In one of a series of short stories about a bar called Callahan’s, Spider Robinson introduced a type of puzzle he called Invisible Idiots, so named because of a story about a language-translation program that when fed the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” returned “invisible idiot”. In this type of puzzle, the clues are separated by commas for parts of a word, and words are separated by semicolons. An example will clarify this:
incorrect, ancient; laser pistol = wrong, old; ray gun = Ronald Reagan.
So, here’s a few to start. Enjoy!
dwelling, not him; whiny person, male heir
baby cow, dried grass; fourth note, central Scotland river
a cold symptom; consume food; auditory apparatus; third note
I’ll get back to you on that one
relaxing resort; receive; hot brewed beverage; uses a sharp, toothed tool
Spaghetti sauce
BTW, you should have put it like this:
relaxing resort, receive, hot brewed beverage; uses a sharp toothed tool
Leave out commas in adjective strings for clarity (screw grammar), separate clues that pertain to one word by commas, and separate whole words with semicolons.
