After successfully solving an alphametics
w1+w2=w3,where those three words spelled out the surnames of three famous Scottish writers WG sent the solution (
216035+21754=237789) to his colleague, requesting him to reconstruct the original names and to mail his answer ASAP.
24 hours later a short message arrived: "A nice brush!"
Your comments are welcome...
(In reply to
re: researched answer by Ady TZIDON)
in this case, "Tam o'shanter" might be more appropriate! ;-)