# \[Game\] C D B **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 8, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690 "2014-12-08T20:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/1 "2014-12-08T20:18:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/2 "2014-12-08T21:03:34Z")
I’ll start with a simple one. _Yours: Da bee is a busy bee._ K@ h8s s&. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/3 "2014-12-08T22:27:16Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/4 "2014-12-08T22:33:11Z")
Aww, I think you are a cutie pie, too! an old one: IIUR IIIC ICUR II4ME ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/5 "2014-12-08T22:34:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > 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”. Yes, the first one - I was speaking Swiss. 😃 My bad, I didn’t understand, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/6 "2014-12-08T23:05:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_of\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jack\_of\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_of_Words)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/7 "2014-12-08T23:06:34Z")
O. U… I…g…i 8 u \> ~. Y? U o lc. U r a nme. I / u! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/8 "2014-12-09T00:56:01Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/9 "2014-12-09T23:36:11Z")
I’m in ICU; the tumour’s benign! What did the golfer do on Hole #6? # s-&. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/10 "2014-12-10T00:04:35Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/11 "2014-12-26T22:01:56Z")
I am seeing a gypsy. 4-N-R R U-2? ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/12 "2014-12-27T03:19:43Z")
Which band do you like better? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/13 "2014-12-27T15:18:42Z")
Foreigner or U2? I punched the button for floor 13 because: I M N D L-F-8-R. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/14 "2014-12-27T23:01:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/15 "2014-12-28T02:32:39Z")
You’re a scholar and a gentleman. Play it as you like; you never know who will drop by, or when. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/16 "2014-12-29T00:30:07Z")
I am in the elevator. L-E-G 4 L-N-R ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/17 "2014-12-29T01:15:50Z")
[Elegy for Eleanor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Owp4L9btQw) Feeding time at the zoo: D L-F-N 8 D A ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/18 "2014-12-29T02:32:08Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-c-d-b/706690/19 "2014-12-31T04:19:49Z")
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.)