Here’s the final pick of accidental acrostics, where Snakes On A Plane spells SOAP, and CAP is Crime And Punishment.
But just to torment you, I’ll run the accidental words in isolation to see if you can figure out the original titles. In order, the first six involve a famous play, two mainstream films, a Miles [...]
First, let’s solve those last six accidental acrostics from the other day just to ease the universal brain-ache:
BAR – Batman And Robin
TOE – Terms Of Endearment
HAM – Harold And Maude
DOT – Days Of Thunder
BITS – Blister In The Sun
TROTS – The Riddle Of The Sphinx
Next, in a few days, I’ll run the pick of the [...]
Here’s a chance to warm the brain before the Accidental Acrostic Comp winners are announced on Sunday. If SOAP = Snakes On A Plane, can you work out what well-known movies own these fluky acronyms?
BAR
TOE
HAM
DOT
And while that cerebellum is flexing, what Violet Femmes hit spells BITS? And what antique conundrum can be reduced to TROTS?
Still [...]
Watched a casino inside a casino last night. This mind-bending exercise took place in a Gold Class Cinema within the Crown Labyrinth – first a sneak peek at Oceans 13 and later a spree on the baize tables of Las Vegas, 3001.
So the new movie? Danny Ocean and his ever-chewing cohort Rusty Ryan amass the [...]
National Public Radio in the US is running an inspired comp over the next couple of weeks. The challenge is to find the best Accidental Acrostics among the world’s umpteen book- and movie-titles.
Or maybe a song. You could stumble on SLY (She Loves You – by The Beatles). Or SAW (Spanish-American War). Though asking me, [...]
Sorry, make that Weird.
Repeat after me: I before E except after C, I before E except after C”¦
Last week I committed a mortal sin. Two in fact if you count the road-rage incident where I murdered a myopic Volvo driver for his failure to indicate, but the main blue was professional.
In a mainstream cryptic, appearing [...]