tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post2217984607487210608..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 24, 2014): The 1960s vs. the 1990sBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16462336877897476442014-08-31T08:17:32.013-07:002014-08-31T08:17:32.013-07:00Since this puzzle was so easy, I started playing a...Since this puzzle was so easy, I started playing around with Google Translate on the first word. I find it fun to translate a word or sentence into another language, such as Macedonian, and then translate it back into English. It's almost always something similar, but not <b><i>quite</i></b> the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60389098556689455512014-08-31T07:56:35.653-07:002014-08-31T07:56:35.653-07:00So does the second word, unfortunately. So does the second word, unfortunately. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414999868454070433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44641169044953305522014-08-31T07:38:18.197-07:002014-08-31T07:38:18.197-07:00Bob K, perhaps Will was simply concerned about mak...Bob K, perhaps Will was simply concerned about making an anagrammatical mix-up.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57851382467647071402014-08-31T07:02:33.782-07:002014-08-31T07:02:33.782-07:00The first word also refers to some popular online ...The first word also refers to some popular online activities,Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8580339735528492162014-08-31T06:39:33.195-07:002014-08-31T06:39:33.195-07:00Please bear with me if I drone on, but I'm fee...Please bear with me if I drone on, but I'm feeling pretty good about my solution.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10423787123823416172014-08-31T06:07:31.867-07:002014-08-31T06:07:31.867-07:00Hmm,.... I've thought of a word that means &...Hmm,.... I've thought of a word that means "to come before", to which I can replace its last letter with <b><i>three</i></b> new letters to get "someone who comes after you - <b><i>to punish you!</i></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38942289718086490222014-08-31T05:59:32.746-07:002014-08-31T05:59:32.746-07:00Today (8/31)'s challenge is so easy that I can...Today (8/31)'s challenge is so easy that I can't think of a hint which wouldn't give it away immediately. But I do want to go back to a comment I made on August 14, wherein I said that Will Shortz seemed never to use the word "anagram." Today, he did use the word anagram in setting up the on-air puzzle. My apologies to Will, and may he not bring down a curse upon my children and their children and all the others who come after me.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27416754219006798632014-08-31T05:11:46.980-07:002014-08-31T05:11:46.980-07:00Next week's challenge: This challenge comes fr...Next week's challenge: This challenge comes from listener Peter Gwinn, a former writer for The Colbert Report. Think of a word that means "to come before." Replace its last letter with two new letters to get "someone who comes after you." These two words are unrelated etymologically. What words are they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8974486242024978672014-08-29T18:24:31.765-07:002014-08-29T18:24:31.765-07:00My computer has been down since Wednesday. Here...My computer has been down since Wednesday. Here's what I had intended to post on Thursday:<br /><br /><b>U THANT</b><br /><br /><br />“<b>U</b>” is an honorific roughly equivalent to<b> Mr.</b> in Burmese.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_U" rel="nofollow"><b>THANK U</b></a> (1998)<br /><br />“<b>EARTHNUT</b>” contains the letters U THANT + ER.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78896346937910420382014-08-28T19:13:50.480-07:002014-08-28T19:13:50.480-07:00Mr.Science,
That is a nice coincidence (and as far...Mr.Science,<br />That is a nice coincidence (and as far as we know, neither Auric nor U was much of a power hittler, both banjo hitters). There is also a nice tie-in between Auric Goldfinger’s shenanigans and the second of three puzzles this week over on <a href="http://puzzleria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Puzzleria!</a>, one that involves the Wizard of Oz.<br />New Puzzleria! puzzles uploaded there every Friday!<br /><br />As for this week’s NPR poser…<br />ecoarchitect, U could have hit me over the head with a hammarskjold and I still wouldn’t have solved it.<br />Still, I came so close, yet was so far. So, no Red Auerbach cigar!<br />I just chose the wrong U.N. Secretary General, the little known U Nothingcomparex 2, who succeeded U Thant and whose tenure lasted just a day or two. Sometimes his name is spelled U Nothingcomparex II, like they do with royalty, popes, and, at least for the time being, Super Bowls… Oh, excuse me, I mean “The Big Games.” I wasn’t sure what letter to change, what with the “2” and all, so I just changed the “x” to an “s” and, voila!, there appeared “Nothing Compares 2 U” penned by Prince, another world leader of sorts, and sung by another angst-ridden singer of the 1990s named Sinead who I think might have been related to a late cardinal from New York.<br /><br />Legoldfingerlegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65655328923948890022014-08-28T18:48:01.059-07:002014-08-28T18:48:01.059-07:00I wrote: 3 am is pretty early - in the Bay Area &...I wrote: 3 am is pretty early - in the Bay Area "A Lot Are Now In Sleep" deprivation.<br /><br />First letters spell ALANIS, and as others have noted her initials are am. My Only Regret Is Submitting Simple, Easy Tips Than Exhausting possibilities for her last name.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67985013747667949982014-08-28T14:46:31.684-07:002014-08-28T14:46:31.684-07:00And now ... The discovery no one cares about ... ...And now ... The discovery no one cares about ... U Thant and Auric Goldfinger both orchestrated something called "Operation Grand Slam."<br />Thant (or is it U?) was tying to rid the Congo of secessionists, while Goldfinger's goal was a bit more far reaching -- to rid the world of Pussy Galore, and to irradiate Ft. Knox's Gold supply, thus driving up the price of his holdings. Isn't this interesting? MrSciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112686794893154281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10077464964239607232014-08-28T13:28:35.401-07:002014-08-28T13:28:35.401-07:00U Thant - Thank U
King Idris - I Drinking, Country...U Thant - Thank U<br />King Idris - I Drinking, Country Western of course.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15663628678927619772014-08-28T13:26:09.551-07:002014-08-28T13:26:09.551-07:00SDB, I also went back in time when I was little gi...SDB, I also went back in time when I was little girl (yes, Ruth) and that name was like a household word I heard very often. <br /> I was stumped for a while. I focused on Burma and Laos but on heads of state. Jan, if you don't have a clue the grateful hint did not matter. I was searching to see if the Grateful Dead had gotten back together to make a new hit in the 90s LOL. <br /> Ruth, I thought you were speaking generally, did not realize you did not have answer. Your tip to concentrate on "World Leader" prompted me to think of UN Secretary General and led me to answer. I think it was exactly 1990 when I stopped focusing on popular music as "my music" so I missed this one which I am sure had to be controversial at the time.RoRohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762881841491412811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77771596579675790192014-08-28T13:22:50.086-07:002014-08-28T13:22:50.086-07:00The post I wanted to make but knew would be axed: ...The post I wanted to make but knew would be axed: " U-2 aerial photos shared during the Cuban Missile Crisis by one U (Kennedy) to another U.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29068281587467170532014-08-28T13:20:30.983-07:002014-08-28T13:20:30.983-07:00I wonder if Alanis Morissette ever recorded "...I wonder if Alanis Morissette ever recorded "Myanmar Shadow"?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20931524676684484502014-08-28T13:14:04.333-07:002014-08-28T13:14:04.333-07:00U N grateful. U thant.U N grateful. U thant.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68258389419617902482014-08-28T13:10:34.334-07:002014-08-28T13:10:34.334-07:00It was. a really. close shave.
this is my poor at...It was. a really. close shave.<br /> this is my poor attempt at a Burma Shave drive by advertisement.<br /> U Thant was Burmesezeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74303315868682442872014-08-28T13:08:43.514-07:002014-08-28T13:08:43.514-07:00There was a young man of Westphalia,
Who painted h...There was a young man of Westphalia,<br />Who painted his rear like a dahlia.<br />The drawing was fine,<br />The color divine,<br />But the scent... ah, that was a failiajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18494161465462328382014-08-28T13:07:30.161-07:002014-08-28T13:07:30.161-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91129116653526043562014-08-28T13:04:50.912-07:002014-08-28T13:04:50.912-07:00Dag hammer should an ex un secretary-general.Dag hammer should an ex un secretary-general.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13648538968991200102014-08-28T13:00:18.547-07:002014-08-28T13:00:18.547-07:00but roses but roses dahlias. un secretary-generalbut roses but roses dahlias. un secretary-generalzeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35107382226990318062014-08-28T12:57:49.759-07:002014-08-28T12:57:49.759-07:00taking off from skydive boys bullying post witth a...taking off from skydive boys bullying post witth a little bit of tauntingzeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20418742281753708352014-08-28T12:49:41.988-07:002014-08-28T12:49:41.988-07:00run ruled is also known as the mercy rule. mercy m...run ruled is also known as the mercy rule. mercy merci thank you.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-43488356515147195502014-08-28T12:16:58.002-07:002014-08-28T12:16:58.002-07:00Once again, my "take things too literally&quo...Once again, my "take things too literally" weakness sent me down the wrong path. "U" isn't a word, or is it? I can just hear Alanis saying "You Oughtta Know." Ah well, adieu til next time...Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414999868454070433noreply@blogger.com