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What phrase is represented by the following?
a) 1/2 = 05
b) six percent = 006
c) four and a half = 45
d) pi = approximately 314
a) 1/2 = 05
b) six percent = 006
c) four and a half = 45
d) pi = approximately 314
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Great!
Thanks Jake!
pie anyone?
I was never good at math and so this one is over my head. I do not even know what it means. Sorry, but thanks for posting anyway, as I know a lot of people are going to enjoy it.
Is joining Jake considered bad taste (kissy, kissy ??).
I'm going to do it anyway.
Excellent Rebus !!
Good both visually (the picture we "see" on the page) as well as textually (what the mind "interprets" from the words). Takes a lot of creativity to get both in a single Rebus and not let it get "messy".
Good job !!
Jaye (Little Green Man) and Jay (BadBunnee02).
I'm writing this for Jay also because BadBunnee02 is being punished for bad Karma by Jake's software and, therefore, cannot comment.
Thanks for reading.
I'm going to do it anyway.
Excellent Rebus !!
Good both visually (the picture we "see" on the page) as well as textually (what the mind "interprets" from the words). Takes a lot of creativity to get both in a single Rebus and not let it get "messy".
Good job !!
Jaye (Little Green Man) and Jay (BadBunnee02).
I'm writing this for Jay also because BadBunnee02 is being punished for bad Karma by Jake's software and, therefore, cannot comment.
Thanks for reading.
I was sitting here going, where's the decimal? That doesn't sound like a phrase... Haha!
Hey TFF, thanks for the clever, simple, and entertaining puzzle. And congrats on being the Daily Teaser! This is quite deserving of being highlighted and widely distributed.
Thanks for your comments, everyone!
Oh, bro Jay reminded me (and I forgot) ....
To mention that another answer could be "wrong number".
I checked (just to be sure) and found truly that at least a dozen citations net-wise recognize "wrong number" (required by Braingle that it be a common "idiom-wise" phrase).
Just wanted to warn potential submitters that the Eds sometimes (conveniently or not) forget to enforce their own rules.
To mention that another answer could be "wrong number".
I checked (just to be sure) and found truly that at least a dozen citations net-wise recognize "wrong number" (required by Braingle that it be a common "idiom-wise" phrase).
Just wanted to warn potential submitters that the Eds sometimes (conveniently or not) forget to enforce their own rules.
And another .... (bro Jay, again) ......
Your answer should be "missing the pointS" (his verbal, my text, emphasis).
And that makes it another rule violation.
I guess the Eds were all a-twitter (what with Jake "on board" and all).
But I'm glad it didn't get rejected 'cause it IS REALLY a VERY good Rebus.
Jaye
Your answer should be "missing the pointS" (his verbal, my text, emphasis).
And that makes it another rule violation.
I guess the Eds were all a-twitter (what with Jake "on board" and all).
But I'm glad it didn't get rejected 'cause it IS REALLY a VERY good Rebus.
Jaye
I understood the idea of using a rebus was to create a sort of short-cut; in this instance it would be much quicker to simply right the phrase!
I thought this was a good rebus. It took me reading it over a few times before I figured it out, but then I got it.
Hey TFF, it looks like this is the most popular teaser submitted in the past 5 years! Congrats! Well deserved.
Thanks Snowdog. If only there were a reliable way to know how a teaser would be received before submitting it. I had no idea this teaser would be so popular, but I'm glad that people like it. Thanks for boosting my ego!
Cool puzzle. I just want to tell you that I have two logic teasers coming up. I hope you like "The Murderer in the Dressing Room" and "Four Men and Four Women at a Wedding!!!"
Took a while but it finally sank in.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got it fairly quickly.
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