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Post by Ann on May 7, 2004 16:10:14 GMT
 Dear puzzled girls who bravely pore O'er all our hieroglyphic lore And never vote it all a bore ? open this oh we implore Are not the brain and shoulders?sore? Would you not like to see no more? But in by thousands papers pour, Much more than ever here to fore Solutions good and bad galore So then dear readers we ? ? ? ? How may we change our plans afore ? ? ? ? rage over for. #nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys #nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys |
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Post by boheme on May 7, 2004 20:33:43 GMT
Well, the first line obviously starts out with:
"Dear stoned girls" ..... (LOL)
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Post by Ann on May 7, 2004 20:57:32 GMT
Or "dear crazed girls"!
But I'm staying out of this one for a while as I've had more practice than anyone else.
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Post by boheme on May 8, 2004 4:33:53 GMT
OK, I'll start: Dear girls who bravely pore Over all our hieroglyphic lore And never vote one a bore ......... implore Are the broad and ....... Would you not like to see some more? Be you ....... Much more than ....... heretofore Letters good and ....... galore So then dear girls ....... How may we cookies? our pictures afore ........ rage over for. Ummmmmmmm, I think I need some help here ......  LOL |
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Post by PAWS on May 8, 2004 11:05:03 GMT
OK, I'll start: Dear ? ?girls who bravely pore Over all our hieroglyphic lore And never vote one a greatbore ......... implore Are notthe broad and ....... Would you not like to see some more? Be you ....... Much more than ....... heretofore Letters good and ....... galore So then dear girls ....... How may we cookies? our pictures afore ........ rage over for. Ummmmmmmm, I think I need some help here ...... LOL ...but not much by the loo of it. How long did you pore over this? |
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Post by Ann on May 8, 2004 14:43:19 GMT
Well done Kaye!
Ok, so this is what we have so far.
Dear ? ? girls who bravely pore
O'er all our hieroglyphic lore
And never vote one a great bore
? ? ? ? ? ? implore
Are not the broad and ? ? ?
Would you not like to see some more?
Be you ? ? ? ? ? ?
Much more than ? ? heretofore
Letters good and ? ? galore
So then dear girls ? ? ? ?
How may we cookies? our pictures afore
? ? ? ? rage over for.
#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys
Line 2 has one syllable too many, and the only way I could see how we could lose one is to abbreviate "over" to "o'er". The question marks should now equate to the number of syllables missing in each line.
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Post by Cathrin on May 8, 2004 16:29:38 GMT
The forth line plant is nettle or thistle
I think in the third line from the bottom that that plant looks like ivy
sa bed/sleep/rest fr/rope/pen/thisle-e o implor
sa bed/sleep/rest fr/open this o
ok the only bit I seem to be able to make sense of is
forth line:
open this o we implore
Last line: Us a open *** rage over for
prob totaly wrong lol
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Post by Ann on May 8, 2004 17:50:20 GMT
It's a pen!! I couldn't work out what it could be, but I think you're right. Only thing is, there's a surplus letter I think. Thistle minus e = thistl, so
open this tl oh we implore??
Or have I missed something?
Do you think the girl in the bed is ill? Could it be something to do with ill or sick or even ailing? I think the sa in front of the bed is just "Say".
Don't underestimate yourself Cathrin!
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Post by Ann on May 8, 2004 17:55:50 GMT
As I was typing the last reply, I happened to look at the advert and it was all about brain tumours. Apt or what?!
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Post by PAWS on May 8, 2004 18:45:14 GMT
Could MMM stand for 3000? Is the editor asking readers for more entries?
Penult line - are they coins?
? ? ? ? our plans afore ??
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Post by Ann on May 8, 2004 19:28:10 GMT
Could MMM stand for 3000? Is the editor asking readers for more entries? I'm not sure, I've been doing it offline, but I can't get that line. Ooh, ooh, ooh, I take that back, it's just come to me "But in by thousands, papers pour" After a couple of false starts, I'm pretty sure they are. |
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Post by boheme on May 8, 2004 19:52:02 GMT
Coins? Good! I didn't really think they were cookies, but I started working on this right at lunch time and I guess I was hungry ..... LOL
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Post by Ann on May 8, 2004 23:42:49 GMT
Things seemed to be slowing down, so I've added my thoughts. Feel free to disagree if you think what I've put is wrong.
Any ideas on what the berries/fruit are? It seems as though the word might be explore, but I can't make expl into anything that fits the pic.
And what is the thing that looks like a disembodied moustache in the last line?
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Post by Cathrin on May 9, 2004 9:50:12 GMT
Grapes (I did think ivy but couldn't work it in)
I think the other 'thing' is a Bow, but I can't work that in either.
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Post by Ann on May 9, 2004 11:42:27 GMT
I thought I'd cracked it with "who are sore" until I remembered it's haws not hoars for the fruit. (Plus it's still a syllable short.)
What do hops look like? Who p.......ore.
How many words are there left ending in ore that could fit into the context? Deplore?
I also just realised that line 6 didn't actually make sense unless you changed "some" to "no". If you take the drawing to be a scene rather than a sea, it fits.
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