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The Vowel-less Knights #5
And now for more in the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights:
1. Mnds r lk prchts - th nl fnctn whn pn.
2. Bwr f smll xpnss, smll lk wll snk grt shp.
3. Prblms cnnt b slvd t th sm lvl f wrnss tht crtd thm.
1. Mnds r lk prchts - th nl fnctn whn pn.
2. Bwr f smll xpnss, smll lk wll snk grt shp.
3. Prblms cnnt b slvd t th sm lvl f wrnss tht crtd thm.
Hint
1. Spoken by a whiskey baron who once played the bagpipes during a Brewer's Show in London. Bonus point: who?2. Spoken by one of America's Founding Fathers, the one who was a playboy. Bonus point: who?
3. Spoken by the man who is arguably the 20th Century's greatest genius. Bonus point: who?
Answer
1. Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.Bonus: Thomas Dewar. He played the pipes in 1885, successfully annoying everyone else there.
2. Beware of small expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.
Bonus: Benjamin Franklin.
3. Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Bonus: Albert Einstein.
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Found that one good and surprisingly easy!!
Scoutman great quotes.
that was so much fun to do!
I love Scoutman and the Knights!!
These were some good ones, too!!
These were some good ones, too!!
good
nys quotes... i 'speciali lykd the 1st 1...
These are my favorite!! Thanks for a fun teaser!
A little too easy, but I really love the quotes you chose for this one. Great job!!
Good teaser, but the best I did was two out of three on the bonus, I was thinking old "Honey Fitz" Kennedy for the first one.
Great fun Scoutman! Got all the quotes and two of the bonuses, but the first one KILT me. Sorry for the pun, but these were fun. More please?
Vry ncly dn, Sctmn
SINCE ONE ONLY HAS TO ADD A FEW VOWELS, IT MERE CHILD'S PLAY, , BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE SOURCE OF THE FIRST QUOTE.
HOW ABOUT THINKING OF THOSE OF US OVER 12.
HOW ABOUT THINKING OF THOSE OF US OVER 12.
Enjoyed them. They were just right I couldn'tfigure the parachute out good job
This was fun. Me thinks Imurray needs an ASBO - an Anti-Social Behavior Order.
That was good, I got them all, yay! but not the bonuses, no way. Fairly easy, but that's OK, I wouldve liked about three times that many. Thanks!
lmurray: didn't you know this is a website for people 12 years old and younger?
lmurray: didn't you know this is a website for people 12 years old and younger?
I enjoyed this one. Struggled with the word parachute but love these offerings from ScoutMan.
Could figure out the quotes, but no idea who said them. Great teaser, even for us "over 12" folks.
That was great! It was so much fun. I only got the first one, though. Keep up the GREAT work, scoutman!
May 19, 2006
entertaining, but, since when is 'Y' a vowel?
The letter Y can be a consonant OR a vowel, depending on how it's used. In the word, "yellow" it's used as a consonant, but like in the case of my name (Becky), it's used as a vowel.
Excellent teaser!! It took me awhile to get all 3 of them, tho.
Excellent teaser!! It took me awhile to get all 3 of them, tho.
Great teaser. I got 2 out of 3 and 1 bonus.
nicely done... i almost got the third one...
I got 'em too ... HOORAY! Easier teasers can still be FUN and educational. More, please!!!
Good teaser. I only got the first quote and the bonus for number 3.
very fun puzzle. The Einstein quote is very deep.
I'm all for more like these. They were fun.
I'm all for more like these. They were fun.
I found the quotes nice & easy - thanks! - and loved the bonus questions. Nice going!
I find it amazing what the mind can do, because I can read right through these with barely a thought. I find that very interesting.
These were great quotes!
Thnk y fr grt tsr! t gt r mnds' jcs flwng.
These were great quotes!
Thnk y fr grt tsr! t gt r mnds' jcs flwng.
Scallio - I think it has something to do with how the mind is wired. I'll bet you also see easily into those "double image" things, too, which are difficult for some people.
Kp 'm cmn', SctMn! spclly lkd #1: th wrld wld b bttr plc.
Great one scoutman jus couldnt figure out the bigger words like parachute . But basically I got them right keep em comin
Nice one! And I'm over 50!! I like teasers of all kinds It's all good for the brain!! Keep up the good work!
amazing how your mind sort of fills in the letters itself...i loved it!
and again, Imurray- why are you so mean? if they are SOOOO easy for you- don;t even bother looking at them! anxious to see your teaser
and again, Imurray- why are you so mean? if they are SOOOO easy for you- don;t even bother looking at them! anxious to see your teaser
That was pretty e-z but I liked it and it was fun so well gr8 job
This was fun. I had trouble with the 2nd one though. Oddly enough I got "parachute" really quickly. Go figure.
immury... i said this yesterday too... GET A LIFE!
oh yeah... also... GET OVER YOURSELF! I'd like to see you come up with a teaser. you are sooo mean every day i am sick of it.
soooooo much fun to do. loved it!!!
oh yeah... also... GET OVER YOURSELF! I'd like to see you come up with a teaser. you are sooo mean every day i am sick of it.
soooooo much fun to do. loved it!!!
There are arguments as to who one of the greatest geniuses has been. 1. Albert Einstein 2. William Shakespeare. Granted the latter of the two I don't believe was in the 20th century, but that is besides the point.
good teaser...easier than I thought it would be
i never heard these quotes but i got 2 and 3 after a little bit of thinking. couldnt get #1 though.
vr nc tsr!!
vr nc tsr!!
I do like this kind of teaser. Very good quotes too.
I GOT THEM ALL AND HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT! FUN,FUN,FUN!
If all teasers were either hard or easy to all people, there would be no fun in reading all the comments! This was an easy one, but after solving it, the quotations make for great reading. Surely some minds would like such teasers.
Cute teaser and a bit dfferent too. I liked it.
Thank you all for your comments. For those of you (ahem) that think this one was a little simplistic, I have other teasers for you, and I'm working on more.
Great teaser.
Imurray....minds are like parachutes.....
Imurray....minds are like parachutes.....
Thanks for the bonus'
Thanks! Fun, fun, fun!!
Very good puzzle! I got 'bits' , I must have a mental age of below 12. Keep em coming
not a bad teaser for a saturday morning ..
Ww!! Vr gd. gt th frst nd lst bt nt th scnd ne. ntrstng tsr. Grt Jb!!
1st grade quality.You can do better!!!!
I liked it - great job!
Excellent ! Really enjoyed it...how about another one?
That was fun, and I liked it. I never saw this type of teaser before, and was surprised at how easy, yet it made me stop and think.
I stand by my comment of a year ago. This is still a great teaser.
That was cool!! I got a bonus for knowing Albert Einstein.
Good job!
I wasn't sure about the y in only.
Thanx Becky for clearing that up.
I got #3 corrrect, very close on 1 & 2 but no cigar.
Had fun with it tho & learned
Good test
Thanx Becky for clearing that up.
I got #3 corrrect, very close on 1 & 2 but no cigar.
Had fun with it tho & learned
Good test
Great teaser, I got stuck on "parachute" but got the other two.
Cool teaser, got #1 & #3 and part of #2. Thanks Scoutman!
great jod keep them coming
loved the teaser. I only got bits and pieces of them and I don't under stand about the bonus. Were we to tell who said it? love it anyway great JOB...
Boo! Way too easy. Where did all the real teasers go?
Didn't understand the 'bonus' piece. When I had finished with the puzzle, I started searching around and eventually found it in the 'hints'. Bonus should have been in original question... liked it though !,
I assumed that no vowels meant no a,e,i,o or u. Perhaps a poor assumption, but one I am sure others have made. It might be a good idea to say that vowels include y.
Great teaser. Loved it in '07 and love it still.
Great teaser!
I loved this Teaser and would like to see more of them. I got a few of the words correctly, but too impatient to just figure the entire Quotation and get total enjoyment from the conclusions.
Keep up the good working on Teasers for Braingle members.
Keep up the good working on Teasers for Braingle members.
Enjoyed it and found it quite easy, though I am shocked the editors let it go by with those instructions. It was easy enough to figure out what to do, but I have had a teaser rejected for what they claimed were lack of coherent instructions, at least I had them.. This contained none (unless you go back to other teasers in the series).
Easy teaser even though they forgot the Y in only. Y is not a vowel.
Cutebug, Y has been a vowel since my school days. Granted that was long ago, but I still remember: a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y.
It is past my bedtime, but I still found time to do them and got most. I like these.
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