# Can You Make Any Sense Of This Puzzle(?)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-of-this-puzzle/809756>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-of-this-puzzle/809756 "2018-02-28T15:42:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-of-this-puzzle/809756/1 "2018-02-28T15:42:58Z")

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A friend claims to have found [this image](https://ibb.co/iKMqNc), printed on coarse fabric, in an old picture frame he wanted. From where I sit, it seems to be an old rebus puzzle, popular for a while in the 60’s(?), but I can’t make heads or tails of it.

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**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-of-this-puzzle/809756/2 "2018-02-28T15:57:04Z")

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It looks like the heiroglyphic alphabet.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-of-this-puzzle/809756/3 "2018-02-28T15:57:38Z")

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That is [a pronunciation guide to Egyptian hieroglyphs](https://thesevenworlds.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/egyptian-hieroglyphics-3.jpg).