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Midsummer's Ease
It's a rebus; you know the drill:
stEvE EldEr -- smiling and benevolent
bEn mEEkEr -- gregarious and generous
frEd fErbEr -- a snarling old coot
nEll nEff -- penny-pinching
EdgEr bErgEn -- entertaining and law-abiding
stEvE EldEr -- smiling and benevolent
bEn mEEkEr -- gregarious and generous
frEd fErbEr -- a snarling old coot
nEll nEff -- penny-pinching
EdgEr bErgEn -- entertaining and law-abiding
Hint
(1) Puck's other name(2) Count the E's
Answer
4 E's -- a jolly good fellow(For He's a Jolly Good Fellow)
The first two and last names have four E's; the others have only three or two.
Puck's other name is Robin Goodfellow
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'Fraid you lost me there....
XD! I just preformed midsummer! 'Twas fun!
WOW, this one was hard for me, loved it keep these up
hard and interesting. didnt get it(have you noticed i say taht in most of my comments) but i liked it.
That was an example of a hard teaser, that was GREAT! That, in my opinion, is the perfect teaser!
haha, I'm also joining the group of the lost boys...or girls....the lost group. I did read the play a very long time ago, though.
woe is me
these are my forte
and you stumped me
GOOD JOB
these are my forte
and you stumped me
GOOD JOB
Who's Puck? (And don't say Robin Goodfellow...)
I tried and i tried but i just couldn't think of his name!!!! Love that play, though. One of my favorite by ole' shakey!
By the way, to understand the hint you kind of have to read the play! good job tho!
ummmm ... good , i didn't get it , but good...
Great one! Only I couldn't think of Pucks other name. And I should know these things... Now for sure I am going to slither away in shame!
u confused me oh well
love it!
norcekri this was a gr8t teaser. Fun, Fun Fun
oh my god , norcekri ! you're amazing ! very good !
i didn't get it right or even have a clue .
i didn't get it right or even have a clue .
stumped me on this 'un. good job!
I guess I'm not the only one who had trouble with this one. Very well done, Thanks for posting.
I had no clue.
I didn't get this at all. After reading allthe comments, I still don't get it.
wait...duh. I just got it. Good one!
I was completely clueless.
Ouch...my head hurts after that one! Never would've gotten it...good one!
No clue (I even counted all the e's together, since that's what the hint said in the English I know--17 E's didn't jog anything.) Shakespeare authorities is a very small audience...Also, 'you know the drill' excludes those of us who are not rebus experts. But for those brainglers who could get past all that, it was indeed a very well put-together teaser.
I have a head ache, too!
I had no idea what it was!
But I'm sure it was a good one!
I had no idea what it was!
But I'm sure it was a good one!
Who is "Puck"???
Someone from Shakespear's "Midsummer's Night..." maybe?
Someone from Shakespear's "Midsummer's Night..." maybe?
Along with most others, I had no clue.
WOW, thats a toughie. Very cute.
Puck was the servant of the fairy god Oberon in A Midsummer's Night Dream. He said the famous line 'Lord what fools these mortals be'.
wordmama --
(1) If you *don't* know the drill, is it that hard to look at the genre description, or at other teasers in the category?
(2) The hints are exactly that: hints, not giveaways. "Count the E's" does not restrict the counting to a simple total. This is a teaser: you often have to try a few different things before you hit on the one that works. Or, like me, you finally give up and look at the answer.
(3) You don't need to be a Shakespeare expert; I'm certainly not one. Enter "Puck Midsummer's Ease" into your search engine and see the hits for the play. Finding "Robin Goodfellow" from there was trivial -- in both senses of the word.
Yes, the teaser is hard. I'm hopeful that the answer is entertaining enough to justify the effort one puts into trying to solve it.
(1) If you *don't* know the drill, is it that hard to look at the genre description, or at other teasers in the category?
(2) The hints are exactly that: hints, not giveaways. "Count the E's" does not restrict the counting to a simple total. This is a teaser: you often have to try a few different things before you hit on the one that works. Or, like me, you finally give up and look at the answer.
(3) You don't need to be a Shakespeare expert; I'm certainly not one. Enter "Puck Midsummer's Ease" into your search engine and see the hits for the play. Finding "Robin Goodfellow" from there was trivial -- in both senses of the word.
Yes, the teaser is hard. I'm hopeful that the answer is entertaining enough to justify the effort one puts into trying to solve it.
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