Trade-offs
#1346455
05/27/25 11:02 PM
05/27/25 11:02 PM
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Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 53,629 Upstate NY
Pandora
OP
Sonic Boomer
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OP
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 53,629
Upstate NY
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To make sense out of each sentence below, trade one of the letters in each word with one of the letters in parentheses. Each letter in parentheses will be used only once. One solve per person, please.
-1. She saw us I role so tie food, put I guise go thy rise. ( a a b d e h i l l t t t u w )
-2. Ode say four line mill clash on frost if hour ryes. Take in forth witching. ( a d e f f i m n n o t w w y y )
-3. Yon knot sou art setting odd whey toe candies cast move that she care. (Bob Hope) ( e g h k l l n n o r t u w y )
-4. Emery troth was too sires; if as wall do lock it moth adore he comfit no dither ore. (Aesop) ( a b d e e f h i m n o t t t u v w w )
-5. Tart if tie agility no teal sour boys chat hi as oven minted then yon knot we his I home it hip held. ( a a a b c d e h h i l l n p s s s t t u w w y )
-6. You're reacted riddle are then ail sou exorcise as caption. ( e g h i l m u v w y )
-7. She round if I hiss it hot go lord is chat or I canyon, bet ins librations past I treat dial linger. ( a a a a e f g k l n n o o s s s t t t u u v )
-8. Shier: Owe why pass in aim aid I lug nor tie change do creak teem. ( a a b c e f h h k n n o r t y )
-9. Fiddle ace stares then yon hive seen warmed no snow town, nut my I hop, out be sour dot. ( a a b b b c c d g l m n o t t u w y y )
-10. Where it at odd storm abort thy parson woo washed has commuter way is ease so uke an sis shone. What wisk his came tree, singe a go lodger knot hew do ule by prone. ( a a c e e h h h h i i i l m n n n o o p p s s s s s t t t t u u w y y )
The man who invented the Ferris wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round. They traveled in different circles.
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Re: Trade-offs
[Re: Pandora]
#1346459
05/28/25 02:06 AM
05/28/25 02:06 AM
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 49,315 Ottawa Ontario CANADA
curly
Sonic Boomer
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Sonic Boomer
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 49,315
Ottawa Ontario CANADA
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3. You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Morning Sue.
Sign at a crematorium: Urn more. Pay less.
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Re: Trade-offs
[Re: Pandora]
#1346494
05/28/25 02:27 PM
05/28/25 02:27 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,264 Long Island, N.Y.
fildil
BAAG Specialist
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BAAG Specialist
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,264
Long Island, N.Y.
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2. One day your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make it worth watching.
Fil
There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant
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Re: Trade-offs
[Re: Pandora]
#1346502
05/28/25 05:17 PM
05/28/25 05:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 11,996 The Garden State
LadyKestrel
Adept Boomer
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Adept Boomer
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 11,996
The Garden State
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4. Every truth has two sides; it is well to look at both afore we commit to either one.
Here comes the sun. Here comes the sun, and I say, "It's too darn hot!"
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Re: Trade-offs
[Re: Pandora]
#1346516
05/29/25 04:10 AM
05/29/25 04:10 AM
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Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,522 Isle of Man
Lex
Adept Boomer
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Adept Boomer
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,522
Isle of Man
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9. Middle age starts when you have been warned to slow down, not by a cop but by your dog (spot the deliberate error - a second g...  }
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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Re: Trade-offs
[Re: Pandora]
#1346521
05/29/25 07:48 AM
05/29/25 07:48 AM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 22,915 Bucks, England
Urban Worrier
True Blue Boomer
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True Blue Boomer
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 22,915
Bucks, England
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5. Tact is the ability to tell your boss that he is open minded when you know he has a hole in his head.  Thanks, Sue - great fun!
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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