Post by sangre on Jun 12, 2020 8:36:48 GMT -5
This is not meant to be the solve. This is just for fun and hopefully a nice distraction from the news.
I had plans to go BOTG in late May that got changed to late June due to COVID travel restrictions.
Eric Sloane wrote about rebus puzzles in his book titled: The Crackle Barrel
books.google.com/books?id=6qA63ioq3OYC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=rebus+puzzles+eric+sloane&source=bl&ots=H162FXYBlI&sig=ACfU3U0geSOBu6EYZTFmXkvOn7f8jVfkZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0vcONp_zpAhWJHM0KHT4WAl8Q6AEwCnoECAgQAQ
Rebus
A representation of words with pictures, letter names, or symbols that suggest the sound of the words. Rebus has been used in English since 1605, when William Camden wrote, "They which lackt wit to expresse their conceit in speech, did vse to depaint it out... in pictures, which they called Rebus." Popular in autograph books and on vanity license plates, rebuses include such classics as:
YYUR; YYUB. ICUR YY4me
NE1410S
4 A _ I 8 0
NF,TFTW
I had plans to go BOTG in late May that got changed to late June due to COVID travel restrictions.
Eric Sloane wrote about rebus puzzles in his book titled: The Crackle Barrel
books.google.com/books?id=6qA63ioq3OYC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=rebus+puzzles+eric+sloane&source=bl&ots=H162FXYBlI&sig=ACfU3U0geSOBu6EYZTFmXkvOn7f8jVfkZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0vcONp_zpAhWJHM0KHT4WAl8Q6AEwCnoECAgQAQ
Rebus
A representation of words with pictures, letter names, or symbols that suggest the sound of the words. Rebus has been used in English since 1605, when William Camden wrote, "They which lackt wit to expresse their conceit in speech, did vse to depaint it out... in pictures, which they called Rebus." Popular in autograph books and on vanity license plates, rebuses include such classics as:
YYUR; YYUB. ICUR YY4me
NE1410S
4 A _ I 8 0
NF,TFTW