A small repertory company touring overseas, placed an advertisement in English in a small, foreign-language newspaper. Unfortunately the type became muddled, and the advertisement appeared thus:
ALBINO THEREAT
SERPENTS
THELMA NO GATES
ACHE THING - NET HARPS
(TON SEATER DYNAMO)
RATS: LARCHES INWARD
STARTLE: RIDING TURNIP
PROCURED: SINNED ADVISE
CREDITOR: MARGIN WANDERS
CRIPES FORM THERE HANDOUTS LIAR
Can you interpret the original message?
Answer:
Albion Theatre/Presents/Hamlet on stage/Each night - ten
sharp/CNot Easter MondayVStar: Charles Darwin/Starlet:
Ingrid Turpin/Producer: Dennis Davies/Director: Ingmar
Andrews/Prices from three thousand lira
ALBINO THEREAT
SERPENTS
THELMA NO GATES
ACHE THING - NET HARPS
(TON SEATER DYNAMO)
RATS: LARCHES INWARD
STARTLE: RIDING TURNIP
PROCURED: SINNED ADVISE
CREDITOR: MARGIN WANDERS
CRIPES FORM THERE HANDOUTS LIAR
Can you interpret the original message?
Answer:
Albion Theatre/Presents/Hamlet on stage/Each night - ten
sharp/CNot Easter MondayVStar: Charles Darwin/Starlet:
Ingrid Turpin/Producer: Dennis Davies/Director: Ingmar
Andrews/Prices from three thousand lira
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