tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post6357446394438279230..comments2024-03-29T04:50:38.638-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 8, 2013): This City is Going PlacesBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29455007063318305062013-12-15T15:29:46.908-08:002013-12-15T15:29:46.908-08:00Oh, yes, a berm where you'da expect to find lo...Oh, yes, a berm where you'da expect to find love triangles.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40935068629513873702013-12-15T14:36:41.867-08:002013-12-15T14:36:41.867-08:00Love is a many-layered thing. . .and sometimes mak...Love is a many-layered thing. . .and sometimes makes you cry (or takes you to Bermuda)?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-84997264646938112012013-12-15T12:03:47.130-08:002013-12-15T12:03:47.130-08:00Yes, Lorenzo, you are quick this morning.Yes, Lorenzo, you are quick this morning.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39414407741626400142013-12-15T07:55:39.791-08:002013-12-15T07:55:39.791-08:00Reminds me of something that could go with a scene...Reminds me of something that could go with a scene in "To Kill A Mockingbird."benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22278681841827997622013-12-15T06:33:55.441-08:002013-12-15T06:33:55.441-08:00SDB, do I detect a hint in your comment?SDB, do I detect a hint in your comment?Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38886934763453180932013-12-15T06:17:14.172-08:002013-12-15T06:17:14.172-08:00That didn't take long to answer.That didn't take long to answer.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-75250236154799756462013-12-15T06:16:03.586-08:002013-12-15T06:16:03.586-08:00The answer came to me almost immediately, which is...The answer came to me almost immediately, which is fortunate since lists of islands are thousands of entries long. There is a connection with last week's puzzle.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25515495734316202622013-12-15T06:11:43.207-08:002013-12-15T06:11:43.207-08:00New puzzle is up: Name an island in which some of...New puzzle is up: Name an island in which some of the letters appear more than once. Drop exactly two instances of each repeated letter. The remaining letters can be rearranged to name something to eat. What is it?Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13116661207710868792013-12-15T06:05:36.461-08:002013-12-15T06:05:36.461-08:00So what would you ask Will?
Think I will try subm...So what would <i>you</i> ask Will?<br /><br />Think I will try submitting my answer later in the week. Maybe that's the golden ticket.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26112484871837637292013-12-15T05:52:15.314-08:002013-12-15T05:52:15.314-08:00So what's with this (fairly recent) addition t...So what's with this (fairly recent) addition to the puzzle segment, "Do you have a question for Will Shortz?" It's not enough that he is Crossword Editor for the Times and Puzzle Master for NPR? Now he is becoming a celebrity -- maybe the next step is to become an actor? Oh, wait, he has already done that, made a guest appearance on "How I Met Your Mother"! Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-83403395328912942522013-12-15T05:34:32.273-08:002013-12-15T05:34:32.273-08:00I posted on Thu Dec 12, at 04:12:00 AM PST:
Altho...I posted on Thu Dec 12, at 04:12:00 AM PST:<br /><br />Although as has been pointed out, this week's puzzle is closely related to a past puzzle, I find it fiendishly clever of <b><i>Blaine</i></b> to have the closely related past puzzle and its answer <b><i>never showing up</i></b> if you go back to the Blaine's Puzzle Blog main page and then keep selecting the "Older Posts" link at the bottom. You just go <b><i>right past</i></b> the week in which the closely related puzzle and its answer appeared!<br /><br />Anyone remember when I once gave the hint "Mmmmm, I love onions!"?<br /><br />I believe it takes 7 clicks of "Older Posts" before "NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 5, 2012)" shows up. With that, no subject or title of that week's puzzle, only the note "The Cat is Away:" and an explanation that Blaine is away that week and a request to "Please play nicely and don't give the puzzle answer away."<br /><br />The actual NPR Sunday Puzzle for Aug 5, 2012 was "Take the name of a well-known U.S. city with four syllables. The first and last syllables together name a musical instrument, and the two interior syllables name a religious official. What city is it?" And the answer was Kalamazoo, MI; kazoo & lama.<br /><br />If you go to that thread, you'll see that I left there the following post:<br /><br />Thu Aug 09, 02:28:00 PM PDT<br /><br />I posted on Sun Aug 05, at 01:25:00 AM PDT:<br /><br />Mmmmm, I love onions!<br /><br />The song "I Love Onions", by Susan Christie, has a kazoo playing during part of the chorus.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27244100700570276562013-12-14T22:15:37.599-08:002013-12-14T22:15:37.599-08:00l l :
rather thought e e voking.l l :<br />rather thought e e voking.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90343872279025712862013-12-14T21:31:15.827-08:002013-12-14T21:31:15.827-08:00WW,
Capital, schmapital. Who Cares? Except maybe e...WW,<br />Capital, schmapital. Who Cares? Except maybe e.e. cummings. Here’s a limerick I wrote more than 40 years ago (in an issue of my college newspaper that was published entirely in lower case):<br />a lament of some newsprint typesetters,<br />“shortcummings have capital letters!”<br /> e.e. did erase<br /> by lowering his case<br />thus becumming a man of short letters.<br />lego…<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87118794781756836112013-12-14T20:36:17.031-08:002013-12-14T20:36:17.031-08:00 Glad you are a-ok. You will understand if I s... Glad you are a-ok. You will understand if I say aa!, LL or ll? The capitalizing here on BB is a wee bit ponderous. If I try to write jan or ron, for example, predictive text fixes the text to Jan or Ron so I generally just leave it. Is this important to folks?<br /><br /> Good luck on your word quest, Lego/lego. May a fourth be with you. ;-)<br /><br />WoRd WoMaNWord Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13642263037719860112013-12-14T18:21:20.187-08:002013-12-14T18:21:20.187-08:00WW,
Nothing at all’s wrong. I’m feelin’ fine. God’...WW,<br />Nothing at all’s wrong. I’m feelin’ fine. God’s in his or her heaven, all’s right with the world…<br />Hello. My name is LegoLambda and I am a verboholic. In words drown I! Help! Throw me a Lifebuoy, a LifeSaver. No, not a stinkin’ bar of soap (which would float were it Ivory) or a toroidal candy/breath mint (or is that an unholy holeless wannabe like “Certs… two, two, two mints in one?”). <br /> I need a lifeline, Regis. I am an unwitting (that is, a witless) victim of verbosity and verbobesity. Most people have no trouble wrapping up their posts after using a modicum of words, even only two or three or a handful. But not I. I have an addiction to my own diction. I am compelled to wordify, to indulge in bulging blog posts. <br />But I am heretofore turning over a new leaf of slimming Romaine lettuce. Let us all witness, please, that this very post is one step of twelve in the right direction. Though admittedly wordy, it is shorter than my median blog-post word count, roughly 378 calori… er, words.<br />(Standard bogus conditional apology: I am sorry if I offended anyone involved in {“your addiction here“}-Anonymous support groups, which indeed perform the work of angels., rebuilding self-respect and relationships, saving lives and souls.) <br />Leaner Meaner LeganonLambda…legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-52255098978802109622013-12-14T11:44:01.171-08:002013-12-14T11:44:01.171-08:00Sounds good, bromigo. How about when the weather b...Sounds good, bromigo. How about when the weather breaks? I'll send my email.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-19269361118892514872013-12-14T10:45:11.223-08:002013-12-14T10:45:11.223-08:00HumbugHumbugPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77358289066499282452013-12-14T10:12:58.065-08:002013-12-14T10:12:58.065-08:00For those of you who had never heard of the OSAGE ...For those of you who had never heard of the OSAGE ORANGE tree, watch CBS program "Elementary," the episode titled "Internal Audit," where this tree is featured, and which aired 12/12/13. See:<br /><br />http://www.cbs.com/shows/elementary/video/3wObFzWE_0Y9EpsOt_8k1vVcAK1_SjNy/elementary-internal-audit/<br /><br /><br /><br />ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-66623429779516017692013-12-14T06:04:01.894-08:002013-12-14T06:04:01.894-08:00Any explanation of Blaine's clue?Any explanation of Blaine's clue?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55867876315186130452013-12-13T17:56:30.018-08:002013-12-13T17:56:30.018-08:00A one-word post, lego? Is something wrong? ;-)A one-word post, lego? Is something wrong? ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17189968888057827742013-12-13T17:37:34.245-08:002013-12-13T17:37:34.245-08:00Ozmosis
lego...Ozmosis<br />lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90181816063689294022013-12-13T11:45:03.079-08:002013-12-13T11:45:03.079-08:00Come on, jan! Even I know the answer to that, alth...Come on, jan! Even I know the answer to that, although I don't watch TV, let alone "Let's Make a Deal" with Monty Hall. The answer is always behind the curtain! skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-64824868396399438952013-12-13T06:22:42.042-08:002013-12-13T06:22:42.042-08:00I think it's the temple rubbing. It's just...I think it's the temple rubbing. It's just not the same at church ;-).Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3857477353544692102013-12-13T06:15:17.878-08:002013-12-13T06:15:17.878-08:00Aha!, so, you are cheating!Aha!, so, you <b>are</b> cheating!janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-14398581965668518162013-12-13T06:12:10.331-08:002013-12-13T06:12:10.331-08:00I have no faith at all in any supernatural power, ...I have no faith at all in any supernatural power, but I find it curious how often we all find time to post at <b>exactly</b> 12:00 PST / 1:00 MST / 3:00 EST every Thursday. Looking at my schedule from yesterday, I see no break in the parade of patients, and yet...janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.com