This one had me puzzled for quite a while!

Meirav Micklem · Post by **Meirav Micklem** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:59 pm

If B MT, put :
If B . putting :

Shelley · Post by **Shelley** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:13 am

Whaaa . . . ?

trolley · Post by **trolley** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:28 am

I'm almost there,comma,but the giant bees keeping me at bay full stop.

Erik_Kowal · Post by **Erik_Kowal** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:56 am

Not to belabour the point, but you can't stop even empty giant-bee colonies from being off-putting.

gdwdwrkr · Post by **gdwdwrkr** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:18 am

Great.

Wizard of Oz · Post by **Wizard of Oz** » Sat May 26, 2007 2:00 pm

.. can someone explain please ??

WoZ

Tony Farg · Post by **Tony Farg** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:01 pm

Well, Woz, the light should dawn if you remember that one lights fires in a grate. After that it should bee simple.

Erik_Kowal · Post by **Erik_Kowal** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:50 pm

For that hint I expect Woz will be enormously grateful.

Wizard of Oz · Post by **Wizard of Oz** » Mon May 28, 2007 4:08 pm

.. oh dear I now realise why I was unable to solve this riddle? .. rebus ?? .. it is because the last two lines are missing .. to wit >>

If B m t put :
If B. putting :
Don't put : over a - der
You'd be an * it

.. now it is patently clear what is meant .. isn't it ?? ..

WoZ of Aus 29/05/07

gdwdwrkr · Post by **gdwdwrkr** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:40 pm

such restrain't

Edwin Ashworth · Post by **Edwin Ashworth** » Tue May 29, 2007 11:03 am

" 'Unfairly Dismissed Iron-worker' Claims he was advised to Leave Barrow in Furnace on Health Grounds"

Erik_Kowal · Post by **Erik_Kowal** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:35 pm

United we understand.

LoisMartin · Post by **LoisMartin** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:11 am

OK. Maybe it's a UK thing. Even with all the hints, I still don't get it. (And if somebody actually explains it, I'm sure I'll feel really stupid.)

Erik_Kowal · Post by **Erik_Kowal** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:34 am

OK, Lois. Here goes:

"If grate be [great B] empty [MT], put coal on [colon].

If grate be full, stop [full stop (US = period)] putting coal on."

So it is partly a UK thing...

LoisMartin · Post by **LoisMartin** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:28 am

OK. I am dense. Thanks, Eric. And maybe it's a Southern thing, too--we don't get much cold weather for putting coal on the grate around here.