# Rebus **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 12, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139 "2011-02-12T17:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/1 "2011-02-12T17:07:01Z")
**Rebus**. _n._, _pl._, **-bus·es**. A representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, often presented as a puzzle. [Pic 1](http://www.bearotic.com/img/2008/02/hoss001.jpg) [Pic 2](http://www.noyeskneeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/knee-rehab.jpg) [Pic 3](http://me.andering.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/moo.jpg) [Pic 4](http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/uploads/obama1.jpg) EDIT: Spoiler-tag your answers, I guess. . ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/2 "2011-02-12T17:29:45Z")
Hosni Mubarak (Hoss - Knee - Moo - Barack) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/3 "2011-02-12T17:33:25Z")
Correct! I thought I’d start the thread with an easy one. Anyway, it’s been in my head for a week and I couldn’t hold out any longer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/4 "2011-02-12T21:02:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Correct! I thought I’d start the thread with an easy one. Easy? I did [this one](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/cc/c/201101/waldow1.gif) a few weeks ago on a challenge from some friends. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/5 "2011-02-12T21:05:12Z")
Are your friends Cary Grant fans? Or maybe they’re into textiles? . ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/6 "2011-02-12T21:09:30Z")
No, they just were looking for some sort of creative outlet so they come up with a challenge every month and force themselves to meet it. I join in when I think I’ve got a good idea, which isn’t as often as I’d like. I’ll explain the theme for that challenge once someone posts the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/7 "2011-02-12T21:13:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ll explain the theme for that challenge once someone posts the answer. My first thought was ‘Jew-Tee’, or ‘Judy’. But that would be [image of Jewish person] + D. So then I thought ‘Jew-T’, or ‘jute’. Hence the textile reference. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/8 "2011-02-12T21:22:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > My first thought was ‘Jew-Tee’, or ‘Judy’. But that would be [image of Jewish person] + D. So then I thought ‘Jew-T’, or ‘jute’. Hence the textile reference. No, but you’re gonna feel like kicking yourself when you get it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/9 "2011-02-12T21:30:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > No, but you’re gonna feel like kicking yourself when you get it. Is reality? (Israeli+T) I fear that this has more than one correct answer, and that the other answers are ‘wrong’ only because they are not the one the originator has in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/10 "2011-02-12T21:39:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Is reality? (Israeli+T) No. > [@](#): > > I fear that this has more than one correct answer, and that the other answers are ‘wrong’ only because they are not the one the originator has in mind. We’ll see if you still feel that way once you know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/11 "2011-02-12T21:43:55Z")
rabbit ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/12 "2011-02-12T21:47:29Z")
**zagloba** ’s makes sense, and I can see that one would ‘kick himself’. But I still think there are multiple correct answers. How do you know the guy’s a rabbi? Not being Jewish, I’m unfamiliar with the vestments. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/13 "2011-02-12T22:53:33Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > rabbit Yes.[spoiler]That was the challenge; in celebration of the Year of the Rabbit, design a postcard with a rabbit theme. I suppose the joke, such as it was, was that people would already know the answer and then get an image of it in a way that they weren’t expecting. The back of the postcard is [here](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/cc/c/201101/waldow2.gif). Not an issue of vestments, really, but “rabbi” is the best interpretation that makes a word when you add a ‘t’ to the end.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/14 "2011-02-12T23:04:39Z")
Ah. Having a theme is what makes the other answers ‘wrong’. Knowing the theme would have helped. Otherwise ‘jute’ is perfectly acceptable. But don’t mind me. It’s just a ‘pet peeve’ of mine. 😉 Good puzzle, knowing the theme. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/15 "2011-02-12T23:21:15Z")
[Pic 1](http://geology.com/news/images/satellite-image-of-greenland.gif) [Pic 2](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jumping_Humpback_whale.jpg) [Pic 3](http://classes.dma.ucla.edu/Winter06/161B/projects/eric/ps2/fish-school.jpg) + [Pic 4](http://www.victorialodging.com/files/coastal_renaissance_ferry.jpg) - F + S Hint: Song title. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/16 "2011-02-13T03:51:22Z")
High school Musical? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/17 "2011-02-13T03:58:45Z")
Greenland Whale Fisheries Really easy. The ‘hint’ actually made it harder. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebus/571139/18 "2011-02-13T16:57:42Z")
You got it.