Post by Editor in Chief on Feb 20, 2008 22:47:10 GMT
Winner of our previous Puzzle and the 40 talent prize is Frazyl! The answers are:
1. Everyone enjoyed watching the bellydancer jiggle her t,tt,s (TATTOOS).
2. A blood-curdling scream came from the kitchen when the chef realized his d,ck (DUCK) was on fire.
3. My boss gets angry when I sh,t (SHUT) my drawers too loudly.
4. The patient's eyes watered as the doctor extracted the marble from his n,s (NOSE).
5. Too many student assassins skip class these days, preferring to go off and t,ch (TEACH) themselves.
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Heiro-Cryptics
The winner for this edition's Prize Puzzler will be chosen at random from all correct answers submitted to Elera, the Editor in Chief. We still like you, even if you're slow! The prize is 40 talents, or A$200.
Our razor-witted puzzlemaster, Fewms, is at it again with another family-oriented Djelian cryptogram for your solving pleasure. Decode the capitalized Djelian syllables into Morporkian (hint: see The Papyrus edition #8 article on understanding written Djelian), then deduce the whole Morporkian words to make complete the sentences.
Example:
The FEEDING CROCODILE, INTOXICATED EAGLE is holy.
The pr,st is holy.
The priest is holy.
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1) A scandal followed the announcement that the Patrician had MAJESTIC EAGLE, WAVY LINE, SMALL POT his favorite clerk.
2) The budding socialite was gratified to have so many young men attracted to her SMALL SHRUB, CONSTIPATED EAGLE.
3) His colleagues were astonished to learn that the new lawyer had already SMALL SHRUB, FLAIL WITH BIT MISSING, SMALL POT a young widow for five hours.
4) The customer got slapped by the pretty fruit vendor because he tried for a CAT WITH DEAD IBIS, SWIMMING CROCODILE when her attention was elsewhere.
5) Emerging from their all night binges, the partiers' WISE OWL, RISING SUN, MAN WITH POT, SMALL POT in the Temple of Hat and continued their revelry.
HINT: We are a family-oriented newspaper! Yeah, right.
1. Everyone enjoyed watching the bellydancer jiggle her t,tt,s (TATTOOS).
2. A blood-curdling scream came from the kitchen when the chef realized his d,ck (DUCK) was on fire.
3. My boss gets angry when I sh,t (SHUT) my drawers too loudly.
4. The patient's eyes watered as the doctor extracted the marble from his n,s (NOSE).
5. Too many student assassins skip class these days, preferring to go off and t,ch (TEACH) themselves.
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Heiro-Cryptics
The winner for this edition's Prize Puzzler will be chosen at random from all correct answers submitted to Elera, the Editor in Chief. We still like you, even if you're slow! The prize is 40 talents, or A$200.
Our razor-witted puzzlemaster, Fewms, is at it again with another family-oriented Djelian cryptogram for your solving pleasure. Decode the capitalized Djelian syllables into Morporkian (hint: see The Papyrus edition #8 article on understanding written Djelian), then deduce the whole Morporkian words to make complete the sentences.
Example:
The FEEDING CROCODILE, INTOXICATED EAGLE is holy.
The pr,st is holy.
The priest is holy.
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1) A scandal followed the announcement that the Patrician had MAJESTIC EAGLE, WAVY LINE, SMALL POT his favorite clerk.
2) The budding socialite was gratified to have so many young men attracted to her SMALL SHRUB, CONSTIPATED EAGLE.
3) His colleagues were astonished to learn that the new lawyer had already SMALL SHRUB, FLAIL WITH BIT MISSING, SMALL POT a young widow for five hours.
4) The customer got slapped by the pretty fruit vendor because he tried for a CAT WITH DEAD IBIS, SWIMMING CROCODILE when her attention was elsewhere.
5) Emerging from their all night binges, the partiers' WISE OWL, RISING SUN, MAN WITH POT, SMALL POT in the Temple of Hat and continued their revelry.
HINT: We are a family-oriented newspaper! Yeah, right.