# Anybody working on this month's Games Magazine's cartoon rebuses? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493 "2009-03-23T19:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![norrin2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@norrin2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norrin2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/21 "2009-03-26T20:50:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Could be HAND is part of the answer. Or, the artist just really sucks. Notice how the other hand doesn’t have any fingers, or it’s twisted around like the guy’s wrist is made of latex. Well, I can’t go for the “artist sucks” theory. The only other person in a drawing whose hands and fingers are not the same size is the dentist in #11 and his thumb is part of the answer. ---
**Author:** ![lazlo22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lazlo22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazlo22)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/22 "2009-03-26T22:37:26Z")
I’ve got a theory on #14, but can’t quite make it work: Colca Canyon – COCA CAN I AN is the closest I can come. Interestingly, Colca Canyon is home to the Andean Condor, the answer to the real #10 posted on the Games website. Seems like too much of a coincidence _not_ to be the answer. Maybe Colca is pronounced “coca” – would seem odd to me, but I’ve never been to Peru. ---
**Author:** ![ogres1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/858c86/32.png) [@ogres1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ogres1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/23 "2009-03-27T20:08:52Z")
first are we sure its 8.5 and not 85 if its 85 thats equivilent to a B now this is another stretch but could it be Point B-Hair-O for Point Barrow the man is pointing-grade B–hair- the O on the coke can ---
**Author:** ![lazlo22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lazlo22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazlo22)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/24 "2009-03-27T22:17:17Z")
The 3 other "B"s that appear all look pretty different than the 8, whether it’s an 85 8-5 or 8.5 ---
**Author:** ![ogres1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/858c86/32.png) [@ogres1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ogres1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/25 "2009-03-28T00:00:03Z")
> [@lazlo22](#): > > The 3 other "B"s that appear all look pretty different than the 8, whether it’s an 85 8-5 or 8.5 no, what i meant was if its 85 that equals a letter grade of B you know like 85% 90-100=A 80-89=b 70’s=C etc so if he gives them both an 85 then hes grading them as a B just a thought ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/26 "2009-03-28T13:17:43Z")
I looked through Wikipedia’s listings of fictional places, and didn’t find anything that fit. I thought the first word could be POINT, but Point Barrow was the only thing I could find that had the right number of letters, and it doesn’t work. Could the 2nd word be ISLAND? Maybe if “lend” is a synonym for “give,” but I don’t think so. These rebuses commonly juxtapose a word between two others that’s the end of the first word and the beginning of the second, like they did with Aaron Eckhart. (ERA-NECK-HEART). I was thinking COLAS could be that word, but nothing springs to mind. Maybe 8.5 is some magic standard of something significant, like the pH of water (which is 7). Hydroxymethyl has a pH of 8.5, but that’s too long. He put the dot in the middle, rather than at bottom, so maybe it’s 8 TIMES 5? FORTY? the brain…it oozes… ---
**Author:** ![weimermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@weimermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weimermom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/27 "2009-03-28T16:24:22Z")
Hi. I am also working on #14 and I thought it might be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_estate. Estate fits the 6 letter criteria and you could get estate from ----- test eight. Perhaps the first word ends in t? Any thoughts or suggestions from there? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/28 "2009-03-28T18:15:17Z")
I found a list of place types. Maybe this will help. [http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNPlacePopup](http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNPlacePopup) ---
**Author:** ![Andie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Andie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/29 "2009-03-29T02:35:40Z")
I too am stuck on #14. I do think that one hand seems to be bigger than the other . Is that to indicate that he is pointing? Or is it his thumbs? They all have their thumbs up. So is “thumb” part of it? or is “point” part of it? Is it 8 “point” 5 or is it 8 and a “half”? There is a place called Five Points but that is too easy. I also came up with something STANDS. As in TAY-STANDS (taste hands) but don’t know what the \*\*tay could be. ---
**Author:** ![Andie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Andie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/30 "2009-03-29T16:59:45Z")
Except that the word five is only four letters. How did I make that mistake? My mind is boggled at this point. ---
**Author:** ![nycguy29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@nycguy29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nycguy29)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/31 "2009-03-31T01:33:03Z")
I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, and 13. Would be happy to trade for any of the others. BTW…what the hell do they mean by “jurist” in number 5? ---
**Author:** ![norrin2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@norrin2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norrin2)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/32 "2009-03-31T15:05:55Z")
> [@nycguy29](#): > > BTW…what the hell do they mean by “jurist” in number 5? They mean judge ---
**Author:** ![Pothawothatawner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Pothawothatawner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pothawothatawner)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/33 "2009-03-31T19:39:07Z")
… kept me awake last night. Been trying to brainstorm an answer: score? --there are two “ties”, the one you wear, they both got 8.5 – rating – five hands – five thumbs – taste test, evaluation ? – went throught the geographical dictionary looking for places that begin with Ti or Ty, nothing leapt out at me – note to nycguy29, I think the other answers are revealed by scrolling through the previous posts ---
**Author:** ![weimermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@weimermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weimermom)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/34 "2009-03-31T23:26:38Z")
I thought Taiwan might be the second word…but couldn’t get a fit anywhere else. My brain is fried!!! I’ve searched places until I am blue in the face! ---
**Author:** ![norrin2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@norrin2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norrin2)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/35 "2009-04-01T18:27:15Z")
I’m starting to think #14 has no answer – that it’s an April Fools joke. ---
**Author:** ![eb512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@eb512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eb512)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/36 "2009-04-01T19:01:09Z")
I have #14. Do you want a hint? Or should I just post it? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/37 "2009-04-01T19:02:36Z")
I don’t get the magazine but from your description… Tie-Coke-Rater? Tycho Crater on the moon maybe ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/38 "2009-04-01T19:29:36Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I don’t get the magazine but from your description… > > Tie-Coke-Rater? Tycho Crater on the moon maybe I think that’s it! I d/led a moon atlas before and looked for any craters that fit the answer, but didn’t see Tycho. Kudos to wolfman! AWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![weimermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@weimermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weimermom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/39 "2009-04-02T23:34:01Z")
eb512, I assume you had the same answer!!! kudos to you and wolfman. I can now sleep. I have been tossing around rogue words in my head for days, and coming up blank. ---
**Author:** ![oscarmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7cd45c/32.png) [@oscarmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oscarmom)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493/40 "2009-04-07T21:58:06Z")
hi all, just joined the board. I had all but numbers 11 and 14, so thanks! I love doing these puzzles just for fun. funny story- over a year ago there was a crossword contest I had the answers to. I called my father in law with the answers and we agreed to split the money if either one won. ( it was the puzzle involving the planets). sadly, my father in law passed away before the results. when the family went to his home for the funeral, there was the games magazine sitting on his desk. lo and behold, my mother in law calls a couple months later and said he won a runner up t shirt! ( I won nothing). she gave it to me, since we both loved puzzles of all kinds. so now that goofy shirt means a lot to me. a memory of “Pops” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493.md?page=3)