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What phrase does the following represent?
Mr. Entertain.... Mr. Entertan
Mrs. Merriment.... Mrs. Merrment
Mr. Trivial Pursuit.... Mr. Trivial Pursut
Dr. Patience....Dr. Patence
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 10th, 2003, 11:11pm » |
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That your completely insane for taking out my eyes!
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 10th, 2003, 11:56pm » |
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Yup she sure took out my "eyes" too.
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 13th, 2003, 7:34pm » |
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Hey you guys, should I assume that you know the answer. Or are you just fishing?
I noticed the "i" was missing or lost from each name, but I have not been able to work the names into an answer.
My guess The nays have it. (as in the ayes lost, even though this phrase is usually "the ayes have it")
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #4 on: Aug 13th, 2003, 8:46pm » |
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I was just joking around since I couldn't figure it out.
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 14th, 2003, 6:53am » |
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This may seem like fun and games now ...
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #6 on: Aug 14th, 2003, 7:08am » |
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the phrase definitely contains :: eyes :: but I would say the phrase is not that common a phrase to figure out easily...
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Mommy and daddy used to say this all the time. 
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #8 on: Aug 15th, 2003, 11:44pm » |
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Now is that sad face( ) a hint too? Or are you sad that noone can get the phrase?
Dangit...I keep trying to figure it out but all I come up with is stupid crap like... "You have your father's eyes" or "When you enter to (enterta) marriage (merr).
And it's so hard to concentrate with that little guy who keeps drinking that coke. It makes me so thirsty.
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You know, when we were kids and sitting around bored; we used to horse around  , sometimes getting carried away - using sticks as swords, and shooting stones around. It wasn't long before somebody would say:********. And if we didn't listen then usually somebody would end up
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #10 on: Aug 16th, 2003, 9:02am » |
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You're going to poke somebody's eye out.?
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on Aug 16th, 2003, 9:02am, Icarus wrote:| You're going to poke somebody's eye out.? |
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You have the right idea Icarus; they used to have a longer version. Match the first names of the puzzle with the second.
I think James said it best.
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #12 on: Aug 17th, 2003, 10:03am » |
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i had first thought of
::beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
with beauty relating to the first word of every line but it somehow seemed totally unrelated to puzzle::
Now as i read this discussion,it seems it could be
::to make someone goo goo eyed
again here i am not sure how the original actually relates to this phrase::
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #13 on: Aug 17th, 2003, 11:12am » |
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Okay then: "It's all fun and games until someone's eye gets poked out!"
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Re: Cardboard
« Reply #14 on: Aug 18th, 2003, 12:17pm » |
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Icarus is close.. But I guess the saying goes like this (i think)
:: It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye! ::
Am I right maryl? 
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Yup, you guys nailed it.
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