| Author | Message | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 541 Registered: 7-2006 |
What was the headline in yesterday's Telegraph concerning a senior executive who left Moss Bros (Men's clothing retailers) in sudden circumstances? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1188 Registered: 1-2007 |
Hooray! Another headline puzzle. Given your track record I take it we're looking for a delicious pun? Any rhyming? The word boss? Is the senior executives name relevant? The reason for his departure? Anything to do with Rolling Stones? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 543 Registered: 7-2006 |
Hooray! Another headline puzzle. YOU ARE WELCOME! Given your track record I take it we're looking for a delicious pun? YES Any rhyming? The word boss? NO Is the senior executives name relevant? The reason for his departure? NO Anything to do with Rolling Stones? NO | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1189 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the pun to do with clothing? A particular garment e.g. Jacket, Trousers etc. Does the pun include the word or any synonym of sacked? Any pun on that awful pop group Bros? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1356 Registered: 6-2005 |
Rolling stone gathers no Moss? Moss grows on the noth side of the tree? Is one of those or a similarly common expression relevant? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 544 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Is the pun to do with clothing? A particular garment e.g. Jacket, Trousers etc. YES... BUT Does the pun include the word or any synonym of sacked? YES... BUT Any pun on that awful pop group Bros? NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 545 Registered: 7-2006 |
Dicy, Rolling stone gathers no Moss? Moss grows on the noth side of the tree? Is one of those or a similarly common expression relevant? NO | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3664 Registered: 12-2000 |
Heard the Goss on the Poss Loss of Ross: Moss Bros Doss Boss? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1357 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does it have to do with "losing their shirt"? Losing their "suit"? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 546 Registered: 7-2006 |
Lynne, Heard the Goss on the Poss Loss of Ross: Moss Bros Doss Boss? CREATIVE BUT NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 547 Registered: 7-2006 |
DICY Does it have to do with "losing their shirt"? NO Losing their "suit"? NO - BUT WARMER | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1191 Registered: 1-2007 |
Few wild guesses: Top exec cuts ties with Moss Bros Exec quits men's retailers others expected to follow suit Top exec collared . Senior Manager not tailor made for Moss Bros now that i've gotten those of my chest I'll get back to proper questions | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 999 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does the pun involve moss, as in fuzzy green stuff? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1499 Registered: 10-2001 |
Is the word "moth" relevant? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1500 Registered: 10-2001 |
Employee given his cards for not following suit and now he's going for a Burton! | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 549 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Few wild guesses: Top exec cuts ties with Moss Bros Exec quits men's retailers others expected to follow suit Top exec collared . Senior Manager not tailor made for Moss Bros GOOD EFFORTS BUT NO CIGAR now that i've gotten those of my chest I'll get back to proper questions | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 550 Registered: 7-2006 |
Buzzard and Beroean, Does the pun involve moss, as in fuzzy green stuff? NO Is the word "moth" relevant? NO Employee given his cards for not following suit and now he's going for a Burton! NO | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1689 Registered: 6-2001 |
I wanted "tailor made" to be the answer... So is the word "suit" in the headline? (don't worry, I'm not going to try an exhaustive word-by-word search of the English language (: ) Could the same headline have been used if a senior executive of, say, Burton had just left in sudden circumstances? Did the headline imply something about the reason for his departure? That he resigned? Was sacked? Is he planning to sue them? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 551 Registered: 7-2006 |
Bentarm, I wanted "tailor made" to be the answer... NO So is the word "suit" in the headline? (don't worry, I'm not going to try an exhaustive word-by-word search of the English language (: ) YES Could the same headline have been used if a senior executive of, say, Burton had just left in sudden circumstances? YES Did the headline imply something about the reason for his departure? That he resigned? Was sacked? YES, NO, YES Is he planning to sue them? NO | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1324 Registered: 3-2006 |
Any spoonerisms? | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 37 Registered: 5-2008 |
Does the pun revolve around tailor terminology? retailer terminology? double meaning of a single english word? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1196 Registered: 1-2007 |
Any pun on the expression "Suit you sir" Is the word fired relevant? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 552 Registered: 7-2006 |
Woodworm, Any spoonerisms? NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 553 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Does the pun revolve around tailor terminology? YES - but more than that retailer terminology? NO double meaning of a single english word? TWO WORDS | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 554 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Any pun on the expression "Suit you sir" NOT EXACTLY, NO Is the word fired relevant? NO | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1194 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the phrase "suits you sir" relevant at all? If not that, is the other meaning of "suit" as a verb relevant to the headline? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 555 Registered: 7-2006 |
Enjay, Is the phrase "suits you sir" relevant at all? NO If not that, is the other meaning of "suit" as a verb relevant to the headline? YES | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1647 Registered: 2-2005 |
"Presses suit"? Is the word "Suit"? or "suits"? Is "fitting" relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3665 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was it something simple like 'he didn't suit the job' or 'the job didn't suit him'? Did it include references to what he was going on to do instead? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 556 Registered: 7-2006 |
Rabrab, "Presses suit"? NO Is the word "Suit"? or "suits"? NO Is "fitting" relevant? NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 557 Registered: 7-2006 |
Lynne, Was it something simple like 'he didn't suit the job' or 'the job didn't suit him'? NO. CLOSE BUT IT WAS CLEVERER. Did it include references to what he was going on to do instead? NO | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1204 Registered: 1-2007 |
If it's a verb and it's not suit or suits i guess it has to be suited? Moss Bros and Manager not suited? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 558 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, If it's a verb and it's not suit or suits i guess it has to be suited? CORRECT Moss Bros and Manager not suited? NO. THINK OF A PHRASE INCLUDING 'SUITED'. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1198 Registered: 4-2007 |
(Employee) suited and booted? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1336 Registered: 3-2006 |
Ill suited? Badly suited? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 559 Registered: 7-2006 |
* * * SPOILER * * * Enjay, Close enough. The headline read Booted, Not Suited. |
