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October 30 2011
Today’s Birdbrain is leaner than a bean, though no simpler for being brief. The homophones of what two vegetables are synonyms? And the homophones of what vegetable and herb are synonyms?
Any more homophone koans you can conjure?
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Sam — 30 October at 08:47AM
l & p?
b & t?
DA2 — 30 October at 09:30AM
Bingo. And thanks for not blabbing.
Any other enigmatic homophonics we can craft in a similar vein? (Or veg out till Monday's WoW.)
RobT — 30 October at 12:26PM
What is a koan?
RobT — 30 October at 12:27PM
Route (root) and beat (beet)?
JD — 30 October at 03:27PM
In my catering days, I used to serve up a nice p & l soup which was strangely unpopular......
Sam — 31 October at 10:23AM
Here’s another one, not as neat as your examples above:
Big cats seen in old British café chain?
Criseyde — 01 November at 06:42AM
Lyons' (Wimpy Bars)?
DA2 — 01 November at 08:00AM
OK - two body parts. One sounds like a music genre, the other is vital to a painter.
RK — 01 November at 08:21AM
sole & palate?
DA — 01 November at 08:36AM
Two quick.
Sam — 01 November at 08:58AM
Criseyde - yes to lions (Lyons), but also linx (links)