The catchphrase game

[Septentrionalis]

I can't figure out anything from that...

1 - no idea.. butter, curl, knife ?
2 - has to be butt/but ?
3 - talk, call, curly ?
4 - UK, British, patriotism ?

there's zero combinations of any of those that make any sense

You are on the right track with everything else except the last picture, Mak. And doing a search on the first three will surely connect the dots. I appreciate the fact that you have played this game nice without search engines, but to move on, using one is not a sin.

[Kilo11]

I mean, I am trying too, and I also feel like I have good ideas for everything but the last image. All I can think is "Spread your butts, and call the British Inquisition".

EDIT: Ah! As happens with these things, as I was saying my silly idea out loud, the real one came to me in a flash. "Butter my buns, and call me a biscuit."

Also, nicely done Sept with using a synonym of a homonym! That is some clever nonsense there!

[Septentrionalis]

Well that's right, although I imagined buns as butt. Buns make a lot more sense in this context, though.

Also, nicely done Sept with using a synonym of a homonym! That is some clever nonsense there!

I did what now? Do you refer to than buns -> butt -> cigarette butt? It wasn't as clever as I was really thinking of a butt.

[Kilo11]

Well, the expression is with "buns". So I figured you were being really clever, and using a homonym to go from butt (cigarette end) to butt (gluteous maximus), and then a synonym to go from butt to buns. I guess you were only half clever

Since I got it right, I have the honor of posting the next riddle. To keep the trend, I think I will again use an actual catchphrase. Here it is:

[Septentrionalis]

"Hasta la vista, baby" is the answer. I spent a good while thinking about this. I was sure at first that "la" and "view" would be intended to make a "love you". Nothing would work with that assumption, but then it occurred to me that "la" might be from one of the Romance languages and I eventually got it.

Una vista imponente, sin duda!

[Kilo11]

Dang. I thought that might be harder. I even avoided using any actual baby pictures, and only circled a note, so as not to make "la" so obvious. Well done, Sept!

The floor is yours, and you'll have to beg a rep off someone else, as I can't give you one yet

[Septentrionalis]

I regret the delay, but here is the next one. It is a bit militaristic, but that's me and I cannot really help myself.

[Sar1n]

What's that rank? Extremely senior sergeant?

[Septentrionalis]

That must be master chief petty officer, corresponding to master serageant in the army. One of the most senior NCOs, I'm sure. The markings down the sleeve represent four years of service each, which makes him a particularly long-serving individual.

[Sar1n]

That must be master chief petty officer, corresponding to master serageant in the army. One of the most senior NCOs, I'm sure. The markings down the sleeve represent four years of service each, which makes him a particularly long-serving individual.

It was actually a pun about "extremely senior postman" rank that one golem had in Terry Pratchett's book "Going Postal". Which seems to be happening to me when I'm sick so...don't mind my comments.

[Septentrionalis]

It was actually a pun about "extremely senior postman" rank that one golem had in Terry Pratchett's book "Going Postal". Which seems to be happening to me when I'm sick so...don't mind my comments.

Ah, that's funny. Nothing wrong with your puns; I just have never read a single Pratchett book in despite of a lifetime of RPGs, fantasy novels, and computer games in the genre.

[Septentrionalis]

Hint time. The following introduction to the round is a hint in itself.

It is a bit militaristic, but that's me and I cannot really help myself.

[Septentrionalis]

Another hint. This saying has to do with an animal.

[Muizer]

The tiger cannot change its stripes?

[Septentrionalis]

Muizer's got it!

[Muizer]

[Septentrionalis]

I have given this thought on three occasions but cannot come up with anything that makes sense.

[Kilo11]

Oh, I think I have an idea. It sort of makes some leaps, but it makes some sense too. What about: "A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips."

[Muizer]

Sorry that's not it.

[Septentrionalis]

Kilo's guess was pretty good, but I cannot come up with anything, even if I allow for that level of abstraction.