple and start a new parsley.

[MarkBastable]

So far....

I've no chocolate and it gives me quiche lorraine (pain) to admit it. I was a pig's trotter (rotter) in my chicken korma (former) life. I was a cup, living in a cottage, my life was a parma ham (sham).

Harsh cucumber? Perhaps, but I need to rogan josh (wash) this chow mein (stain) away and turn over a new roast beef (leaf). It would be ground meat (neat) to be able to change your life as easily as a kiwi fruit (suit) and apple pie (tie) and start a new parsley.

[prendrelemick]

Mostly right so far.

[prendrelemick]

This question is about as popular as a *********** in a **** tub.

[billl]

No, we're just going through a phase, I think. It's pretty challenging coming up with new ones--I've developed a fear of posting correct answers (it'd be rude! to make people wait for me to provide a good one in order to keep things going), and so I sometimes just figure someone else will get one, and I'll get back in the game once I've got something in pocket that I can deploy upon a successful solution to the latest offering.

Something like that--I will get back to this one (thanks for bumping--I had actually forgotten that there was a new one in play, sometimes we just sit for a while waiting for the next one...) hopefully this weekend. I think I had actually come up with something for "chocolate" but can't remember it at the moment...

[billl]

So far....

I've no chocolate and it gives me quiche lorraine (pain) to admit it. I was a pig's trotter (rotter) in my chicken korma (former) life. I was a cup, living in a cottage, my life was a parma ham (sham).

Harsh cucumber? Perhaps, but I need to rogan josh (wash) this chow mein (stain) away and turn over a new roast beef (leaf). It would be ground meat (neat) to be able to change your life as easily as a kiwi fruit (suit) and apple pie (tie) and start a new parsley.

A possible bit of progress...
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I've no chocolate scones (stones) and it gives me quiche lorraine (pain) to admit it. I was a pig's trotter (rotter) in my chicken korma (former) life. I was a cup, living in a cottage pie (sty), my life was a parma ham (sham).

Harsh cucumber? Perhaps, but I need to rogan josh (wash) this chow mein (stain) away and turn over a new roast beef (leaf). It would be ground meat (neat) to be able to change your life as easily as a kiwi fruit (suit) and apple pie (tie) and start a new parsley.