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A Titanic Type of Teaser
What expression is represented here?
It It It...
Roger=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself
Sarah=herselfherself
Simon=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself
Sue=herself
Paul=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself
Brenda=herselfherselfherself
It It It...
Roger=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself
Sarah=herselfherself
Simon=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself
Sue=herself
Paul=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself
Brenda=herselfherselfherself
Hint
Run for your life!Note how many 'himselfs' are there and what gender the common number applies to - that gender is the key.
Answer
It's every man for (four) himself.NOTE: The title was in reference to the Titanic and that such a situation would have occurred when it sank.
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Very cool! After seeing the answer I feel kinda unintelligent.....
Good job with another inscruitable rebus that baffled me DD. I had about as much chance getting this as the Titanic had to miss the ice berg. By the way, in the case of the Titanic, it seems like most of the men sacrificially stayed behind on the ship so women and children could use the life rafts.. something worth remembering .. not the "every man for himself" type of incident .. great rebus even if it did elude me!
Thanks Eeyore. Hehe, thanks Zona, it's always an honour to stump a teaser solver like yourself. Yes, I had thought the men had mostly done that on the Titanic though believe the phrase may have been coined a while back where the use of 'man' wasn't really intended as being gender specific as per such words as manhood and mankind. So it is more an expression of 'everyone for themself' which was kind of the situation, particularly once the boat snapped in half, I'm sure . Thanks for stopping by
I got it....only with the hint and reading the title again......but I got it.....LOL
Good work! Way to stick with it .
I so totally loved it!! It is my favorite rebus on here!! Good work!!!
I so totally loved it!! It is my favorite rebus on here!! Good work!!!
I so totally loved it!! It is my favorite rebus on here!! Good work!!!
Wow.. thanks. Though surely you haven't seen all the other rebuses yet
Very good rebus dsquared! The first time I read it was as clear as mud, but then I really looked at it and figured it out. I enjoyed the challenge!
Thanks Froggy.
Easy and fun!! Good job!
Cheers .
very hard
I hope you understand me when I say I'm pleased about that. I like to mix it up a bit. I have ones that are fairly easy and some that are hopefully a bit harder. Thanks for your comment.
i sort of got it. after i read the answer i was like OHHHHH!!!!!!!! the herselfs kinda confused me though. great teaser!!!!
Thanks M ... hope you don't mind me calling you that rather than spelling your name! ;)
You have the best rebuses on the site DD. They are all very challenging too!
Wow, thanks Hamburger . I have to say though there's some pretty stiff opposition there. Have you checked out Mr Ix's too? His are pretty awesome.
Great Rebus. I missed the mark - Man is full of himself seemed to be the direction I took. The girls seemed to diminish while the guys didn't. Maybe it's not that I'm that dense but that I just got on the site and need caffeine to function properly. Oh, btw, I was going with man specific.
Thanks Zonarita. I always enjoy an insight into the direction someone took in solving a teaser.
Whoa! I seem to be the only commenter up to this point who thought this rebus was really easy, without paying attention to either the title or hint. Wow. Well either way, it was good. I'm not that great at rebuses, and it feels great to get one right every now and again.
Good job stephiesd. Looks like this was one of those that just jumped into your head... they can do that sometimes can't they (you just have to have a hand over one ear so they don't then leap out the other side )
I got this right off as well so I have to agree that this was one of those that probably either jumped right out at you or it didn't. Thanks for posting.
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