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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#481 Post by SparkOut » Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:28 pm

Pretty much the opposite of that

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#482 Post by SparkOut » Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:26 am

So it's pretty simple then, it's not ... ...

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#483 Post by Scurra » Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:35 am

I Never Read Solutions?
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#484 Post by SparkOut » Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:47 am

Why yes. Go ahead on the next one ;)

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#485 Post by LAT » Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:21 pm

Are you guys talking in code or am I being thick?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#486 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:50 pm

Well, you might be, but if you are, so am I. :lol:
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#487 Post by SparkOut » Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:52 pm

Having got the answer, Scurra's keeping it to himself/only vaguely hinting, so as not to be the one to set a new clue. So I told him to go ahead anyway.
(He is doing something similar in the rhyme game now too, in the italicised comment.) viewtopic.php?p=106895&sid=add912a0302b ... 0a#p106895

NB this is not an accusatory or critical comment, just intending to explain in lighthearted vein "I see what you did there" ;)

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Re: Well known and some slightly obscure phrases and sayings

#488 Post by LAT » Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:02 pm

Is anyone going to enlighten us lesser mortals?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#489 Post by SparkOut » Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:31 pm

I N R S

is quite simple, so clearly It's Not R..... S......

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#490 Post by LAT » Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:28 am

If Scurra solved this back in August then it seems to me it is his turn to set another one.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#491 Post by Scurra » Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:57 pm

TBONTB
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#492 Post by LAT » Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:16 am

hmmm. So that is the question?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#493 Post by Scurra » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:52 pm

I guess it depends which pencil you are using? :) (Your go. Finally!)
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#494 Post by SparkOut » Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:00 am

Pssst. It's still your go LAT

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#495 Post by LAT » Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:40 am

Oops, sorry! My brain is all over the place at the moment

E I A G A A F

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#496 Post by SparkOut » Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:21 pm

Sufficiency has equivalent value to surfeit?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#497 Post by LAT » Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:30 pm

:D The problem I will now have is being able to check whether this has been done before :lol:

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#498 Post by SparkOut » Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:40 pm

M H W T S S

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#499 Post by LAT » Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:24 pm

Well I would if it did! :lol:

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#500 Post by SparkOut » Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:09 pm

So you're just making do with silage while it's rainy then?

Make hay while the sun shines

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