tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post3463279504063173472..comments2024-03-29T04:50:38.638-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 11, 2013): Twisted Family TreeBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37541942448309992332013-08-20T11:35:40.296-07:002013-08-20T11:35:40.296-07:00And when you get to the end of that road in Scandi...And when you get to the end of that road in Scandinavia, you are Finnished.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40809605673890219732013-08-19T05:53:23.669-07:002013-08-19T05:53:23.669-07:00Sure. Stick a fork in me. Which reminds me of an...Sure. Stick a fork in me. Which reminds me of another favorite baseball quote, from Yogi Berra: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32392161393298873392013-08-18T17:40:52.854-07:002013-08-18T17:40:52.854-07:00Are you done?Are you done?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48165322913170551962013-08-18T08:55:01.335-07:002013-08-18T08:55:01.335-07:00Nice.Nice.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1950420553587044442013-08-18T06:08:28.929-07:002013-08-18T06:08:28.929-07:00Leo Durocher would have known the answerLeo Durocher would have known the answerSuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67805371605865136702013-08-18T04:58:48.384-07:002013-08-18T04:58:48.384-07:00I was thinking Washington Irving.I was thinking Washington Irving.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17841572306301748842013-08-18T04:46:21.749-07:002013-08-18T04:46:21.749-07:00James Fenimore Cooper might know the answer.James Fenimore Cooper might know the answer.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23638446835520907412013-08-18T04:42:09.209-07:002013-08-18T04:42:09.209-07:00I bet it will be a low turn out this week.I bet it will be a low turn out this week.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54764685181068523122013-08-18T04:36:15.178-07:002013-08-18T04:36:15.178-07:00What's the long of it?What's the long of it?benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-4730594476166631262013-08-18T04:34:44.234-07:002013-08-18T04:34:44.234-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-88221723335826390442013-08-18T04:02:16.461-07:002013-08-18T04:02:16.461-07:00Another easy puzzle this week:
The Roman numeral ...Another easy puzzle this week:<br /><br />The Roman numeral for 38 is XXXVIII. What is special or unusual about this Roman numeral that sets it apart from every other Roman numeral that can be written?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-64674746601298335722013-08-17T16:43:28.891-07:002013-08-17T16:43:28.891-07:00No, "that man" is the speaker's son....No, "that man" is the speaker's son. "That man's father" is the speaker". "My father" is, duh, the speaker's father. "My father's son" is the speaker again.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89863060437555766952013-08-17T13:45:26.517-07:002013-08-17T13:45:26.517-07:00@BB -
His son.
Chuck@BB -<br /><br />His son.<br /><br />ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60466315768541793232013-08-17T09:28:31.680-07:002013-08-17T09:28:31.680-07:00Is "that man's father" a reference t...Is "that man's father" a reference to that man, his son, or that man's father, himself? I would think he's talking about himself. Berkeley Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913009033961322912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29805385376641008882013-08-16T14:27:57.731-07:002013-08-16T14:27:57.731-07:00Better a Grandpa than a faux pas. ;-)Better a Grandpa than a faux pas. ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10070182417532332752013-08-16T14:15:20.857-07:002013-08-16T14:15:20.857-07:00Bravo, Uncle Chuck. They just don't make songs...Bravo, Uncle Chuck. They just don't make songs like that anymore.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-66408409325645003962013-08-16T12:41:16.605-07:002013-08-16T12:41:16.605-07:00@Bob K
I’m My Own Grandpa
A Song by Dwight Latham...@Bob K<br /><br />I’m My Own Grandpa<br />A Song by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe, 1947<br /><br />Many, many years ago<br />When I was twenty-three<br />I was married to a widow<br />Who was pretty as can be<br /><br />Now this widow had a grown up daughter<br />Who had hair of red<br />My father fell in love with her<br />And soon the two were wed<br /><br />This made my dad my son-in-law<br />And really changed my very life<br />For my daughter was my mother<br />'Cause she was my father's wife<br /><br />And to complicate the matter<br />Even though it brought me joy<br />I soon became the father<br />Of a bouncing baby boy, yes I did<br /><br />My little baby then became<br />My brother-in-law to Dad<br />And so became my uncle<br />Though it made me very sad<br /><br />For if he were my uncle<br />Then that also made him brother<br />Of the widow's grown-up daughter<br />Who of course was my step-mother<br />Don't you know?<br /><br />My father's wife then had a son<br />Who kept them on the run<br />And he became my grandchild<br />For he was my daughter's son<br /><br />My wife is now my mother's mother<br />And it makes me blue<br />Because although she is my wife<br />She's my grandmother too<br /><br />Now if my wife is my grandmother<br />Then I'm her grandchild<br />And every time I think of it<br />It nearly drives me wild<br /><br />'Cause now I have become<br />The strangest case you ever saw<br />As husband of my grandmother<br />I am my own grandpa<br /><br />I'm my own grandpa<br />I'm my own grandpa<br />It sounds funny I know<br />But it really is so<br />Oh, I'm my own grandpa<br /><br />ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32669980358246198872013-08-16T04:20:25.616-07:002013-08-16T04:20:25.616-07:00Spoiler Alert! This post contains spoilers, but w...Spoiler Alert! This post contains spoilers, but what do you expect from a spoiled mind?<br /><br />This puzzle reminds me of two great old science fiction short stories. Of course, I have forgotten the titles and the authors.<br /><br />In one, possibly with the title "The Knife", a time traveler breaks into a museum in the future, but only has time to smash a glass case and grab a knife before being whisked back to the present, where and when the object is found to be made of that sf convention, a "substance unknown to science" and resistant to all attempts at analysis. So the knife is placed in a glass case in a museum . . . <br /><br />The other story, more relevant to this puzzle, involves both time travel and sex change, in which, to be very brief, the narrator turns out to be his own father, his own mother, and his own child. I believe it ends with the line, "I know who I am, but who are all the rest of you?"<br /><br />If I have not simply imagined these stories, any further info would be welcome.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6263782632607423592013-08-15T20:57:56.751-07:002013-08-15T20:57:56.751-07:00Brothered to comment perhaps? ;-) But I have a sim...Brothered to comment perhaps? ;-) But I have a similar ennui.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60832905976440152242013-08-15T20:14:45.129-07:002013-08-15T20:14:45.129-07:00speaker seems to be gender neutral.speaker seems to be gender neutral.benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38795494025726613222013-08-15T18:49:22.333-07:002013-08-15T18:49:22.333-07:00Oh, I was thinking what can you do with a drunken ...Oh, I was thinking what can you do with a drunken sailor...Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-75170738954266178232013-08-15T18:47:18.094-07:002013-08-15T18:47:18.094-07:00Thinking of Shakespeare and other instances where ... Thinking of Shakespeare and other instances where geneology was not always known, the gender could well be either. Incest has likely happened without the parties knowing it was so. I agree with Ron on this one.<br /><br /> I didn't submit an answer this week, partly because it's been a <i>really</i> busy week, but also because the quality of the puzzles has gone way downhill this summer. William S., wherefore art thou interesting, challenging puzzles?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-69379303791119751512013-08-15T18:18:07.874-07:002013-08-15T18:18:07.874-07:00no maritime history is no navel history.no maritime history is no navel history.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12934949179364395522013-08-15T16:12:46.864-07:002013-08-15T16:12:46.864-07:00How's your nephew, John? That's not my ne...How's your nephew, John? That's not my nephew; that's my son, John.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57228548803051924972013-08-15T16:08:47.386-07:002013-08-15T16:08:47.386-07:00My regards to the Dutchie de Chucky: got my eye on...My regards to the Dutchie de Chucky: got my eye on the Dutchess de Creek as we speak.;-)zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.com