Looks like when I have tried making candy cane cookies..............

Just a wild guess. Thanks, Jasdip..

tj

My guess may knot be right. ☹️

Even odds say its a fit answer.

tj

I have a thought on what the answer might be

I haven't a clue .

I think this puzzle could be one of those win-win situations.

Or where nobody wins.

tj

Rox gave some good hints, still somewhat obscure. Let's talk sports. Do you prefer an out and out win, or tie scores?

If the answer is ”tie” then I got this one!

Yes! “Tie/ tied scores“ is what I guessed.

Thanks, Jasdip

mine is close enough to rox’s to be good IMHO

Then why the candy stripes?

And what sport has a score of 20?

They are striped ties.

The ”20” means score….not the actual points. Twenty is a score.

Tie scores.

eta As in four score and seven years ago….yada yada.

Yep, thanks again.

tj

Are you serious? That is a stretch. I am not made to burn my already less than optimal brain cells coming up with these crazy answers. Have fun.

I agree this one is a stretch. I decided the stripy things were meant to be ties but I couldn't see a well known phrase. I know what a tie is and I know what a score is but I've never heard the expression "tie or tied score". We'd just say "tie" or "draw" for equal scores. The word score would be redundant. Is "tied score" a common expression in the US?

Thanks, Jasdip, for posting these.

I don’t think ’tied score’ is what’s said in US when talking about final score of any game or activity where a score is being tracked . It’s simply ”It is / was a tie”. We know tie means both teams ended with same score or both candidates have the same number of votes or both racers crossed the finish line at or with same time.

Throughout the FIFA matches, there have been several tie scores.

tj

There have been a lot of draws in the World Cup. England have had several. Never heard anyone call them tie scores, or even just ties.

Tsug! Your clues reconfirmed my guess! Tom Underwood must be in our region. 😉

It’s funny how we all speak English, but we speak it in different ways. 🩷

Regional, regional, regional. In every country.

Thanks again, Jasdip.

From Google:

While "tie" (the noun and verb) is widely used across North America, the phrase "tie score" is especially common in sports broadcasting to specify that the points are even.

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Makes sense. Many things could be tied within a game. Fouls, shots on goal, attempts, etc.

It’s funny how we all speak English, but we speak it in different ways. 🩷

Regional, regional, regional. In every country.

What’s funnier is the UK has been at it far longer than we have but they still don’t get it right! 😉

Yes, FOAS!

And imagine poor me. Living in Canada eh, next to the USA y’all, with two British parents from opposite ends of the social class! Aitches and haitches being spoken all the time. You‘ve got to love it. I know I do.

The Newfies have it right.

🤠

eta And then I married into a Ukrainian family. 🤷‍♀️

Happy Canada Day-bonne fête du canada tomorrow. And just a happy day to all our neighbours/neighbors!