what does this say

[paris81]

What does this say
DD's R
there are 2 spiders here 1 less a body
DD'sR.
RD?
DR!
Oo R, So DR.

It's telling me to count the legs 16 and the characters.

It's driving me nuts, It's not scouse mickey taking or These are beetles these are

[Huderon]

Say it out loud ! And pronounce each capital letter individually. It' something silly, along the same lines as this :

AB C D Gol'fish
MNO Gol'fish
SDR Golfish !
OICDR Gol'fish !

[paris81]

Thanks for that

So when it tells me to count legs and characters does that mean all letters and full stops and to include the bits of drawing to make
today I are 49
today I are
Are you?
I are!
Ooh arr, so you are

[Huderon]

I'm not sure about that, but I'd translate RD? as Are they?, DR! as They are ! Oo R, So DR as Oo ar, So they are (think African-American from the sothern states with an accent as portrayed in films from the 30's, 40's and 50's). The D's could be read as these (dese in the accent I suggested). Characters ... well I'd say there are two people, but I suppose it could mean a letter count as well.

If it's a puzzle question it might be worth reposting in Quizzes and Puzzles with the full instructions. I picked up on it because of recalling that other silly rhyme.

[paris81]

Thanks Huderon

Thanks for your suggestion it's better than anything i can come up with.

have posted it on quizzes but no luck i'm afraid but thanks to everyone who has replied

[Huderon]

OK, so you need a number for the answer. Two spiders, one wth no body give 16 legs (check against the drawing), two characters (the text seems to be a conversation between two people), add another 4 legs (unless the people talking are legless !) and I make it 22.

It could also be 6 (two characters + 4 legs) or 10 (one complete spider with 8 legs + 2 characters) or 14 (one complete spider, + 2 characters each with 2 legs). And don't forget one or both of the spiders could be seen as a character !

As you might guess, I'm not too hot on some puzzles ...

[paris81]

Thanks Huderon
Better logic than I have come up with so far

Thanks!