Warm Enough?
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
What instructions are being given in short form below?
If the B mt put:
If the B. putting:
Answer
If the grate be (i.e. great B) empty, put coal on (i.e. colon).
If the grate be full, stop (i.e. full stop) putting coal on.
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taniapereira99   
Sep 09, 2003
| That one stumped me! Good teaser! |
Gerd   
Sep 11, 2003
| Thank you! The first time I saw it (about 20 years ago) I was stumped too. |
jimbo   
Sep 13, 2003
| Got most of it except for the Grate. An oldie but a goodie eh? |
Gerd   
Sep 14, 2003
| That's right, jimbo! Simply because I'm an oldie too (54 years old).*lol* |
timmyboym  
Oct 31, 2003
| Cool teaser, I was thinking about all kinds of words; capital, large, big, but that doesn't make sense. |
lauramarie
Oct 31, 2003
| Wow--pretty amazing. I must need glasses because I didn't even SEE the colons. |
PunnettSwears   
Jul 03, 2006
| Cool one. I'm never any good at language teasers.  |
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