How to Play:
Translate the highfalutin circumlocutory language of each entry to distill a common adage, apothegm, aphorism, axiom, maxim, phrase, proverb, saw, or saying.Example:
➤ It is not necessary to shed lacrimal drops over toppled bovine secretions.
"_____ _____ _____ _____ _____."
[Answer: "Don't cry over spilled milk."]
Round 9:
➤ A lack of knowledge of prevailing ordinances and regulations does nothing to mitigate for the fact that said ordinances and regulations have been violated.
"_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____."
(10 word phrase)
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"_____ _____ _____ _____ _____."
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"_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____."
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"_____ _____ _____ - _____ _____ _____ _____."
(7 word phrase)
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➤ One one-hundredth of a U.S. dollar bill put away for a rainy day is identical to one one-hundredth of a U.S. dollar bill veritably paid in equivalent wages.
"_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____."
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PAST ROUNDS (for your solving pleasure!):
BRAINWRACK!: HIGHFALUTIN CIRCUMLOCUTIONS (Round 1)
BRAINWRACK!: HIGHFALUTIN CIRCUMLOCUTIONS (Round 2)
BRAINWRACK!: HIGHFALUTIN CIRCUMLOCUTIONS (Round 3)
BRAINWRACK!: HIGHFALUTIN CIRCUMLOCUTIONS (Round 4)
BRAINWRACK!: HIGHFALUTIN CIRCUMLOCUTIONS (Round 5)
BRAINWRACK!: HIGHFALUTIN CIRCUMLOCUTIONS (Round 6)
Tommy (may I call you that?) yes I remember! And even though that was well over 50 years ago I got them all just now. I also remember the book titles by fictional authors.... Like "Under the bleachers" by Seymour Butts. Those were the days...
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