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Fairy, Wolf, and Duck
Decipher this phrase:
FAIRY
WOLF
DUCKLING
FAIRY
WOLF
DUCKLING
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What are they like?Answer
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great job!
tee hee hee =D
Well done.
excellent one
I got it! I got it!
Very good!!
The hint was kind of vague. But otherwise I liked it.
Now that was funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i thought the magic duckling who got help from a fairy.
this was purty good i say!
Very good, bad hint
I didn't get it, but once I saw the answer I loved it!!! Nice work!!!
The hint gave it away but other wise that was great!!!!!!!!
uh mhust eshellent teasher (and may muh tounge turn green iff'n it aint)
I liked that one. Mainly because I was able to get it.
im sorr i seem to be the only one who didnt like this one good = fairy
I didnt get it , it was still fun.
STUPID
I didn;t get it but I think it was good...
Apr 18, 2005
I couldn't figure it out, but when I read the answer, I exploded in laughter at the hard questions answer! It was great.
i liked that that was very good it was difficult at first but then i got it.
ok
That was cute, I liked it!
So cute! I love it!
heehee. love it!
That works so well at different levels. Very creative and funny in a cute sort of way.
Nice one! I think a more rebus-y way of doing it would be to have a '________' before each thing (e.g. ________ fairy)....but it is very good as is.
Not sure what I think about this one. I didn't get it, not even close. After reading the answer it is simple enough, but for some reason I feel something was missing that would make this a very very good rebus. Anyone agree? or is it just me.
I thought it was a great teaser, I got it right away!!!!
Very cute!
The hint didn't help. Rebuses are hard enough for me, but usually the positioning of the words is significant, but in this case it's mis-leading. Is this really a rebus?
Agree with Brandon.Didn't think it made sense.
I too feel that something was missing. I had no idea where to go with this one. The answer made perfect sense, but I wouldn't have gotten it in a million years.
I love this one!!!
made me laugh very cute
Doy! I'm such an idiot. Good teaser
Wolves are NOT bad, they are territorial. Big, bad wolves is a stupid stereotype by the Grimm Brothers. Too hard for me, too.
The solution alludes to common adjectives used in children's stories with these characters: the GOOD Fairy, the Big BAD Wolf, and the UGLY Duckling.
How could you not understand this one???? It was excellent!!
Fun teaser
I'm not sure if I would call this a rebus, but it was funny. Thanks for making me smile.
Fairy Wolf, Duck, & the lost (me)
Everyone is easy to please in these puzzles except for a few. That was back in 2008. In 2011 I find it rather easy to say I did not like it. Maybe if the author had said the phrase is this conjured up from a few fairy tales it might have been more interesting to try and figure out. Just my thinking.
I agree with the above comment. Anyone who has ever read a tale about the "fae" will tell you Fae are anything but good. Wolves are "like" hunters. I did think the "ugly" duckling was funny, but the hint should have mentioned children's stories or mother goose or something
When I read the hint, I immediately thought ducklings were cute (I'm an animal lover) so I got thrown off right away! But good teaser.
Foul!!! Even the Hint served to make this one worse. As said above, ducklings are downy, cute, fuzzy etc, NOT ugly. The eponymous Ugly Duckling was in fact a cygnet who was mocked for looking different than his adopted siblings. To build a Rebus around DUCKLINGS as a guide to the word ugly is like using the word Bailey to indicate Pearl because there was an entertainer by the name Pearl Bailey. Come on...
Wolves, similarly, should NOT be maligned as being generic for BAD. This is an unhelpful stereotype and, in the context of a rebus, the connection would require a whole lot of context to make any sense.
Fairy = Good is about as true as Fairy = Evil also, by the way.
A good Rebus should not rely on a personal or highly context-driven connection within the words. Like all word play, they should mean the same thing to anybody familiar with the common language.
Sorry. Back to the drawing board with this one.
Wolves, similarly, should NOT be maligned as being generic for BAD. This is an unhelpful stereotype and, in the context of a rebus, the connection would require a whole lot of context to make any sense.
Fairy = Good is about as true as Fairy = Evil also, by the way.
A good Rebus should not rely on a personal or highly context-driven connection within the words. Like all word play, they should mean the same thing to anybody familiar with the common language.
Sorry. Back to the drawing board with this one.
Well, even though I got it, I have to agree with the above posters regarding the clue. \only those familiar with the stories would be able to understand it. Other than that good teaser.
Fairy=djinn=evil. Wolf=hunter+family. Wolves are very protective of their offspring, and will work very hard to feed their young and teach them to live without the parents. These qualities equal good for me. Ducklings, as mentioned, are cute and fuzzy. Therefore the only correct answer is the evil, the good and the cute. Makes no sense otherwise. The author of this one used too biased a base to come to the answer.
Hee hee so cute i loved it
This is, to me (and, certainly, this is my very own humble opinion) ...
One of the "near-perfect" rebuses on this site.
I will reserve detail on why I think so until (or if) we see other contemporary responses.
BB02
One of the "near-perfect" rebuses on this site.
I will reserve detail on why I think so until (or if) we see other contemporary responses.
BB02
I agree with Bradon's comment from 2008.
There are popular story characters that can lead people to the correct interpretation; The Good Fairy, The Big Bad Wolf, and the Ugly Duckling. But the main flaw with this teaser, as recognized by many, is in the hint. It suggests that the clued creatures are normally like this, which is nowhere near the case. These descriptors only accurately represent a single character, not these creatures in general. As such, I have mixed feelings about this rebus.
Got it!
Sorry, but this one is very bad!!!!
EXCELLENT!!
I can see why Bad Bunnee02 would think this is a "near perfect" rebus, and especially as so beautifully explained by Elentir.
But, I personally would have preferred to see the WOLF defined as "cute" - that would be much more accurate!
LOL Just kidding, of course!
But, I personally would have preferred to see the WOLF defined as "cute" - that would be much more accurate!
LOL Just kidding, of course!
Did not get it, but still fun.
Gayle might be "cute" and a "wolf" might be bad ....
But to understand this rebus ....
requires a leap ...... just a tad !!
BB02
But to understand this rebus ....
requires a leap ...... just a tad !!
BB02
Ah, the anguished howls of those who were unable to solve this cute little rebus, and the convoluted explanations, in some cases, of why they were unable to do so. Que lastima. Had I submitted this rebus, though, I would have used a different hint, to wit, "Clint Eastwood." Or maybe "Sergio Leone." Either one should have suggested the solution pretty quickly.
Spot on, lukasiwicz ....
(almost)
That was the reason I called it a "near-perfect" rebus; because of the hint.
But we don't want the hint to be too "literal"; e.g. "Eastwood" or "Leone", do we. Takes out all the fun.
I would suggest a hint more like:
"think little tiny stinky cigars" ... so the rebus clues can continue to require the "intuitive leap" for final resolution.
And, besides, my latest Charmoon priest reading indicates my rebus-infection has inflamed again, so I must be careful.
BB02
(almost)
That was the reason I called it a "near-perfect" rebus; because of the hint.
But we don't want the hint to be too "literal"; e.g. "Eastwood" or "Leone", do we. Takes out all the fun.
I would suggest a hint more like:
"think little tiny stinky cigars" ... so the rebus clues can continue to require the "intuitive leap" for final resolution.
And, besides, my latest Charmoon priest reading indicates my rebus-infection has inflamed again, so I must be careful.
BB02
Sorry, but should have been written:
Fairy, Wolf & Duckling as in the title( or something similar). Certainly not with the words above/under one another( that actually makes it an incorrect rebus )!
Hint should have been: Children's Tales etc.
Fairy, Wolf & Duckling as in the title( or something similar). Certainly not with the words above/under one another( that actually makes it an incorrect rebus )!
Hint should have been: Children's Tales etc.
I must say - to augment the excellent comments of my bro, BadBunnee02 - this is as "near-perfect" a Rebus as you will see hereon.
The reason, of course, that many find it (attitudinally) not so is that it requires the fabled "intuitive leap" to solve.
To those of you who do not, yet, possess this creative problem-solving technique, do not despair.
Continue to allow learning tools (such as Braingle), and your own perseverance, and the assistance of contributors such as Bro Bunnee02, prevail.
You'll manage to "get there" (my intuition strongly says that to me) !!
Jaye
The reason, of course, that many find it (attitudinally) not so is that it requires the fabled "intuitive leap" to solve.
To those of you who do not, yet, possess this creative problem-solving technique, do not despair.
Continue to allow learning tools (such as Braingle), and your own perseverance, and the assistance of contributors such as Bro Bunnee02, prevail.
You'll manage to "get there" (my intuition strongly says that to me) !!
Jaye
We are STILL ... laughing .... !!!
Wow. I had not clue. Huge kudos to those who found the right answer on this one! Very abstract. Quite clever. Very hard.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got the answer very quickly.
Respect. Way to go MrBill51.
I love when I get them when difficulty is over 2.0!!! Nice one!!
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