anyone clever enough for this??

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:15 pm

last one to get in a big quiz of proverbs/sayings with the vowels taken out..

eg.

NNGLSHMNSHMSHSCSTL an englishman's home is his castle
YCNTJDGBKBYTSCVR you can't judge a book by its cover
BSNCMKSTHHRTGRWFNDR absence makes the heart grow fonder

anyway, there's one left I can't get....

STRTNSSTFF

anyone genius enough to work it out?

Phil

InsaneApache · Post by **InsaneApache** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:20 pm

Start nose stiff

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:24 pm

ahh - yes, of course!! why didn't I spot that famous old saying!!

Phil

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:11 pm

come on! 54 views and nobody's got it yet!!!

Phil

Luna · Post by **Luna** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:44 pm

A please would be nice

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:00 pm

please!!

Phil

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:05 pm

thebish wrote:please!!

Phil

That post actually goes quite well with your avatar

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:38 pm

InsaneApache wrote:Start nose stiff

Is tartan so set off?
Is it routine asset of fee?
And for the Michael Owen vs Everton law suit:
Star Toon Sues Toffee.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:18 am

The key is trying to isolate possible words and then seeing what you can fit with the rest of it. To me it looks like the opening word could well be 'start' or 'street' and the last could be 'stuff' or 'stiff'*

Remember that words like 'A' or 'I' could be missing completely. This could well change the sentence.

*blurred disclaimer - possibly none of these are correct

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:33 am

Last two words could be 'best off'? Or 'is best off' for the last 3?

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:29 am

blurred wrote:Last two words could be 'best off'? Or 'is best off' for the last 3?

There's no B you drunken sot.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:44 am

thanks for the attempts..

I was trying to isolate the last word....

could be toffee, off, stiff, staff, stuff, fee, foe - but I can't think of any well known sayings ending an any of those words. Anythig that fits might help, though - becasue it might get one of the words that will then spark the answer.

so - (genuinely!) - thanks!

(and keep at it... please!)

Phil

PS - Montreal - star toon sues toffee - best yet!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:44 am

fife?

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:46 am

fee, fife, foe, fum... (see what I did there?)

Phil

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:22 am

It's quite clearly 'sitar tunes suit FIFA'. I don't know why anyone hasn't got it till now.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:30 am

Can I claim the prize for being the smartest, please? Can I?

Do you want me to tell you what it is? Oh, alright then:

Strut ones stuff...

Ayethangyew!

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:35 am

blurred wrote:Can I claim the prize for being the smartest, please? Can I?

Do you want me to tell you what it is? Oh, alright then:

Strut ones stuff...

Ayethangyew!

Well done. Ya stuffy, spawny get!

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:38 am

it certainly fits - and it certainly makes the most sense so far (apart from "Start nose stiff") - but is it a well-known saying?

"strut your stuff" - and I'd have been hanging out the bunting....

"strut one's stuff" - and I'm tempted to hold out for another suggestion!!

you do get the best-so-far prize, though - which is a (virtual) round of applause and a (muffled) "Huzzah!"

Phil

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:40 am

Yeah it's a well known saying. I'll take my virtual applause and muffled huzzah and head back along the virtual M62, then...

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:41 am

actually - I take all of that back!!!

I casually dropped your phrase into google - and it lit up like the back end of a big bus with lots of lights on the back.... (err..)

so...

TADAAAA!!!!!!!

the crazy horse-meister is KING of all word-puzzle-dom

thanks mate!

Phil