tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post8048664387903059240..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 14, 2014): I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight...Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56087089433074452602014-12-21T10:54:24.085-08:002014-12-21T10:54:24.085-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-19703962885723521922014-12-21T10:45:11.246-08:002014-12-21T10:45:11.246-08:00I apologize. I woke up and thought it was Friday....I apologize. I woke up and thought it was Friday.Uncle Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769784532885433156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27623809373695611872014-12-21T06:54:44.269-08:002014-12-21T06:54:44.269-08:00Isn't it Richard Gere anyway?Isn't it <i>Richard <b>G</b>ere</i> anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44579746082127743062014-12-21T06:23:31.528-08:002014-12-21T06:23:31.528-08:00Since the puzzle calls for an actress, the answer ...Since the puzzle calls for an actress, the answer can't be Richard Dere's brother Ryan.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60637179257877137472014-12-21T06:17:43.439-08:002014-12-21T06:17:43.439-08:00Part of a Christmas carol hint: As <something&...Part of a Christmas carol hint: As <something> as any <something><br /><br />Neither of the two <something>s is any part of the actress's name or the Christmas decoration part. It's just that if I revealed what the two <something>s are, Blaine would delete this post for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-4921033693015414172014-12-21T05:52:56.083-08:002014-12-21T05:52:56.083-08:00When the answer is a well-known actress, I obvious...When the answer is a well-known actress, I obviously can't use any of her roles or films/plays/TV as references. My hint-giving powers, feeble to begin with, are on life support!Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56604147284149380282014-12-21T05:22:09.328-08:002014-12-21T05:22:09.328-08:00On, Comet!, etc.On, Comet!, etc.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-19017371218881311662014-12-21T05:09:11.385-08:002014-12-21T05:09:11.385-08:00Next week's challenge: This week's challen...Next week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Peter Collins of Ann Arbor, Mich. Take the first and last names of a well-known actress. Her first name has two vowels. Change them both to new vowels, and the result names part of a common Christmas decoration. What is it?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13514091054706975232014-12-20T12:18:30.790-08:002014-12-20T12:18:30.790-08:00Blainesvillians:
This week’s Puzzleria! features...Blainesvillians:<br /><br />This week’s <a href="http://puzzleria.blogspot.com/2014/12/may-pax-be-upon-your-manger-o-little.html?showComment=1419104908714#c3400564076263492454" rel="nofollow"> Puzzleria!</a> features six Yuletide-themed puzzles, a half-dozen appetizers to Will’s NPR main course tomorrow… or to your Christmas dinner on Thursday, however you prefer to look at it. We post our Puzzleria! answers on Tuesdays, but you can post hints to your answers at any time.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />LegoGrinchNo<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-36700147525241203012014-12-20T03:21:05.497-08:002014-12-20T03:21:05.497-08:00(Sorry, there should be a ;-) emoticon at the end ...(Sorry, there should be a ;-) emoticon at the end of the previous post.)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22785534933930679622014-12-20T03:18:02.296-08:002014-12-20T03:18:02.296-08:00So, the same week that the Sony/DPRK hacking crisi...So, the same week that the Sony/DPRK hacking crisis is in the news, CAPTCHA protection mysteriously disappears from this blog site. Coincidence, or ???janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-88516350169391834762014-12-18T22:27:51.164-08:002014-12-18T22:27:51.164-08:00For those of you that use Google, Facebook, etc., ...For those of you that use Google, Facebook, etc., you need to watch this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s" rel="nofollow"><b>TED VIDEO</b></a>. Remember <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>DUCKDUCKGO.COM</b></a> does not track you. The internet is changing... You have much less choice and personal control than you formerly did...ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77062144026417669792014-12-18T20:01:22.666-08:002014-12-18T20:01:22.666-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65888519825147733792014-12-18T20:01:10.987-08:002014-12-18T20:01:10.987-08:00Oh, I am quite elite. I graduated from USNA in 19...Oh, I am quite elite. I graduated from USNA in 1972, spent five aimless years in the Navy, and then went to medical school via the Air Force, where afterwards I did my total of 24 years of service. Retired now from the military, but still working in clinics full time. When I am not working on the puzzle, that is. ---RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63187732627992747842014-12-18T18:48:34.294-08:002014-12-18T18:48:34.294-08:00Rob,
I thought you might have been a Georgetown HO...Rob,<br />I thought you might have been a Georgetown HOYA. <br /><br />Congrats on graduating from the USNA, and thanks for serving our country. I had a high school buddy that graduated from the USNA also (1969-73). You’ve got to be elite to get in.<br /><br />Speaking of elite, elite puzzle solver ron (see his post below) came up with ALAS/SALAM an alternative to Will’s intended AHOY/YAHOO. I considered that also, figuring Salam is likely some variant of Shalom, but also figured it would be to weird for Will, so didn’t even bother to DuckDuckGoose it.<br /><br />Early Sunday, at 8:25 AM, I posted a piggyback puzzle to Will’s puzzle. At the time, I had not yet come up with AHOY/YAHOO. I thought <a href="http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/interjections/" rel="nofollow">UMPH/HUMPH</a> was Will’s intended answer.<br /><br />Elite puzzle-solver ron soon posted a perfectly good answer (EGADS/HEADS) to my puzzle, but my intended answer was ACHOO/YAHOO. So, in my subsequent post acknowledging ron’s alternative answer I also gave clues to my intended answer: “one interjection is mouthed involuntarily (ACHOO), the other is related to the Internet (YAHOO). When Will’s intended answer dawned on me. I posthaste deleted my post that gave clues to my piggyback, fearing that ACHOO/YAHOO might somehow be a give-away to AHOY/YAHOO.<br /><br />If you haven’t checked out Blaine’s annual Chistmas puzzle, do so! It’s clever and fun, and the payoff is heartwarming.<br /><br />Speaking of Christmas puzzles, why not mosey and meander or scamper and skedaddle on over to my Puzzleria! puzzle blog early tomorrow (Friday) morning? You can feast on a generous Yuletide menu of “puzzle slices” holiday-seasoned just the way you like them.<br /><br />LegoTellItOnTheMountain<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1084187839823435542014-12-18T17:33:10.286-08:002014-12-18T17:33:10.286-08:00jan,
He obviously went on to have a maritime.
jan,<br />He obviously went on to have a maritime.<br />skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-80898077797920761702014-12-18T17:30:59.943-08:002014-12-18T17:30:59.943-08:00And what did you do after graduation? I used to ...And what did you do after graduation? I used to subscribe to the USNI Proceedings (no direct relation, I know), just because I thought it was a very interesting journal.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-64144333650412672972014-12-18T15:57:35.542-08:002014-12-18T15:57:35.542-08:00My clues -
Sesame street clue referred to cookie ...My clues - <br />Sesame street clue referred to cookie monster, who I'm sure would enjoy some chips ahoy. "....is really easy" was reference to Israel and its leader - Netan"yahu". Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-36623490125926181732014-12-18T15:03:43.511-08:002014-12-18T15:03:43.511-08:00My clue: "Reminds me, if I every go out to se...My clue: "Reminds me, if I every go out to sea, not forget my laptop!"benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17387867987103118952014-12-18T14:42:22.114-08:002014-12-18T14:42:22.114-08:00As I said, "I have two answers."
AHOY !...As I said, "I have two answers."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/AHOY" rel="nofollow"><b><i>AHOY</i></b></a> ! <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yahoo%5Binterjection%5D" rel="nofollow"><b><i>YAHOO</i></b></a> !<br /><br /><b><i>ALAS</i></b> ! <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salaam#Interjection" rel="nofollow"><b><i>SALAM</i></b></a> ! (Word for “peace” in Arabic)<br /><br /><br />My hint: “WOW” is related to “YAHOO.”ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50662095513576808092014-12-18T14:11:03.485-08:002014-12-18T14:11:03.485-08:00Thanks for reminding me, sdb, that in my second co...Thanks for reminding me, sdb, that in my second comment, after I had the answer, I noted that " unlike last week's Matt Gaffney meta answer, I'm not so swift." I hope that wasn't too revealing . . . or had the Yahoos already spilled the answer by that point?Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90088803555087907022014-12-18T14:07:10.548-08:002014-12-18T14:07:10.548-08:00AHOY >>> YAHOO
’"Happy as a clam a...<b>AHOY >>> YAHOO</b><br /><br />’"Happy as a clam at high tide!" was her exclamation' referred to the nautical AHOY!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-72651040358620639612014-12-18T13:28:30.976-08:002014-12-18T13:28:30.976-08:00Yahoo is a derogatory term coined by Jonathan Swif...Yahoo is a derogatory term coined by Jonathan Swift in 1726, in his "Gulliver's Travels." I wanted to post a hint to this, but again felt it too revealing. <br /><br />I never heard of the Netanyahu joke, but I have always referred to Benjamin Netanyahu as Benjamin Nutty Yahoo, as I think it fits him well.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65264783384563045162014-12-18T13:18:42.920-08:002014-12-18T13:18:42.920-08:00ahoy, yahoo
Last Sunday I said, “Blaine, I couldn...ahoy, yahoo<br /><br />Last Sunday I said, “Blaine, I couldn’t have said it better myself!” You said, “a hint that won't lead to the answer via a search engine.” Like Yahoo for instance :)<br /><br />Chuck<br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26424435192924549382014-12-18T13:14:10.146-08:002014-12-18T13:14:10.146-08:00"Teach" was a reference to Edward Teach,..."Teach" was a reference to Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard.<br />"E-mail" was a hint at Yahoo, and <br />"P.M. Mantz is the captain now" was an allusion to "Captain Phillips", where Muse (Barkhad Abdi) the pirate states "I'm the captain now".S. Loganshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03886700186076292640noreply@blogger.com