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cha · Daedalian Member

DropOfaHat - actually, I was not completely serious when I wrote that. While I suppose that it might be the answer, I too will be a little disappointed if it is.

Gomez · candid chimera

Happyfunball - This site publishes puzzles created by members if they are deemed good enough. If you have a problem with the content (which, to my mind, has gone up considerably these last couple of months) then why not make up your own puzzle and send it in?

Kmeson · Icarian Member

Any chance the serenity prayer is the basis of the pun?

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference... etc.

Not explicitly Buddhist but in keeping with the ideas, and of course, the puzzle title.

Gammadragon · Guest

Frank took a deep breath and said...

"SALE! SALE! BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!"

Frank was a little crazy at the end

But in all seriousness, I have a question: Do we need any special knowledge (about buddhism for example) to be able to work this puzzle out?

Sofis · Beautiful and Decadent

I had decided that confirming the correct solution when it is posted in the forum is a bad habit I should break. But since this puzzle seems to have sparked a fair amount of controversy...

Yes, the solution posted by cha in reply 18 is correct. The puzzle was inspired by a kind of puzzle that, a few years ago, was popular in VSP for a while.

Personally, I don't think there is anything wrong with basing a puzzle on a pun - clearly, not everyone agrees.

Unless someone submits a puzzle I can use (and it is seldom that anyone submits a puzzle), I have to create or find a good puzzle we haven't already used on my own. So, as Gomez says, if you have a good puzzle, do send it in. I'd be very grateful

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cha · Daedalian Member

To paraphrase Daryll Royal, getting this one right is like kissing your sister.

mathgrant · A very tilted cell member

Use one of my Easy Number Fill-Ins in VSP

Or if you have it backed up, my old "Weakest Link" word puzzle

But, I don't get it. "If you meet Bubba on the road, kill him."?

GT · Guest

He said "Got any words of wisdom before I leave?".
The pronoun "he" could refer to any of the two guys

snide1 · Icarian Member

The only way to get to Bubba is to make him powerless and worse... indebted.

He said "I forgive him."

Gomez · candid chimera

Can anyone explain how 'If you see Bubba on the road, Kill him' works as the answer? I don't get it.

Pi · Sir, I bear a rhyme ....

See post 31