[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> "J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
> >
> > At 23:06 11-07-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter blated:
> >
> > >Tangled rope smallest prime chivalry practicioner, comb for a bee, naval
> > >affirmative separate into two equals Canadian interrogative brain holder
> > >disk or drum minus onomatopoeiac expression of cold.
> >
> > Looks like Erik has finally gone off the deep end. Had to happen some
> time.
>
> Looks like Jeroen didn't want to take the time to figure out a simple
> rebus and figured he'd take a shot at the inventor of it instead.
>
> Julia
>
> Me 5 seconds ago:
> While I agree with your sentiment, Julia, I have to admit that I can't
> figure out what Erik was saying either. Nor, for that matter, do I know
> what a rebus is. Am I being dumb and missing something obvious?
>
> Me now:
> Aaarrrggghhh. _Now_ I get it. I think. Not sure about "equals Canadian
> interrogative," though.
Someone (David?) already gave a good analysis, eh? ;)
Once I figured out the first part and could see where he was going, it
wasn't that hard. (And I responded with what I thought was a reasonable
response, as well. And I *did* take Advil later.)
A rebus is a puzzle using words and/or pictures to encode a set of words
for a message. You see the mostly-picture kind on McDonald's Happy
Meals sometimes. I loved them when I came across them in Archie comics
as a child.
Julia
