Thursday, September 19, 2013

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2013): Noteworthy Names of the 20th Century

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2013): Noteworthy Names of the 20th Century:
Q: Name a well-known person from the 20th century who held an important position. Take the first and last letters of this person's last name, change each of them to the next letter of the alphabet, and you'll get the last name of another famous person who held the same position sometime after the first one. Who is it?
I got the answer right away, then thought, wait they didn't hold the same position. Anyone think the same thing for a moment?

Edit: I started looking at a list of Presidents. Ford immediately led to Gore, but then I thought, Gore wasn't president... then it dawned on me. My (not very good) hint was the word "for".
A: FORD & GORE were both Vice Presidents in the 20th century

139 comments:

  1. Here's my standard reminder... don't post the answer or any hints that could lead directly to the answer (e.g. via a chain of thought, or an internet search) before the deadline of Thursday at 3pm ET. If you know the answer, click the link and submit it to NPR, but don't give it away here.

    You may provide indirect hints to the answer to show you know it, but make sure they don't give the answer away. You can openly discuss your hints and the answer after the Thursday deadline. Thank you.

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    1. They held the same position and they almost held the same position.

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    2. One of the people is closely related to one of the pictures on the cover of Blaine's book.

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    3. George Custer held his position for a few minutes, but then was repositioned.

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  2. Congratulations on being mentioned by name on the show, Blaine's Puzzle Blog! :)

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  3. Also see Zeke Creek's Freudian slip at the end of last week's blog.

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    1. WW, or should I say purple purple, my best work is mistakes. :-)

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    2. Zeke Creek, purple purple? All I come up with is violet, violet, violet, violet. Scratching my head about your comment.

      If you were in Colorado now we'd elevate you to Zeke River. Hoping things are ok along the North Platte onto the plains of CO and NB.

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    3. The following feature Sunday morning covered a woman who associated letters and numerals with colors. You, my friend, are a light shade of purple (w) x red (2).

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    4. Yes, I am.

      Zeke Creek, are you in de glow? :-)

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    5. I guess you could say that I'm Old Yeller. :-)

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  4. Indeed. A little stab at the Council of the Nine.

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    1. Important? You want important? How about 95-year old June Foyer, the voice of Natasha and Rocky, the fearless flying squirrel, also featured this morning on the show. She sounds wonderful, darlink!

      It's been a fun morning. Let's see what the afternoon brings.

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    2. Oops! Waiting in the foyer to listen to Ms Foray! Forays in forgiveness, please.

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    3. "not worth a bucket of warm piss".

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    4. Thanks for the pointer to the June Foray interview, WW. Rocky and Bullwinkle and Natasha and Trader Joe's in one segment: a few of my favorite things!

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    5. Jan, me too! Rocky and Bullwinkle J. Moose were so beloved at our house. I learned about Minnesota, the wonders of moose, and Uncle Dewlap. When Bullwinkle broke the fourth plane and said insightful things directly into the "camera," I knew moose were really pretty smart...Others could think as they pleased. ;-)

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    6. Jan and WW,

      I too was an R&B aficionado. In one episode, I vaguely recall, Bullwinkle was engaged in a quest for “The Kerwood Derby.” He ambled around in some kind of hypnotized trace repeating, “Derby. Derby. Got to find the Derby.”

      Lego…

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  6. Super zee, at the end of last week's blog, reminded me of a time when I was hanging with friends in a certain part of Africa.....

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  7. After listening to the puzzle, I went for a long bike ride, as usual. With my helmet on, of course. It occurred to me that the first person's first name contains the second person's first name. (Sounds like legalese -- "the party of the first part v. the party of the second part".) Some people say the second person's career reach a nadir because of.... hey, that's ironic!

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    1. Jan,
      “With (your) helmet on, of course!?” Is that some kind of subtle Michael-Dukakis-in-the-tank-sporting-a-Snoopy-helmet” hint? Massachusetts governor qualifies as an important position. And, if I recall correctly, wasn’t a subsequent Massachusetts governor named Josh Eukakit?
      Joshing aside, I liked your legalesey hint to this easy puzzle.
      Here’s my “uneasy” hint to this easy puzzle:
      An American pop singer’s last name, which she was not born with, is the same as the second person’s last name. And her first name is a homophone of the first name that the first person was born with.
      Lego…

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    2. Lego, I like your uneasy hint almost as much as I like RoRo's (below), and, if I knew anything about basketball, I'd probably like Lorenzo's even better.
      All I can add is that when the party of the second part was in the position in question, said person's spouse and boss shared a birthday, and that has nothing whatsoever to do with the party of the first part, to my knowledge. How lame is that?

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    3. WW:
      32.190476.............
      go figure

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  8. I got my fare and just a nickel to spare

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  9. Congratulations, Emily/missmacinthorpe: You were great this morning!

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    1. I agree. Great job, Emily! (How do you know all those random facts?)

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    2. Thank you both. :) I was hoping they would edit out the "mice nets" part! There was an additional clue that was cut out; the answer was "mach number" (as in airplane speed).

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  10. This one is easy. Don't be a procrastinator, a foot-dragger, a cunctator, a postponer. Post your answer now.

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    1. If your name is Nick, is that your name or your nickname? ;-)

      Post now, but not here.

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    2. FOOT-DRAGGER anagrams to G. FORD + A. GORE + T.

      Both held the position of Vice President and earlier Congress men from their respective states. (2 positions in common).

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  11. One might say they assumed the position differently.

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  12. These two people also have in common something which did not happen to him/her, although in one's case in a more notable way than the other!

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  13. Deconstruct the last name of a basketball coach to get the first name of one of the persons and the last name of the other.

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    1. When I figured out who's your big disconnect for this dying quail I just slapped myself in the head.

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  14. Anyone remember the soft drink with the same name as the position? (And, no, I'm not being gross here!)

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    1. No, and it wasn't Missionary?

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    2. I'm assuming, Jan, that the grossness is referring to a well-known description of the position.

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    3. Yes. But the soft drink was real.

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    4. Jan, Orange Crush? ;-)

      Go Broncos. A Manning QB will get a W. And one will get an L.

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  15. To find the answer I had to focus on my A-line skirt.

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  16. I solved this hours ago, but have not been able to post due to a cookie problem I hope I now have under control.

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  17. Finally! Now that I can post again I will refrain from posting my intended hint as someone already posted one that is similar. Anyway, we are now back to simple and stupid puzzles again as I suspected we would be. No one should need any hints this week in order to solve this.

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  18. It was interesting listening to Will this morning when he said he reads this blog every... He did not finish that sentence and I am wondering if he was going to say week or once in while. It would be interesting to know, don't you think?

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    1. Pretty much every week, actually :-)

      --Will Shortz

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    2. Thanks for the reply, Will. I, and I imagine everyone else here, will appreciate the quick response. And the Marc Antony puzzle was outstanding!

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    3. It's delightful to know that you're reading this blog, Dr. Shortz. The Crossword Man's Blog (http://www.crosswordmanblog.com/) is outstanding as well.

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    4. Will, I hope you have developed a fairly thick skin after reading some of our comments over the summer. I know my skin has gotten decidedly thicker after joining Blaine's Puzzle Blog.

      Thanks for the shout out today. Blaine is such a fearless leader, our own Rocky, the flying squirrel. Blaine, were your servers swamped today? ;-)

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    5. curtisjohnsonimages:
      Perhaps you could explain what exactly is so "outstanding" about the other blog. Is it that there is almost no participation? Is it that most comments are nothing more than a guess at the number of respondents? Is it that hints are discouraged? Is it that discussion is only allowed as long as it is saccharine? Is it that speech is discouraged when it is not in agreement with another poster and then the blog administrator threatens to shut down the entire blog unless we all act like nice little children and then get to have ice cream? Is that what you mean? If so, then what about democracy, I ask you? Where is the forum for freedom of speech in this repressive country we have done our best to destroy? Pathetic!

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    6. Dr. Will,
      Thanks for joining us today on Blaine’s blog; that’s what is known as “making nice.” Sure, we can be a tough crowd but I appreciate your weekly puzzles. I trust that is the sentiment of many others here also. Our occasional quibbles concerning your quizzing (i.e., “puzzles are too easy!”) are offered in a constructive and benevolent spirit. You, and Rachel too, deserve kudos for establishing on-the-spot supportive rapport with on-air puzzle players, as exemplified this morning with Emily Jackson whom you encouraged as she breezed through most questions, except for that crosswordese “oread/mountain nymph” toughie that Rachel also blanked on.
      (Speaking of mythological crosswordese, if a dryad/forest nymph served nectar to Zeus at the Mt. Olympus “Tau. Gamma. Iota. Friday’s” I’ll bet he would tip her with a wooden nickel. [hint, hint])
      Lego…

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    7. Here here, SDB!!! My thoughts exactly.

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    8. Thank you Natasha. I do hope you live here in Seattle so that I might have the pleasure of treating you to a fine cocktail at the top of the Space Needle sometime soon.

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    9. SDB,

      I really don't think my simple shout-out to Ross & Magdalen justified such a vitriolic monologue. If you don't enjoy their blog, don't participate. They are doing something different than this blog, and that's fine.

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    10. Regarding increased visitors, yes there was a small spike (about double the normal hourly traffic) on Sunday morning, but it has settled down once again.

      But if there are any new visitors to the blog that have decided to stay, please feel free to join the puzzle conversation.

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    11. Or, as I often find, ". . . the puzzling conversation."

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    12. So true, Bob K.

      I am curious, Blaine...what is the normal Sunday morning hourly traffic? How many folks are stopping by but not joining our puzzling conversation?...And why not (you know who you are). ;-)

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    13. CJI:
      I won't bother myself to directly answer your question since my above post fully does that already and you haven't done anything to answer the question I posed in that post, which I fully stand behind each word of. However I will make a suggestion to you to bother yourself a little and read the truly outstanding essay, "Visit to Turkey: Dinner
      with the Ambassador" by Miller, Arthur - The Nation, Vol. 240, May 18, 1985. www.questia.com/library/1G1-3777503/visit-to-turkey-dinner-with-the-ambassador

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    14. SDB,

      Please reread my post; no question appears. It's a statement, not a question.

      Further:
      First of all, I'm not going to sign up for a subscription site to read your recommendations. I have enough to read and to do without homework assignments from you. Second, I don't see an analogy between a repressive state and a puzzle blog. Third, you come across as a bully who can't handle any dissent from your views. You are, in fact, doing exactly what you claim to abhor: trying to repress my views in favor of your own. Get over yourself. Your view is not the only acceptable opinion.

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    15. CJI:
      Your post seems to imply a question and that is what I am referring to, but more to the point, I find it odd you say, "you come across as a bully who can't handle any dissent from your views." Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? It is your use of the word "outstanding" to describe that blog that I am dissenting about. I think perhaps you do not understand that I am not attacking you, but simply taking advantage of your post in order to express my feelings regarding that other blog after Magdalen's post a few days ago where she again closed all discussion of the puzzle. Had I posted my thoughts there, which I wanted to do, not only would almost no one see them, but they most likely would have been removed. You and your initial post simply provided a convenient opening for me to express my feelings and you are perfectly entitled to your statement, but I still find it impossible to comprehend. I am sorry if you feel attacked by my asking what you label "vitriolic" questions, but in fact are simply honest questions.

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    16. Wow, SDB, you're taking Magdalen's comments way too seriously. If you really need to express your views, you have all the freedom in the world to create your own blog and write whatever you want. Please don't drag me into your beef with Ross and Magdalen's blog. Like I said before, if their blog doesn't suit your needs, stop participating. For now, all you're doing is making this blog less enjoyable with your rants.

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    17. Well CJI, you started this with your statement and I simply asked some questions which seem to upset you because you are unable to answer them. Who is ranting now?

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    18. I did not "start" anything. I posted a link to a blog, with which you have an issue. And, it is only your issue; take it up with Magdalen, not me.

      I am able to answer your questions, but unwilling because I don't agree with your premise that you should be able to write whatever you want on another person's blog. I've had enough of this. I'm signing off of this blog for now. When I choose to return, I will do so with the hope that you realize puzzle blogs should be about the enjoyment of puzzles, and the discussion should be at the discretion of the blog owner.

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    19. Unfortunately, Leo (below)one boater took his oar and went home. Controversial state of affairs

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  19. You need both oars in the water to solve this one.

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  20. Surprised that no one has yet mentioned that both names are common words.

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  22. Contrary to the opinion of some others here I’m all for easier puzzles. Saves time Sunday mornings.

    Chuck

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  23. Wonder if this position would eventually be held by a space alien?

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    1. Greetings, Earthling. You must come with me and do my bidding.

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    2. Only a Coloradoan! When I first moved here, the Mork and Mindy House was at the top of the list of requested landmarks...

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  24. Jan -

    Not only are the names common words, the middle part of the names - the part that isn't slid down the alphabet - is also a common word.

    Chuck

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  25. One of these people is famous for not inventing something.

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    1. A parent and facilitator rather than an inventor.

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    2. High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991, The Gore Bill, funded the expansion of the ARPANET, (anagram of "A parent") facilitating development of (rather than invention of} the Internet.

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  26. You can take the common middle letters and the 4 outside letters to anagram a common word.

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  27. Here is something new for everyone: ANTIGRAMS

    An antigram is a word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to produce an opposite meaning. Here are a few:

    ABET = BEAT
    ABOMINABLE = BON, AMIABLE
    ADVERSARIES = ARE ADVISERS
    ANTAGONIST = NOT AGAINST
    BOASTING = IT’S NO GAB
    COMMENDATION = AIM TO CONDEMN
    CONVENTIONAL = I VOTE NON-CLAN
    DEFIANT = FAINTED
    DEMONIACAL = A DOCILE MAN
    FASHIONABLE = FINE? HA, A SLOB!
    FILLED = ILL-FED
    FORBID = BID FOR
    HIBERNIANS = BANISH ERIN
    HOME RUN HITTER = I’M NOT RUTH HERE
    HONESTLY = ON THE SLY
    HONOREES = NO HEROES
    INDISCRIMINATE = DISCERN AIM IN IT
    INNERMOST = I NEST ON RIM
    LEGION = LONE GI
    NOMINATE = I NAME NOT
    PROSPEROUS = POOR PURSES
    ROUSING = SOURING
    THOMAS A. EDISON = TOM HAS NO IDEAS
    TIMBERLESS = TREES, LIMBS
    WOMANISH = HOW MAN IS

    Without any rearrangement at all, IMPARTIALLY can be read as I’M PART, I ALLY. And DEFENCE is DE-FENCE!

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    1. Sorry Ron, people not seemingly "interested" in your antigrams. I guess you "need rest it" cause you planted a "seed inertt" LOL.

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    2. I "resign" from offering anything new, but I will "re-sign" when there is a "need to rest it."

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    3. Ron, confused here...Auntie or Gram...but not both ;-).

      Ellipsis...not involving the sun or moon...

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  28. Actually, each also held another (corresponding) position. Their occupancy of this other position also fulfills the premise of the puzzle.

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  29. I do not accept Will's description that these two individuals occupied the same position, since one was clearly more "on the job" than the other and left a legacy.

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  30. We will let the significant other talk about the legacy.

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  31. Without saying too much: he's done it again!

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  32. If you take the first name of the first person and remove the gastroesophageal reflux disease, you're left with the first name of the second person.

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  33. Gerald Ford & Al Gore

    I did not post a hint to this one because I had hours of trouble trying to post due to a cookie problem and when I finally was able someone had already posted a similar hint to the one I intended. I had intended to post something about if having problems solving this puzzle, just hang in there and the answer will come. A hint at hanging chad, but someone else already used hanging as a hint and adding mine would have been a giveaway. Later I thought about hinting by posting something about gumming up the works, but again thought it a bit too revealing with all the previous hints. That was referring to Lyndon Johnson saying Gerald Ford was so dumb he couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time. I have heard he actually said fart at the same time, but chewing gum at the same time is funnier. None of this prevented me from receiving a few curt replies though. :-)

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  34. Gerald Ford, Albert Gore

    Last Sunday I said, “Contrary to the opinion of some others here I’m all for easier puzzles.” For as in Ford.

    Chuck

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  35. FORD -> GORE

    > There must be a step-by-step method of solving this one.

    I.e., an AL-GORE-rhythm. (That's an amusing image.)

    > I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, unless it's washed out, like all of those in Colorado that we've been seeing on the news.

    In the GORE-Tex Vortex.

    > What'll I do then?

    FORD the river.

    > One of the people is closely related to one of the pictures on the cover of Blaine's book.

    FORD was on the Warren Commission, which investigated the JFK assassination (upper right photo).

    > After listening to the puzzle, I went for a long bike ride, as usual. With my helmet on, of course.

    Lyndon Johnson claimed that FORD played too much football in college without a helmet. (FORD and GORE were both captains of their football teams, but I don't think that's what Will meant by "an important position".)

    > It occurred to me that the first person's first name contains the second person's first name. (Sounds like legalese -- "the party of the first part v. the party of the second part".)

    FORD and GORE belonged to different parties, of course.

    > Some people say the second person's career reached a nadir because of.... hey, that's ironic!

    My wife has never forgiven me for voting for Ralph Nader.

    > Anyone remember the soft drink with the same name as the position?

    "Veep never spoils your appetite."

    > (And, no, I'm not being gross here!)

    John Nance Garner, the 32nd Vice-President, said the office wasn't worth "a bucket of warm piss". That's important?

    > Without saying too much: he's done it again!

    Tuesday, 9/17, NY Times crossword: 21A: "Reason for an R rating": GORE. This happens way too much to be random.

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    1. jan, reminds me of one of the Al Gore jokes I made up long ago. The idea being Al Gore dances mathematically. He employed algorithm.

      But my favorite Al Gore joke is, why did Al Gore go to the dentist?

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    2. OK, why did Al Gore go to the dentist?

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    4. I thought you might ask. :-)

      Because of an inconvenient tooth.

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    5. His appointment was at 2:30.

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    6. Cannibals prefer dentists because they are usually filling.

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  36. Vice Presidents GERALD FORD ---->>>> AL GORE

    "Tip-off" referred to Tipper Gore.

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  37. Ford/Gore: my clue re-"Not worth a warm bucket of piss," and its' unimportance, quote by John Nance Gardner, FDR VP and vice presidency not being important (until it becomes important).

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    1. I thought this clue was out of bounds, since googling it gets you directly to the vice presidency.

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    2. I agree with you on this one, Jan.

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    3. Technically indirect. If you still disagree, forgive me!

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    4. Sounds like a hanging chad problem. But no worries, benmar12001. Not a big deal (unlike FL in 2000).

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    5. Ben, I don't think forgiveness is what you seek when we're talking about Gerald Ford. The word you're looking for is pardon ;-)

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    7. I, a democrat, actually liked President Ford!

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  38. "thought it might be quite a struggle to come across [ FORD ]the answer, but actually it didn't put up much of a fight; no blood [ GORE ]was shed."

    "These two people also have in common something which did not happen to him/her, although in one's case in a more notable way than the other!" -- Both never had the experience of being elected to the Presidency -- FORD because he was appointed and never ran in the national election, and GORE because he lost the election, but given the conditions of the 2000 election settlement, it may be an open question as to which was the more notable process.

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  39. If I'm not mistaken, Ford is the only Vice President and President not elected to either office.

    Chuck

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  40. From earlier this week:

    "You can take the common middle letters and the 4 outside letters to anagram a common word."

    OR + FD + GE -> FORGED

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  41. Blaine, back in the day when I thought your clue was clever, I was working on the names of two XXth century amateur Greco-Roman wrestlers. So having the wrestlers be in the same position in the wrestling circle was what I envisioned...Guess I was trying to hard to fit it in with Mike Pesca's Olympic discussion.

    My son, the non-Olympic squash player, has just returned from five five squash competitions down under. ;-) Might we say he is now stateside, "up over?"

    For you, Ron, Anti Podes :-)

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    1. Edit: "five months of squash competitions." My keyboard has the hiccups.

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  42. Write you are, WW. When I got the answer I started singing Chatanooga choo choo , particularly the line "I can afFORD to board, then I remembered Gore was from Tennesee but I did not want to use that line so I used the I got my fare line.
    "controversial state" of course was Florida.

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  43. "Hanging w friends in Africa" referred to the hanging chad.

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  44. My hints:
    “…if a dryad/forest nymph served nectar to Zeus at the Mt. Olympus “Tau. Gamma. Iota. Friday’s” I’ll bet he would tip her with a wooden nickel. [hint, hint]” (Ford’s and Gore’s better halves were Betty, “bet he,” and Tipper, “tip her.” "Wooden nickel": Both VPs have been accused of having rather wooden personalities.)
    In my “uneasy” hint in an earlier post, the American pop singer is Lesley Gore (nee Goldstein). President Ford’s birth name was Leslie Lynch King.
    Lego…

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    1. Lego, I thoroughly enjoyed "bet he" and "tip her." Very clever and a wee bit twee.

      Thanks, we needed that sweet and gentle clue this week.

      ~~Purple WW~~

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  45. WW,
    Thanks for the kind words. Twee is a great word (etymologically in the same category as widdle icky Boo-boos. Yogi Berra/Bear suffered many such knuckle nicks and finger dings while snagging knuckleballs at Yankee Stadium and picnic baskets at Jellystone Park.)
    Lego bricks are… Flame-Reddish-Orange

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  46. Lego, I am also a twee fan and a Jellystone fan. Hoping for more twee, less tweet of late. Flame-Reddish-Orange did not link to anything but I can picture you as that.;-)

    The blog wore me out this week.

    Anyway, have some twee dreams til we discover what Will has in store for tomorrow!

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  47. The hatred Republicans, especially the Tea Party Republicans, have for President Barrack Obama cannot be overstated. This is especially true for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a total jerk who will stop at nothing to defeat the president and has openly stated so. It was recently suggested that these two men meet and settle this dispute in a battle to the death which would be decided by Russian Roulette. Obama said he would agree to this under two conditions. First off the revolver would only be loaded with one round of live ammunition and second that he was to go first. In a characteristic fit of obstinacy Mitch McConnell demanded that the revolver be fully loaded in all six cylinders and that he would go first. My opinion of our president has elevated substantially.

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  48. Next week's puzzle is up:

    The name of what character, familiar to everyone, contains each of the five vowels (A, E, I, O and U) exactly once? The answer consists of two words — eight letters in the first word, four letters in the second.

    Submit Your Answer

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    2. Great giveaway! That will spoil it for everyone here.

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    3. SBD
      I imagine that this one was really easy for you.

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  49. Nice one! Tricky, but Will gives a big hint in the clue, as printed.

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  50. That was easy. Now I can go back to bed.

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  51. If anyone is interested perhaps we could meet a lesser used week when the number is approaching 200.
    Zeke

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