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What is represented by the following rebus?
UUUUU
- 411
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UUUUU
- 411
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Hint
In the USA, telephone "Information" is 411.Answer
Useless information.Like the hint says, in the USA you dial 411 to get the Information service.
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fyi, if you care, this was initially under rebuses when i submitted it. Editors put it in trivia. Not sure why, but it did get in. Hope you like it.
I enjoyed this teaser! I got it because of my younger brother's slang, since I haven't used the 411 number myself. I suppose it's in trivia because people outside the U.S. might not get the 411 part, unless they're into rap music like my little bro.
I think there's a saying that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck. This looks exactly like a rebus to me and a very good one at that.
Rowsdower pretty much hit it on the nose. The trivia category can be considered as sort of a warning that you may not have a chance of solving the teaser if you don't know a specific piece of information. I pictured people scrambling their brains trying to figure out how to mathematically subtract 411 from a bunch of U's only to find out that they had absolutely no chance of solving the teaser without knowing what 411 refers to. Generally speaking, all trivia teasers could qualify for another category. It's some element of trivia in them that puts them into this category. And you should also notice, Fishmed, that I changed the wording of your question a bit, because yes, this is most definitely a rebus.
good one hard eleven
Well, I am glad you liked it nonetheless. Thanks for the explanation, Bobbrt. I figured it was something like that. Wasn't worried overall, just was making note that there was a change, just in case someone wondered. Thanks again.
Grip, thanks. "Hard eleven"?
Grip, thanks. "Hard eleven"?
I liked the teaser as it is but I would have hated it had we not been given the hint that 411 is a particular US phone number! Thanks!
Glad you liked it. I put the hint as it was due to the multiple country issues that have come up on other puzzles.
.....long, long pause.... oh, I get it! Funny!
whoever keeps trying to correct this teaser, STOP IT!!!!! it's correct the way it is. In "U's Less Information", the "Less" is equivalent to "Minus." that's why your "correction" keeps getting rejected.
Thanks blue. I think it may be safe now. Jake added a situation where if a persons teaser is being corrected, they have a weighted vote in whether it works or not.
Nice one, fishhead. I meant "med".
AW, i love this teaser now when my friends give me all this stupid junk at school, ill give them this teaser to try to figure out come back to them 5 days later maybe they will have it good one fishmed
Fun - only solvable with the hint for non-USAns - but that made it enjoyable. Thanks.
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