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Infestation
In the paragraph below, each blank must be filled by a five-letter word, and the words are all anagrams of each other (the words all contain the same five letters, in different order). Can you fill in the blanks?
Quaint _____ this hotel supplies,
That don't appear upon the bill.
I speak of roaches, _____, and flies.
You _____ and slap. They're with you still.
At _____ each guest _____ pained screams
That ought to plague the owner's dreams.
Quaint _____ this hotel supplies,
That don't appear upon the bill.
I speak of roaches, _____, and flies.
You _____ and slap. They're with you still.
At _____ each guest _____ pained screams
That ought to plague the owner's dreams.
Hint
The solution to the first blank is ITEMS.Answer
Quaint ITEMS this hotel supplies,That don't appear upon the bill.
I speak of roaches, MITES, and flies.
You SMITE and slap. They're with you still.
At TIMES each guest EMITS pained screams
That ought to plague the owner's dreams.
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Great teaser I never would have gotten it without the hint though
ditto, couldn't get it w/o the hint, then it was easy! very cute rhyme.
Very good, but was easy after I figured out mites.
Awesome! You got me. Thought it might have been fleas.
Great teaser!
Brilliant!
Nice one! Fun! Took a minute to get the right letters, but then it was easy. Thanks!
I didn't get it for some reason. Good job, even if it wasn't my favorite. Thanks for posting.
I love anagrams, but this stumped me til I looked at the hint. Then it was a piece of cake.
I enjoy anagrams, too. This was very well written. I had to read the hint, and even then I could not get the first or last lines. It's going in my favorites.
Very fun. Thanks for the hint. I needed it.
NICE ONE!
GREAT THANKS FOR THE HINT ALSO
Excellent - I love how all the anagrams fit into the story!
Excellent teaser! I love anagrams, too! I'd like to see more like this one! Have a great day, everyone!
My first thought was perks, but then I got it on my second thought. Good teaser.
Clever poem. I first thought 'gnats' and was having a hard time rearranging to fill in the rest, then thought 'items' and it became easier...but I didn't think of 'smite'. and gave up 'cause I 'mist(e)' it.
I got off on the wrong track by guessing THING and could get nowhere with it, of course. Once I looked at the hint, it was very easy. Good job.
Thanks for the hint. I was stumped until then. Great fun.
I have two words for this teaser, and it's not supposed to be offensive. If it is, sorry.
I hate bugs.
OK, so that was three words, but whatever. Nice teaser though!
Sadly, it sent me freaking about the bugs.
I hate bugs.
OK, so that was three words, but whatever. Nice teaser though!
Sadly, it sent me freaking about the bugs.
Good one, but it took the hint to help me solve it. The comments are fun to read also.
Yes, Babe, they are fun.
And that's why the comments, and the repartee resulting therefrom, are part of the "lifeblood" of Braingle.
Let's see how many we get for THIS TOTD.
This one (comment) is #02.
LGM :lol
(does she NEVER stop laughing?)
And that's why the comments, and the repartee resulting therefrom, are part of the "lifeblood" of Braingle.
Let's see how many we get for THIS TOTD.
This one (comment) is #02.
LGM :lol
(does she NEVER stop laughing?)
BB- give us a break. You are not the green guy. You keep trying to pretend to be a relation, but nobody uses the same dialogue and smitten garbage as you do. You have been banned on here using other names, and now you have pulled the wool over the editors eyes again. The true fans know you, so why don't you leave on your own?
I needed the hint, too. I also needed to walk away and come back to it. Then 'smite' came to me almost instantly.
Pretty obvious that ALL FOUR OF THEM (BB, BB02, BB03 AND LGM) are the same lonely guy. As my pal Cutebug said, no one uses the exact same dialogue, vocab and speech patterns as anther person.Sure, "they" are all supposed to be "related" so it would follow there may be similarities, but BB02 claimed to be in his 80s, sich means he has spent much more time outside his family's influence than near it. Nobody fails to evolve in this time.
IT would also seem that they all share one brain cell that is fixated on the teaser comments and fail to acknowledge that there are other parts of the site that are going
strong.
None of them has a mind of their own which allows them to enjoy other parts of the site (quizzes for example) and they all complain about the same things Ad nauseam .
It is painfully obvious that whomever is behind all these IDs is a sad little soul with nothing better to do than think he is better than everyone else.
To quote the"RUDE Cover (The Dad's Side of the Story):
"get out your momma's basement boy and get you a life"
IT would also seem that they all share one brain cell that is fixated on the teaser comments and fail to acknowledge that there are other parts of the site that are going
strong.
None of them has a mind of their own which allows them to enjoy other parts of the site (quizzes for example) and they all complain about the same things Ad nauseam .
It is painfully obvious that whomever is behind all these IDs is a sad little soul with nothing better to do than think he is better than everyone else.
To quote the"RUDE Cover (The Dad's Side of the Story):
"get out your momma's basement boy and get you a life"
It's a good thing there were no gnats; otherwise they would have caused some angst.
And HABS makes comment #05 and raisin makes #06.
Not bad. Not bad.
And ... I think folks will come just to read HABS' latest extended exposition on such matters.
Or maybe they won't.
You wanna bet the future of Braingle on whether they do .... or don't?
LGM
(funny ... REALLY funny)
Not bad. Not bad.
And ... I think folks will come just to read HABS' latest extended exposition on such matters.
Or maybe they won't.
You wanna bet the future of Braingle on whether they do .... or don't?
LGM
(funny ... REALLY funny)
Fun bit challenging teaser; it took awhile bit I got it and did not need the hint to do so.
Took me awhile, but eventually I got mites and then it was pretty easy from there. I enjoy doing anagrams and would like to see more like this.
Sounds like as bad a place to stay as the Bates Motel! Creepy, crawlies, all over the wallies! Remind me never to make a reservation there! Very clever little poem, I got it pretty quick, but for me it clicked in with the phrase "at times..." Keep up the creativity!
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