tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post7984036167670184122..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 8, 2015): Blank and BlankBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9561928783164083772015-03-15T12:27:37.630-07:002015-03-15T12:27:37.630-07:00Even if Blaine wasn't referring to that, Will ...Even if Blaine wasn't referring to that, Will was, in today's NYT crossword. 120-A: How to make money "the old-fashioned way": EARN IT.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8497524631843257292015-03-15T10:39:36.685-07:002015-03-15T10:39:36.685-07:00Speaking of Hous(e)man, Blaine, I thought your clu...Speaking of Hous(e)man, Blaine, I thought your clue referred to <a href="https://youtu.be/yAMRXqQXemU" rel="nofollow">this</a>.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50388026098255207312015-03-15T10:15:50.152-07:002015-03-15T10:15:50.152-07:00Mea culpa. I know better, but type poorly!Mea culpa. I know better, but type poorly!Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49122399948787210672015-03-15T10:09:16.906-07:002015-03-15T10:09:16.906-07:00My Latin teacher, Miss Rosebrook, liked to say &qu...My Latin teacher, Miss Rosebrook, liked to say "It makes me ill when you spell Iliad with two els." And, yes, she was just what you would picture a 75-year-old Latin teacher named Corinne Rosebrook to be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595337253386143827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16987513359854402682015-03-15T07:18:22.599-07:002015-03-15T07:18:22.599-07:00According to Housman, the usual way to solve this ...According to Housman, the usual way to solve this would be to note that MAHABHARATA is eleven letters, ILLIAD/ODYSSEY is 13 letters, etc.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23827892984095592192015-03-15T06:53:50.349-07:002015-03-15T06:53:50.349-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.patjberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593445116920910239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76852881756736590362015-03-15T06:42:55.587-07:002015-03-15T06:42:55.587-07:00An author published in the original collection of ...An author published in the original collection of the former and the author of the collection of the latter share the same nativity.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40719524811296501512015-03-15T06:26:29.004-07:002015-03-15T06:26:29.004-07:00The author is from a very frigid place.The author is from a very frigid place.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-84107508870536795102015-03-15T06:20:11.523-07:002015-03-15T06:20:11.523-07:00OOPS. Hadn't seen the Google collection connec...OOPS. Hadn't seen the Google collection connection.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3507701546895588762015-03-15T06:08:56.348-07:002015-03-15T06:08:56.348-07:00Agreed.
When first published, this collection us...Agreed. <br /><br />When first published, this collection used pica-sized type. Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53294673061602387732015-03-15T06:01:13.294-07:002015-03-15T06:01:13.294-07:00Also a giveaway. How's this for a guideline: ...Also a giveaway. How's this for a guideline: if you Google "collection of stories" and a phrase in your hint, and the answer appears on the first page of hits, it's too obvious.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76931465238232971232015-03-15T05:33:29.285-07:002015-03-15T05:33:29.285-07:00Now I am wondering why it took Jim so long to figu...Now I am wondering why it took Jim so long to figure it out.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7123877315950609322015-03-15T05:30:17.229-07:002015-03-15T05:30:17.229-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-72425643743080163652015-03-15T05:29:11.972-07:002015-03-15T05:29:11.972-07:00That's a bit too much of a giveaway.That's a bit too much of a giveaway.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62961676833375691362015-03-15T05:26:57.294-07:002015-03-15T05:26:57.294-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881383607509159552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-30575337756455291552015-03-15T05:20:08.693-07:002015-03-15T05:20:08.693-07:00Next week's challenge: The challenge came from...Next week's challenge: The challenge came from Ed Pegg Jr., who runs the website mathpuzzle.com. <i>Parables of Jesus</i> is an old collection of stories. Remove three of the 15 letters in this phrase and rearrange the 12 letters that remain to get another old collection of stories. What is it?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-34541091299881377432015-03-15T05:17:10.345-07:002015-03-15T05:17:10.345-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3114012179844243852015-03-14T21:26:07.012-07:002015-03-14T21:26:07.012-07:00HAPPY SUPER-PI DAY 3-14-15 @ 9:26 PM !<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/_lulu/16187426133/" rel="nofollow"><b><i>HAPPY SUPER-PI DAY</i></b></a> 3-14-15 @ 9:26 PM !ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73763886035396423392015-03-14T16:43:20.285-07:002015-03-14T16:43:20.285-07:00Btw, 5-25=42 :)Btw, 5-25=42 :)zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-81638349481020908282015-03-14T16:29:40.413-07:002015-03-14T16:29:40.413-07:00Just got back in town. A glorious happy pi day to ...Just got back in town. A glorious happy pi day to one and all. Mamaw Zeke was born on towel day, 5-25, not to be confused with tau day, 6-28.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50915162350168327882015-03-14T05:44:27.591-07:002015-03-14T05:44:27.591-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.MrSciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112686794893154281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27982279420467600402015-03-13T22:47:54.151-07:002015-03-13T22:47:54.151-07:00I meant I don't know the exact order of the nu...I meant I don't know the exact order of the numbers. I know the numbers themselves. Pi just ends up being an infinite list of numbers. That's my point.patjberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593445116920910239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87102197799121901752015-03-13T22:05:46.669-07:002015-03-13T22:05:46.669-07:00patjberry,
You wrote:
“All I know about Pi is it ...patjberry,<br /><br />You wrote:<br />“All I know about Pi is it goes 3.14 and then trails off in a long list of numbers. I hardly know any of them after 3.14.”<br /><br />No, I bet you know all of them. They are all the usual suspects: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0.<br /><br />There is lots of pretty good Pi Day revelry over at <a rel="nofollow">Puzzleria!</a> this week, including the following limerick I just recently posted:<br /><br /><b>Three-Point-Four-From-Plenty-Blackboards Pi</b><br /><br />Zero blackbirds are baked in my pie,<br />Only blackboards from class, math and sci:<br /> Constants, signs, an ellipse<br /> Decimal points, superscripts<br />Shall Pi lovers’ taste buds satisfy.<br /><br />Reads my recipe: “Add one sweet P<br />To an mc2 Equivalency,<br /> Fold around one hot current (sIc)<br /> With a whisk or a stir-in stick…<br />Bake, let cool, and then serve P-I-E!”<br /><br />Serve up one 2.7 ounce segment<br />Then a slice with a sweet P-green pigment…<br /> What remains in the pan<br /> Is not pumpkin, pecan <br />But of <i>i</i>magination a figment.<br /><br />LegoPiAreSomewhatCylindrical<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21516966285075252042015-03-13T12:48:09.173-07:002015-03-13T12:48:09.173-07:00Awkward pause after "pi are squared, no pie a...Awkward pause after "pi are squared, no pie are round" joke just now on Science Friday.<br /><br />Thanks for the limericks!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27561418968657686902015-03-13T11:30:12.137-07:002015-03-13T11:30:12.137-07:00If you need a crutch, pjb, how about:
God, I need...If you need a crutch, pjb, how about:<br /><br /><b>God, I need a drink! Alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.</b><br /><br />(Count the letters.)<br /><br />Or, for teetotalers:<br /><br /><b>Can I have a Pepsi? Carbonate it please. Right now!</b><br /><br /><br />Word Woman likes limericks:<br /><br /><b>If, inside a circle, a line<br />Hits the center and runs spine to spine,<br /> And the line's length is <i>D</i>,<br /> The circumference will be<br /><i>D</i> times 3.14159.</b><br /><br />Or:<br /><br /><b>It's a favorite hobby of mine<br />A new value of pi to assign.<br /> I would fix it at 3<br /> 'Cause it's easier, you see,<br />Than 3.14159.</b>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.com