Jul 8, 2010

Mrs. Trellis . . . .

. . .  invites her many followers and fans to try their hand at the following conundrum.  As usual, she will be awarding drinks coupons
. . . . and drinks coupons mean . . . .


SO!


Name the Victorian cleric who visited his parishioners wearing a
and who, when crossing a farmer's field one morning was tragically bored to death by a

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11 comments:

  1. jinksyJuly 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM

    That looks more like a cat flap than a dog collar in the first illustration...But I grant you, Victorians may have pronounced 'girl' closer to 'gull', and girlie-girls are able to bore anyone to death. However, the convoluted machinations of your grey cells have, on this occasion, totally flummoxed me. I plead vacant lot syndrome... You can knock on the door all you like, but there's no one at home.

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  2. jabblogJuly 8, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    Hey, jinksy, I was counting on you to come up with the answer! I got as far as dog-collar (aka as cat flap) and goring (boring) and bull (gull) but no further. Then, I never have been good at crosswords . . . flummoxed!

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  3. Doctor FTSEJuly 9, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    Oh jabblog . . .you are so close!

    Regards

    Ada Teliis.

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  4. brokenbiroJuly 10, 2010 at 7:27 AM

    It's got to be Reverend William Archibald Spooner, surely? But I can't tell what the top picture is, so I'm basing that entirely on the bored to death by a gull/ gored to death by a bull spoonerism so I could be tarking up the wrong bree..

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  5. Doctor FTSEJuly 10, 2010 at 7:35 AM

    Boken Briro . . . it is indeed the Speverend Rilliam Wooner! Bien fait! Your drink tokens are on the way. The top picture is a cat-flap - obviously the Reverend's favourite head wear . . .

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  6. DeborahJuly 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    Thank you Jinksy, for 'vacant lot syndrome'. There is no better term to describe the state I was in yesterday.

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  7. Doctor FTSEJuly 10, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Deb . . . sounds like either you're back in Provence jetlagged or back on the Vin Ordinaire back in Provence . .

    BTW . . . I know I didn't comment on your Canada visit posts . . . but I thought they were great reading. Thank you.

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  8. brokenbiroJuly 11, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    Cheers! Ta for the virtual drinks vouchers - I am now virtually drunk! (But not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am)

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  9. Doctor FTSEJuly 13, 2010 at 7:50 AM

    bb . . the drinks vouchers are REAL! Just help yourself from out of the picture

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  10. JinksyJuly 16, 2010 at 8:25 AM

    I think I must have been imbibing without knowing it. All these comments on a blog which I'm constantly being told doesn't exist is harming my last shreds of sanity...

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  11. JinksyJuly 16, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    Sorry, ARE plural not IS singular. You can tell how bad things are...

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