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Old 07-24-2003, 04:05 PM   #126
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Righty-ho, I thought I'd resurrect this, seeing as it was a fun game in the first place, and, well, you know. Better than starting a new thread of the same idea, anyway. (N.B. There was an even older thread on the same game started by either HerenIstarion, or Estelyn...I can't remember which, but I can't find that)

Just to explain the rules, which are very simple indeed:
Basically, you get a quote (which hopefully isn't a widely used one-this makes it more fun), and reverse it.
This is best explained by example:

Back, you devils!

would become

Forward, he angel!

See? I replaced each word with its antonym (a word that means the opposite to it), to get the desired puzzle phrase.
It can be more complicated, though.

What is this new devilry?

Could be reversed a little more freely, because the technical antonym for "what" can be argued, so one may apply a little artistic lisence, as it were, to perfect the backwards quote. One possibility (not necessarily the best one) is:

That isn't that old holiness!

This is perhaps more difficult than the first example.
Sometimes, one might need to even be creative, as
"From take down no palace by Shrimpy"

Which can be translated as
"To put up some sheds for Sharkey"
(I was quite proud of my "Shrimpy" at the time [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

So, I hope that went over the Rules simply enough...And now I'll give a new quote (it's been slightly more than a week [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img])

"Go!" asked _______. "That was a moment then he erase marshmallows separately!"

I like the marshmallows bit, can't you tell? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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