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Word Swap #7
The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words.
1. Mark's math __________ was a mild-mannered man. But one thing he would not tolerate was a __________. He would immediately fail anyone caught doing so.
2. The patient __________ his pain through physical therapy. He had seen enough __________ surgeries to know that too many people elected surgery when they shouldn't have.
3. After a long and successful career of serving his country, the nation was in shock as the highly regarded __________ was arrested and tried for __________.
1. Mark's math __________ was a mild-mannered man. But one thing he would not tolerate was a __________. He would immediately fail anyone caught doing so.
2. The patient __________ his pain through physical therapy. He had seen enough __________ surgeries to know that too many people elected surgery when they shouldn't have.
3. After a long and successful career of serving his country, the nation was in shock as the highly regarded __________ was arrested and tried for __________.
Answer
1. teacher, cheater2. lessened, needless
3. Senator, treason
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Great teaser fishmend!
Great one.......... but had to think about it for a minute
Great teaser! I also had to think a bit Nice job!!
fantastic, Fun!
thanks
thanks
Fun to work, I remember this one in review! Fun and a bit hard to solve. Good Job Enjoyed it.
THat was a good one. I only got the first one
Good job Fishmed!!!! I liked it!
A little personal irony though.... #2 hits very close to home with me .... yet IT was the one that stumped me!!!
A little personal irony though.... #2 hits very close to home with me .... yet IT was the one that stumped me!!!
What about "Cured" and "crude" for #2?
Good show!
Enjoyed this one "fishmed".
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
This was fun! I only got Number #1, but enjoyed trying to figure out the other two. Keep them coming..
Hi - I couldn't get #3 - oh well. Two out of three ain't bad!! Thanks and keep them coming!!!
Very nice. A good, clean teaser.
Great teaser Fishmed! Got me smiling this morning.
I like this one. Easy, but not too easy. Got the brain going this morning.
I got 'em all, I got 'em alllllll!!! LOL!
I wish there had been more, or that there was another layer of teaser after 1:two anagrams of each other 2:have to fit in the blanks 3: something else, don't know what, I'll have to think about that (sorry, I know its easy to say, hard to do, and I always respect that these take a lot of time and effort to get them to the completely finished state!).
wizo-crude and cured! Wow, that's really good!
Thanks fishmed, great work!
I wish there had been more, or that there was another layer of teaser after 1:two anagrams of each other 2:have to fit in the blanks 3: something else, don't know what, I'll have to think about that (sorry, I know its easy to say, hard to do, and I always respect that these take a lot of time and effort to get them to the completely finished state!).
wizo-crude and cured! Wow, that's really good!
Thanks fishmed, great work!
I got 1 & 3 fast but 2 escaped me, well done let`s have more!!
The first one was just tooooo easy, but I didn't get 2 and 3. Good teaser!
great teaser.
As usual, fishmed, great teaser. Got one and three and just bombed out on 2. ot the thought juices flowing this am, Keep 'em comin'.
Great one, indeed ... and I do LOVE it when there are alternative answers that also work. (Crude and cured!)
Aha - #2 stumped our Choptliva ... could that be a clue to where you got your User ID, Chopt??? So sorry for your pain.
Aha - #2 stumped our Choptliva ... could that be a clue to where you got your User ID, Chopt??? So sorry for your pain.
very good one #2 got me though .
i only knew #1 and #3 . evidently #2 stumped more people than just myself !!!
this is a realy great teaser !
this is a realy great teaser !
Well done. I only knew the first one because that was an annagram on Saturday's teaser. Yours was very well written. Good job!
mucho gusto
I thought of cured/crude as well for #2, but even crude surgery sometimes is necessary.
POR FIN !!! besamishuevos likes somthing .QUE MILAGRO !
correction......the literal translation of the word huevos is eggs.
now, we all know what happens when one assumes.....
now, we all know what happens when one assumes.....
p.s.
no mames guey
no mames guey
NICE , besa .
Halfmoonscott - check your private messages.
Great teaser!!!Really cool!!I've been feelin' pretty bumbed out lately and that really made me laugh. Thanks, you did a really nice job.
sorry bumed or something... Please forgive the misspellings
I ALSO thought #2 was "cured" and "crude" but didn't think it fit perfectly and was happy to see that there was a different answer that fit better...nice teaser.
I love when geeks fight...they use their vocabulary! and scott doesn't see that he's being just as much of an a-hole with his comments! HAHA
I love when geeks fight...they use their vocabulary! and scott doesn't see that he's being just as much of an a-hole with his comments! HAHA
right on leftstaradam
alright , angry . we didn't invite you to play in our game . so go ahead, run along , and find another group of kids on the playground or you can just run and tell your mommy on us .
I would say that this is enough for all of us. I do know that the word is slang in some hispanic countries for balls and it has been reported to Jake. These comment areas are not to fight each other and show our ignorance, but rather to comment on whether you like the teaser or not, in a constructive manner, not hatefully. So, chill and go on to the next teaser. TTFN.
HA!........
Great teaser, fishmed!
halfmoonscott, how's about you check on your translations before presuming to translate Spanish into English? Menso...
halfmoonscott, how's about you check on your translations before presuming to translate Spanish into English? Menso...
pretty good
Very well written! Good Job!
KINDA EASY, BUT NOT TOO BAD.
The brain teaser was fun.Got one out of three. Made my morning thanks.keep them coming.
I also got one out of three ...and enjoyed them. Needless/lessened was hard. I should have got senator/treason -- but didn't!
Feb 20, 2007
I love dis brain teaser!! It's the best I've seen in decades!!!! BRAINGLE PWNS YOU, THEY OWN YOU!!!!
Good job!!
Have to agree with my comment of a year ago. I still like this teaser.
Great teaser even though I wasn't able to get #2!! Keep them coming!!
good one
This is still an Awesome teaser. It will get your mind working and it is a fun one. Keep up the terrific work!
First of all, and most importantly: Fishmed, great job!! Really enjoyed this. I see I was not alone in getting 1st & 3rd easily and not getting the middle one (couldn't get off 'eased' the pain!)
Secondly, who the heck is supervising this site??? That entire exchange from besa and halfscott should have been deleted--it was disgusting and not what this site is about; there are plenty of other places on line for talk like that (so I hear). Could it please not be here?!
Secondly, who the heck is supervising this site??? That entire exchange from besa and halfscott should have been deleted--it was disgusting and not what this site is about; there are plenty of other places on line for talk like that (so I hear). Could it please not be here?!
Good one. I was unable to solve the last; kept looking for military titles. Elected officials didn't occur to me!
Not too difficult, but I enjoyed it. The 2nd one gave me a little trouble. I thought of manage, ease, control, and finally lessen. Just hard enough to be interesting. Thanks, I'll be looking for more
Enjoyable teaser! I got the first one quickly so I didn't take enough time to try to figure out the second two! Great teaser all the same!
A little challenging but ok.I only got the first one right.But attempted all.
And I though that his math tutor couldn't tolerate a trout!
excellent anagrams a lot more challenging than the usual stop/spot/pots/tops/opts things
Fun stuff! Like most others I got #'s 1 & 3.
gave it to the academic decathlon team - we got 1 and 3 but totally spaced on 2! good one!!!
lots of fun it gets the old grey cells working
keep up the good work.....
keep up the good work.....
got 1 & 3 also. great job
I like it!
Niiiiiiice!! I too was stumped on 2.
tutor and trout! ROFL!!!!
cured and crude! awesome!!!
Great teaser, easy and challenging depending on which part of it you're doing!
tutor and trout! ROFL!!!!
cured and crude! awesome!!!
Great teaser, easy and challenging depending on which part of it you're doing!
gr8 teaser, could only manage 1st and 3rd
On the semi-easy side. But still good.
I had forgotten this one, but I still like it. Not too easy, not too hard. Thanks.
Easy but fun.
Didn't get number 2...great teaser!
I was not looking for a political person in the last one, but a military man so missed that one. Nice teaser.
Very nice,got them all.
Easy but enjoyable
Although not a perfect grammatical match as the answer given, I can see that the second one could also use the words cured and crude.
I got cured and crude for the second sentence.
Nice puzzle, but please fix #1. The punctuation needs work. There shouldn't be a period before the word 'but'. The syntax on the last sentence is out of sync with the rest of it.
#1 was easy. #'s 2 & 3 well I kind of started backwards on them. I got the second word then tried to figure out the first word. My methods are weird but work for me.
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