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Ox Box (BB243)

Before we finish the Year of the Ox (seeing the Tiger prowl into view on Valentine’s Day), can you convert this week’s ten odd phrases into something more familiar?

 ox box

bell cut

flood feather

board cheese

granny pancake     

kite chair

card tack

Larry hour

muck ground

daisy water

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK

BB242 SOLUTION: ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA, TENNESSEE

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5 Responses to “Ox Box (BB243)”

  1. Mr X Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 9:31 am

    XXX WARNING – SPOILER ALERT XXX

    Great theme to this week’s Brainstorm Here’s the initials to my stab at the answers:
    S
    C
    L
    S
    F
    H
    S
    H
    C
    F
    … And a 2nd hint for antone struggling with the theme:

    Mixed metaphors with portmanteaus or phrases

  2. marmaloid Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 2:32 am

    I’m stuck on the second one and the last one,
    though my answer differs with X for the fourth one (mine begins with C)

    are there really any portmanteaus in there? or merely compound words…

  3. david Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 7:19 am

    By portmanteau, I believe Mr X is referring to the dovetailing of phrase with a new word, is all.

    Is your C for Chalk? All will be revealed in BB244.

  4. Mr X Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 10:25 am

    You’re right marmaloid – I should referred to compound words rather than portmanteaus.

  5. marmaloid Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 12:05 am

    yeah, it was chalk
    I completely blanked to the fact that my other answers involved similes

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