Another Brain Teaser

[Speicher]

Now that the fuzzy head season is over, I am assuming I can post a cryptic puzzle that I do not think Oxbob will like.

A restaurant's customer waited 40 minutes for the waiter to take her order. Finally she got up and left. The Head waiter asked her if she had paid her Bill. She said no, and offered to write the Manager an explanation. She wrote

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If you work it out, please pm me, and I will tell you if you are right.
One bright spark will work it out very quickly I'm sure. But I would like to keep some people guessing for a lot bit longer

 

[Maz]

Did the customer eat at the restaurant, or left without eating?
Can you tell us that?

 

[Speicher]

Did the customer eat at the restaurant, or left without eating?
Can you tell us that?

She left without eating anything.

 

[Speicher]

I will give you a clue

The lady was the Restaurant's only Royal customer.

Do not read any further if you want to solve this, as some one gives the answer in post no 9.

 

[oxbob]

Sadist owl!

 

[Speicher]

One can tell that Wol is obviously yy 4 you.

 

[Wobbly John]

One owes nothing for one ate nothing to owe for
1 00 0 4 1 8 0 2 0 4

 

[oxbob]

DOH !!!

 

[Speicher]

Wobbly John, I hope you are not expecting a prize?

You did not read all the paragraphs did you. Especially the bit about sending me a pm if you think you have worked it out.

All those were a tad premature, two people had already pm'd me with almost the exact answer.

However you seem to have made Oxbob happier. and I can go to bed now, without leaving anyone tearing their hair out, until the next time.

 

[Maz]

One owes nothing for one ate nothing to owe for
1 00 0 4 1 8 0 2 0 4

Very good, Wobbly John!

 

[redjedi]

What a coincedence. I had that exact question over Christmas, in an old game my brother found in storage.

 

[papercorn2000]

Bugger, I was going to sit down and work it out later...

 

[Wobbly John]

It took all of 10 seconds.

Have you not seen Swedish made Simple?

 

[Speicher]

Or the Hieroglyphics sketch?