In your parlance, today is a bank holiday here.  But there is no rest for the wicked, so my rebus today is a phrase, often used in answer to the question “what is that you have got there”, to politely let you know it is " none of your business". It is an old English phrase from the United Kingdom which later found favour in Australia and New Zealand.  Given today's holiday it is appropriate I mention both countries.

It is beer O'clock and so I will have to continue this later,

Hi Jack

I'm having a bit of a day of it!  I managed to break the button on top of the loo and couldn't flush it    Thankfully I got hold of the plumber who recently did some work for me and he came round and fixed it.  Phew what a relief 

That was a devilishly enjoyable rebus    Very clever.  I have to say that I've never heard that phrase before.

You will have definitely heard of the expression I'm going to use for my rebus. 

5 (#1 + #4) #1 #6 #6 #2 #5 #1 #3


Pictures three and eight you need the middle letter of the vehicle or the gent.  Picture four please ignore the dogs and the passenger.  Please change the second letter of picture five.  What sound does picture seven make?  Please change the third letter to a different vowel and the fourth letter to a consonant. You need the last three letters of picture nine.  Two homophones and it's all on one line.

       

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

'I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.'

Spike Milligan (1918-2002)

Zoe always looks forward to beer O'clock when she finishes work on a Friday 

This inspired me to make my rebus today a quotation often attributed to the author of The One Minute Manager.  He was concerned that he might be accused of plagiarism and so in turn, attributed it to a colleague.   

 Whatever the contest I think you are in this league.

I am going to take a break for a long lunch.

Hi Jack

What a smashing thing to say    I'm very chuffed.

That is a cracking rebus.  I looked at it this morning while I was having my early cuppa and was very baffled.  I've just had a short lunch and returned to it and it suddenly fell into place.  A bit sneaky and very enjoyable 

I'm going to attempt another film.  This one's from before either of us was born.

8 (#2 +#4 +#2)  #5


Please use the first two letters of picture one and the last two letters of any one of picture three.  You need to change the second letter of picture four and it's all on one line.  If it makes it any more sense you can 8 (#3 + #3 + #2) for the first word.  Use the short name of the dog in picture one and then lose the first letter of picture two.

        


I've just seen your second post.  Thank you 

How nice to be so distracting! Yes the phrase I heard many times was indeed "little pigs have big ears". I found that sitting quietly and "reading" often meant that the grown ups dropped their guard and spoke a bit louder. Mind you I 'm not sure how much I actually understood what I heard.

It's good to be a distraction Christine    I know exactly what you mean.  I don't think I understand hardly anything the grown ups were talking about.  Pen

It would be interesting to find out if others found it as difficult as I did.

You didn't say whether you solved my last rebus.

Hi Jack

I would also like to know if anybody else had a problem with it.  So sorry, yes I did solve your last very excellent rebus    I had intended to mention it but got distracted by Christine and Les Dawson 

My rebus today is a film which is older than I am.

8 (#4 + #4) #2 7 (#3 + #3 + #1)



Please lose the last letter of picture three and use the first three letters of the cocktail in picture four.   One homophone and please pretend it's all on one line. 

         

Nearly home time hurrah 

For those looking at the problem before Pen gets back online,  I have made a correction which gave me an answer.

Hi Jack

Thanks (again!) for spotting that.  My end of term report will say 'must pay more attention to detail' 

It's flying visit from me as I still have a few chores that need my attention.

A quick rebus.  It's an episode of mine and Linda's favourite programme which I watched last night.

#3 #5 2 #3 #5



Picture one is in North America.  Please use word one of two.  Likewise with picture two. Please use word one of two of where it is (not a million miles from here)  Please change the first letter of picture three and position is vitally important.

              

This tickled me

In a way, your rebus gave me the inspiration for mine.  It is a nonfiction book on empathy.

Hi Jack

It was a beautiful, sunny Spring morning here    Barbs and I enjoyed a constitutional before having a well earned cuppa!

My rebus is the first line of a song I heard on the radio earlier.  It was a hit in the 1970's.

8 (#4 + #2 + #2) #3 1 8 (#4 + #4)

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Please use the character on the right in picture one and make a homophone.  Lose the middle three letters of picture two and make another homophone.  Please drop the last two letters of picture three and reverse what you have left.  Please reverse picture four and pretend it's all on one line.

         

I'm off to get the kettle on.

We, too, have been a bit run off our feet for the past couple of days clearing up the jungle between the pool and street behind it, and doing minding duties for the Cleveland mob, and today is going to be even more hectic.  So this is going to be a quick post between trips down the hall 

Hi Jack

I'm enjoying a less hectic day today.  I've been up to see Barbs for a cuppa and catch up    Both she and John are fine.  They have two more weeks of eye drops and have to be a bit careful about bending over but otherwise all is good 

I'm still laughing at Blue's antics      So very pleased to hear from him 

I'm going to tackle a well known play for my rebus today.

3 10 (#3 + #3 +#4) #2 5 (#2 + #3) 7 (#3 + #4)

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First picture present tense and please lose the first letter. Lose the first letter of pictures two and three and also please lose the first letters of pictures six and seven.  Please ignore the dick dicks in picture eight. (sorry blame Barbs for that!)  Two homophones and we're all on one line.

          

That's your lot 

It was a very clever rebus, Pen, but it needs a bit of editing in the Introduction.


I’ve spent all morning unsuccessfully trying to get the last word in the 7-by-many and I’m knackered.  After a good lunch and a swim,  I might find the motivation to return with a rebus.  It could be injurious to your health to hold your breath while you are waiting.

Hi Jack

You'll be pleased to know I've not turned blue in the face!!  I hope you waited for your lunch to go down before you had your swim    We had that drummed into us as kids and were told all the awful things that would happened to us if we swam with a full stomach!!

I've amended the instructions on my previous rebus.

Just a quick and easy puzzle today.  It's an expression I just used to my colleague Jane who's sitting next to me.

#3'1 #4 #5


First name of gent in picture one and the slang expression for picture two.  These two pictures give you the first word and please lob in an apostrophe.  Please change the first letter of picture three.  Picture four is nine letters and you need to lose the first four.  You can use this as an alternative to picture four if it helps


I've been stopping and starting so I do hope this makes some sense and there are no mistakes.  Time for lunch now so that's it for now 

I may get back but please don't hold your breath   

Jack has spotted that I made a bit of a boob sorry!  It should be please change the first letter of picture three.