Solution to VII, 3

Series VII: Operations : Puzzle 3, Algebra

 

Some word puzzle people disparage math, but really -- they shouldn't.

Some mathematical and logical expressions have made it into the common parlance, like to be or not to be, forever and ever, and an eye for an eye.

If you got all three of those, it's one point for you. 

 Sometimes a little algebra is needed, like this:

The doctor said: “You are sick so take two as-Prince and call me in the morning.”

Richard is looking to trade his kingdom for a horse.

John Lennon wonders if you will still feed him when he’s sixty – four.

Tennys son wrote the poem “Idylls of the King.”

And a little more math is necessary for:

The car commercial encouraged us to “Get a square deel.”
The negative one sees the glass half empty, while the positive one sees it half full.

If you drink to excess, designate someone to drive you home. 

You probably need to  know the original to parse "Get your kicks on  sixty – six."

And you need math terminology for my favorite:  “Get your hands off my neck, cube root. "