I ran this as a topic in Baker’s Dozen a few months back and, in my opinion, the response was fantastic, so I’m trying it here.
Make a sentence (or more) using only letters, numbers and symbols (if they work out). Numbers do not get used as themselves (e.g., “I 8 12 eggs,” 8-proper (ate), 12-nix). Syllables get a “-” between them. Decode the previous entry, then enter yours. Give a little set-up, if you need to.
Have fun with it; there’s no money involved.
See the bee.
D B S A B-Z B.
I’ll start with a simple one.
Yours: Da bee is a busy bee.
K@ h8s s&.
Chronos
December 8, 2014, 10:27pm
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I don’t think that works, CheshireKat : That’d be “Kay at aitch ate ess ess and”, not (what you presumably intended) “Kat hates sand”.
U R A Q T π
Aww, I think you are a cutie pie, too!
an old one:
IIUR IIIC ICUR II4ME
Yes, the first one - I was speaking Swiss.
My bad, I didn’t understand, sorry.
Too wise you are, too wise I see. I see you are too wise for me. (Works better with “Y” instead of “I”)
Set up: Rabbit sitting in a garden:
I 8 A ^ N A P N A B-N.
O. U… I…g…i 8 u > ~. Y? U o lc. U r a nme. I / u!
Oh! You…I…gee, I hate you greater than (?) Why? You owe Elsie. You are an enemy! I slash you! <(Small novel in progress)>
(Person laying in hospital bed):
I M N I C U; D 2-M-R S B-9!
I’m in ICU; the tumour’s benign!
What did the golfer do on Hole #6 ?
s-&.
Pound sand! (That’s the answer!)
(Guy is sitting in a fortune teller’s salon*):
I M C-N A G-P-C!
*After hours, use automated teller
Foreigner or U2?
I punched the button for floor 13 because:
I M N D L-F-8-R.
Looks like it is just me and you, burpo . You got mine right, and I know yours, but I’m letting someone else have a turn.
You’re a scholar and a gentleman. Play it as you like; you never know who will drop by, or when.
I didn’t know “Elegy for Eleanor” was a thing. Thanks for the link.
Feeding time at the zoo: The elephant ate the hay
Not much of a murder mystery: DDT N D T
DDT in the tea.
(I think I saw that on Columbo, once.)
I have to tell my Border Collie this, constantly!:
I M A U-M B-N. U R N N-M-L.
(I didn’t know “Elegy for Eleanor” was a thing, either, it just had that sound to it. You never know what’s on YouTube.)