Anyone solved this Brain Torture puzzle?

[astro]

25: lashes with a wet noodle

[suranyi]

*Originally posted by dr hermes *
**This has tormented me for years. A friend gave a photocopied page of 25 cryptic abbreviations to figure out, with no answers anywhere. I have no idea where it originated or if there is an answer sheet, so I have from time to time tortured my brain on it.

Rather than helping you answer the puzzle itself, I’ll answer this question. The puzzle was originally published in GAMES magazine back in the 1980s. They’ve since published several additional sets.

Ed

[Q.E.D]

*Originally posted by FriendRob *
**We started doing these awhile back. The best one I remember is

2 ABPSSLCPOOASSB **

Too easy:

2 All Beef Patties Special Sauce Lettuce Cheese Pickles Onions On A Sesame Seed Bun.

[astorian]

*Originally posted by suranyi *
**Rather than helping you answer the puzzle itself, I’ll answer this question. The puzzle was originally published in GAMES magazine back in the 1980s. They’ve since published several additional sets.

Ed **

Quite right- these puzzles first appeared in Games, back when Will Shortz (now editor of the NY Times crossword puzzle) was their editor. But the game has spread so far and so wide, and has been around so long, most people don’t know the source. I’ve heard Will say that people send him that puzzle at least once a month, and tell him “You should publish this,” and he has to tell them for the thousandth time, “I DID, actually.”

The current editors of Games say the same thing.

[II_Gyan_II]

I got a couple of these, but these are too cultural-specific.

[cankerist]

1 P. in a H.A. =

1 proton in a hydrogen atom
hehehe

[Q.E.D]

Give that man a cigar!

[Urban_Ranger]

Sounds fun. Try this:

7 L.Y. in 19 Y.

[cankerist]

O.K. start off with an easy one:
66 or 73 B in the B

[cankerist]

7 L.Y. in 19 Y. =
7 leap years in 19 (Babylonian) years???

[bibliophage]

The General Question has been answered, so I’ll move this thread to MPSIMS where you crazy kids can play.

bibliophage
moderator GQ

[Quercus]

By the way, one of these is wrong

5. 54 C. in the D. with a J.

That should either be
53 C. in the D. with a J.
or
54 C. in the D. with the J.
Most decks I’m familiar with have 52 playable cards – adding a a single joker only gets to 53. You need to add the (two) jokers to get 54.

[lost4life]

*Originally posted by cankerist *
**O.K. start off with an easy one:
66 or 73 B in the B **

66 or 73 Books in the Bible

[TommyTutone]

These are a few I have either seen written up for friends a long time ago. Let me include a few that I remember now (some of these I think are America-centric):

1. 57 = H.V.
2. 76 = T. that L. the B.P.
3. 9 = L. of a C.
4. 6 = P. for a T.
5. 100 = C. in a M.
6. 451 = D.F. when P.B.
7. 33 = N. on a R.R.B.
8. 3 = B.M. (S.H.T.R.)
9. 6 = C. on The B.B.
10. 9 = S. in T.T.T.

[lost4life]

*Originally posted by LlamaPoet *
**These are a few I have either seen written up for friends a long time ago. Let me include a few that I remember now (some of these I think are America-centric):

1. 57 = H.V.
   Heinz Varieties
2. 76 = T. that L. the B.P.
   Trombones that Led the Big Parade
3. 9 = L. of a C.
   Lives of a cat
4. 6 = P. for a T.
5. 100 = C. in a M.
   Centimeters in a meter
6. 451 = D.F. when P.B.
   451 degrees Fahrenheit when ? paper burns?
7. 33 = N. on a R.R.B.
   Number on a Rolling Rock Bottle
8. 3 = B.M. (S.H.T.R.)
9. 6 = C. on The B.B.
10. 9 = S. in T.T.T. **

[Rubystreak]

How about:

14 L. of I.P. in a S.S.

[Rilchiam]

*Originally posted by LlamaPoet *
**
9) 6 = C. on The B.B.
**

Children on the Brady Bunch.

Couldn’t get 4 and 10.

[Q.E.D]

10. 9 = S. in T.T.T.

9 Squares in Tic Tac Toe.

[cankerist]

14 L of IP in a SS =

14 levels of Inscrutable Politeness in a Samurai Showdown

did I get it?

[jackelope]

I can’t believe no one has said:

9 F. in the S.D.M.B.