St. George he was for England

[Michael]

The in-keeper pointed out that the distance between "George" and "and", and "and" and "Dragon" was not equal.

Spot on. He was complaining about the sign to its painter! Sorry that there is no prize but you can apply the same logic to the "had" sentence.

(I've just noticed that you solved this several posts back - I'm losing track of this thread.)

[Bonn1827]

The in-keeper pointed out that the distance between "George" and "and", and "and" and "Dragon" was not equal.

[Michael]

The innkeeper pointed out that the distance between George, and "and and and and" Dragon, was not equal.
Also my best shot. Another miserable defeat?

Nearly there, Philip. If I give a clue it will probably blow the whole thing, but here goes:

The name of the inn was the "George and Dragon".

[Michael]

The innkeeper pointed out that the distance between George and the Dragon was equal.

Nope. Try and make sense of the sentence as written (I haven't the energy to write it again )

[Michael]

I have admitted defeat, but the "m t" means empty (ggmt? Give it some hay).
If the Bee is empty? The rest is beyond me. Go on, do tell.

If the B m t put:
If the B. putting:


If the grate be empty put coal on
If the grate be full stop putting coal on


Any word on the Dragon?

[Michael]

A Little puzzle - what does the following say?

Paris
in the
the Spring.

If you put the above words - exactly as you have them - in a triangle, the eye will rarely see the second "the". I've been catching people for years with that.

[Megan]

Once!

Ouch! Thanks Philip, I meant 'once'.

[Quijote]

Here is one that requires no background story. Just read exactly what you see and make sense of it:

If the B m t put:
If the B. putting:

(One clue: if I were writing the above instead of typing it, I would make the B twice as large)
Resist the temptation to Google.

I have admitted defeat, but the "m t" means empty (ggmt? Give it some hay).
If the Bee is empty? The rest is beyond me. Go on, do tell.

[Quijote]

Once!

[Megan]

Twice "the".

When the sentence is read quickly, the mind can be tricked into thinking it seen the duplicate word once.

[Quijote]

A Little puzzle - what does the following say?

Paris
in the
the Spring.

Twice "the".

[Megan]

A Little puzzle - what does the following say?

Paris
in the
the Spring.

[Quijote]

Here is one that requires no background story. Just read exactly what you see and make sense of it:

If the B m t put:
If the B. putting:

(One clue: if I were writing the above instead of typing it, I would make the B twice as large)
Resist the temptation to Google.

Nope, I admit total defeat. Damn.

[Megan]

You have reminded me of a little puzzle, Megan.
By inserting punctuation marks, can anybody make sense of the following sentence:

The inn-keeper pointed out that the distance between George and and and and and Dragon was not equal.

The innkeeper pointed out that the distance between George and the Dragon was equal.

[Quijote]

You have reminded me of a little puzzle, Megan.
By inserting punctuation marks, can anybody make sense of the following sentence:

The inn-keeper pointed out that the distance between George and and and and and Dragon was not equal.

The innkeeper pointed out that the distance between George, and "and and and and" Dragon, was not equal.
Also my best shot. Another miserable defeat?