In reverse it's a fish dance move.Q: Name part of the human body. Switch the first two letters to get a two-word phrase for something that is worrisome. What is it?
Edit: Backwards it's NEMO DAB
A: ABDOMEN --> BAD OMEN
Sunday, May 27, 2018
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 27, 2018): There's Something Worrisome About My Body?
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 27, 2018): There's Something Worrisome About My Body?:
Edit: Backwards it's NEMO DAB
Edit: Backwards it's NEMO DAB
165 comments:
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ReplyDeleteYou may provide indirect hints to the answer to show you know it, but make sure they don't give the answer away. You can openly discuss your hints and the answer after the Thursday deadline. Thank you.
Trivial Pursuit
DeleteI found myself thinking about a fish, also.
ReplyDelete1:19
DeleteNo guts, no glory.
ReplyDeleteA PUNCH to the chest is just as worrisome as being helplessly thrown into a RAM PIT.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle is for the birds.
ReplyDeleteWe got it so fast I’m queasy!
ReplyDeleteFour unused clues for the on air challenge this week.
ReplyDeleteOn-air challenge: This week's puzzle is titled "Yo!" Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word ends in Y and the second word starts with O.
Ex. Colonel or major general —-> ARMY OFFICER
4. The nose, as a senser of smell →
9. Ruling by five or more justices on the Supreme Court →
10. When sending payment, alternative to cash or check →
13. Anton Chekhov play, with "The" →
As usual leave off posting the answers till Thursday so everyone has a chance to solve.
This week's puzzle reminds me of a 19th Century author with an inappropriate name.
DeleteBut since the puzzle was so easy, here are some other on-air challenges Mort didn't include (first word ends in Y and the second word starts with O):
16. Lately popular luggage type.
17. Oven cleaning product.
18. President's alternate name (note, it's not "creepy ogre").
19. Superman's friend.
20. Arboreal symbol.
21. Act up, for example.
22. Expedition beginning.
23. Leader of family musical group.
24. Loverboy singer
25. With "You", a heart-sung song.
26. What Stormy Daniels got (and no, it still isn't "creepy ogre").
27. Famous California road.
Some more clues tailored to the On Air Challenge. (first word ends in Y and the second word starts with O)
Delete28. Laugh-In announcer →
29. One of the twins who played on “Full House →
30. Petroleum company founded by Jean Paul →
31. Actor who played Dracula in the 90s →
32. Author of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories” →
33. Celebrity mother of Caroline and John Jr. →
34. Dirty Dancing actor →
35. Singer famous for the song “Iron Man” →
36. Daughter of # 35 →
37. Singer whose hits include "Candida" →
38. Arctic dwelling raptor →
A few more to honor Gina Haspell:
Delete39. Dummy who's a real doll.
40. Act One, Scene One, for example.
41. Juice brand.
42. What this torture is.
43. Part of "Farmer in the Dell" refrain.
44. What this torture is now.
16. Lately popular luggage type.-->carry on
Delete17. Oven cleaning product.-->Easy Off
18. President's alternate name (note, it's not "creepy ogre").-->Barry Obama
19. Superman's friend.-->Jimmy Olsen
20. Arboreal symbol.-->mighty oak, in 2004 designated the U.S. National Tree. Who knew?
21. Act up, for example.-->gay organization
22. Expedition beginning.-->day one
23. Leader of family musical group.-->Donny Osmond
24. Loverboy singer-->Billy Ocean
25. With "You", a heart-sung song.-->Crazy On (You)
26. What Stormy Daniels got (and no, it still isn't "creepy ogre").-->pay off
27. Famous California road.-->Highway One
39. Dummy who's a real doll.-->Danny O'Day
40. Act One, Scene One, for example.-->play opening
41. Juice brand.-->Simply Orange
42. What this torture is.-->nearly over
43. Part of "Farmer in the Dell" refrain.-->derry-o
44. What this torture is now.-->finally over
Answers to the unused clues and to my clues.
Delete4. The nose, as a senser of smell → olafactory organ
9. Ruling by five or more justices on the Supreme Court → majority opinion
10. When sending payment, alternative to cash or check → money order
13. Anton Chekhov play, with "The" → Cherry Orchard
28. Laugh-In announcer → Gary Owens
29. One of the twins who played on “Full House → Ashley Olsen
30. Petroleum company founded by Jean Paul → Getty Oil
31. Actor who played Dracula in the 90s → Gary Oldman
32. Author of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories” → Flannery O'Connor
33. Celebrity mother of Caroline and John Jr. → Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
34. Dirty Dancing actor → Jerry Orbach
35. Singer famous for the song “Iron Man” → Ozzy Osbourne
36. Daughter of # 35 → Kelly Osbourne
37. Singer whose hits include "Candida" → Tony Orlando
38. Arctic dwelling raptor → Snowy Owl
Ho hum!
ReplyDeleteYes, more boring than usual.
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ReplyDeleteWithin the name of the body part is a word that anatomists sometime use to describe the upper bound of the body part.
ReplyDeleteThere were 500 correct entries for last week's Heaven's Gate/The Avengers puzzle. I predict closer to 3,000 correct enties for this week's NPR puzzle... which does, however, have a far-fetched but kinda fun alternative answer that could be more "dangerous" than "worrisome."
ReplyDeleteIf, after you send NPR your answer in today, you are hankering for more puzzles to fill your Memorial Day Weekend, mosey on over to this week's Joseph Young's Puzzleria. You can probably ignore the three Heaven's Gate Riff-Off puzzles... been there, done that.
But there are four other relatively challenging posers involving:
1. A world leader and notable person who were contemporaries,
2. “Another fine mesh you’ve gotten us into,”
3. Michael Jordan jumping on Pluto and an average Joe jumping on the moon, and
4. Four words associated with the cold and flu sneezin'.
Blaine has generously provided a Puzzleria!link in his "PUZZLE LINKS."
LegoSings"O'erTheBighornBovineTrenchesWeWatched..."
Thought I'd never solve it. Then I looked at a list. One minute later? Bam! Done!
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteThat didn't take long! Now, when is the Indy 500 race, I usually watch the first 1/2 hour of it.
ReplyDeleteIf you only watched the first half hour you missed most of the best bits. Looks like a 7 lap shoot out!!!!!
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DeleteI actually did end up watching most of it! There wasn't that much on TV so I recorded it & I did keep going back to it. My only knock against the coverage was all the commercials. There were just way too many for me, and they sure seemed to last a long time. Thank goodness for DVR's.
DeleteIt was a nice finish and I worried it might end on a yellow flag.
Glad there weren't any big wrecks, although they are amazing & horrifying, I still gotta watch for them!
I thought it was amazing how fast they change tires. Plus,the pit crew guys handle those tires like they were nothing!!
Oh yeah, I'll take one of those Corvette pace cars!
I am anything but a Penske fan but Will earned the win. So congrats!
DeleteI wish it were the first body part that came to my mind: elbow. There is something worrisome about Le Bow. This week's puzzle has a strong connection to a movie with sequels.
ReplyDeleteIf a Norse god was coming at you with a hatchet, that would be worrisome, too.
ReplyDeleteIf I saw a Norse god do anything, I’d find it worrisome. If you’re in the mood for Norse gods, though, Douglas Adam’s The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a fun read about how the Norse gods are still around in the material world, ignored and forgotten.
DeleteBonus Puzzle: Name another body part that is an acronym for a futile expression to avoid that worrisome thing.
ReplyDeleteTOE = THEORY OF EVERYTHING.
DeleteNot bad, but not intended.
DeleteNOSE = NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT.
DeleteOr is it HAND = HAVE A NICE DAY?
DeleteOr maybe JAW = JUST ADD WATER.
DeleteOr could it be LAP = LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM?
DeleteFor Inevitable Nonsense, Get Everything Ready?
DeleteLet Everything Go?
Delete"No use crying over spilt milk"---is there a body part called a NUCOSM?
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
DeleteThe Hardest Routine Only Adds Tension?
DeleteForget About That
Delete-or-
Forget All That
All of my acronyms are real acronyms; none of them are made up.
DeleteTOE, NOSE, HAND, JAW, LAP.
Glad I was able to keep you busy. One of you has my intended answer, place your bets on which.
DeleteThe song this puzzle brings to mind was a Top Ten hit in the late 60s.
ReplyDeleteAre we sure this isn’t another lousy country puzzle?
ReplyDeleteSnipper,
DeleteThere are no "lousy" countries; only shithole countries.
Snipper, I checked my æncyclopedia for that one.
DeleteMr Williams wrote a poem about some of them there body parts. Contained no worrisome or inauspicious verse.
ReplyDeleteFun with Pa Jama!
ReplyDeleteMusical clue: The Hues Corporation
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in college, I often found my answer worrisome.
ReplyDeleteBladder — LB Adder
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteGullible fellows
ReplyDeleteThe other day, in time for Memorial weekend, I was able to see this Boeing B-17 that was on display at Kansas City's Downtown Airport. A little too pricey for me to take a ride in ($450), but it was still interesting to see up close and be able to walk through it.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at how little maneuvering room there is in the inside of it. In an emergency, it is a wonder anyone could successfully get into position to bail out of one, while it is in a dive, or anything that is not level flight.
Even after all the amazing food and drinks I'm enjoying while visiting Portland, Oregon, this was pretty easy to solve. I only hope that it is not an indication of the reviews of my next show, Nightmares and Nightcaps. Looking forward to playing Mr. Scratch, but actors do get superstitious.
ReplyDeleteYou've heard about a Fish called Wanda? What about a Bird called Opposite?
ReplyDeleteWW,
DeleteInteresting read! Thanks for the link.
MC
Thanks, Mort.
DeleteI figured we were talking about both fish and birds here this week.
"Fish and Fowl" >>> the new Surf and Turf?
Did anyone else not get a confirmation email after sending the answer? Usually I get that right away
ReplyDeleteDear Unknown, You have to check the "I am not a robot" box
Deletebefore you hit send. If you do not, your entry does not get sent,
and therefore you get no confirmation e-mail. Try again !
But EKW, if Unknown is a robot, and therefore cannot click that button, what then?
DeleteSDB,
DeleteThen he would have to lie!
Do robots lie?
DeleteDo robots have any moral compunction against lying???
DeleteIs Trump a robot?
DeleteIn no way has any of the precision or systematic regulation of a robot!!!
DeleteI should have posted this at the end of the previous quiz entry, but the question still bothers me: what language was that contestant singing in? Better yet, what was he singing?
ReplyDeleteGreat question, Henry W. My first thought was Hebrew. Do you have a guess?
DeleteIt sounded Italian to me, with the first few words "Santi a Dio..." (Saints to God), which fits with the religious tone of his singing. But my Italian is weak; good enough to ask directions but not understand them, and to occasionally get what I wanted at a restaurant or farmer's market. Basta! Basta!
DeleteDov'è Lorenzo?
{Italian was my other guess.}
DeleteAt various times it sounded Italian, then French, then Maori. But none of those guesses sound right. I wouldn't bet on any of them, however.
DeleteGreetings from Ireland where we are completing a two week driving trip. As for the language of the song, it is probably not Italian unless the singer has a terrible accent. Could it be Latin?.
DeleteI can give you a definitive answer, because the singer/contestant was me! It was indeed French, from the aira "Scintille Diamant" (from the opera "Les contes d'Hoffmann") by Jaques Offenbach
DeleteI knew it sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. I did enjoy it though, and it made me think of Chants d'Auvergne, which is a collection of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France arranged for soprano voice and orchestra or piano by Joseph Canteloube. The songs are in the local language, Occitan. My favorite rendition is by Kiri Te Kanawa.
DeleteThanks for the clarification--I guess I'll have to wait for the Maori version of Tales of Hoffman, in which the barcarolle becomes a wakarolle.
DeleteAnd while we're brining Kiri Te Kanawa into this discussion, as gorgeous as her version is, go look for Natania Davrath's version, which brought the Songs of the Auvergne back from obscurity.
DeleteI agree. Her rendition is is also amazing.
DeleteHappy Memorial Day: THIS WEEK'S CARTOONS.
ReplyDeleteIs it considered solving by ill means if I used a list to figure this one out?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely not.
DeleteDid the intended answer, and its letter-play, remind anyone else of a scene in Young Frankenstein?
ReplyDelete#MeToo. I thought I was alone. Now, I realize that maybe my thought was normal.
DeleteIf you're a Mel Brooks fan it is...
DeleteIxnay on the ottenray.
DeleteDid Abby Normal have a rotten brain????
DeleteName part of the human body. Reverse the first 2 letters and get two words meaning a plan or strategy.
ReplyDeleteAh, nothing like going through lists of body parts and realizing it's been a complete waste of time.(Sorry, Peggy.)
ReplyDeleteBonus Puzzle #3 (Peggy gets #2): Name a well-known disease, remove the first 2 letters to get a word that describes both symptoms for that disease and an often used term for another disease.
ReplyDeletePLAGUE → AGUE.
DeleteABC just cancelled Roseanne Barr's show because her, "Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values..."
ReplyDeleteIf only we could as easily cancel the "show" of another racist Twitter user...
Seconded.
DeleteNPR reported that about an hour ago and they did not say what the racist bit was. I would like to know.
DeleteIck!
DeleteRoseanne was apparently in full hate mode and there were several racist tweets. The most offensive seems to be one aimed at Obama staffer Valerie Jarret (who is African American) that went "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj."
DeleteI feel bad for the other actors and crew on the show, they lose their jobs over that pig-head. How about a reality show featuring Roseanne and DJT from Gitmo? Is there anyone or thing that isn't ruined by his touch?
And speaking which, I have a theory about Melania: something got confused in translation, and she's in the other Washington looking for Bighand.
eco, I share your concerns for the other cast members. I have never watched the reboot but liked the original show. Maybe they can kill off Roseanne offscreen and rename it "Roseanne: Not."
DeleteRoseanne reminds me a little of the Japanese puffer fish. Its poison can kill you, but fans enjoy just enough left in to give you a buzz and cause your pupils to constrict.
DeleteIf I understand you correctly, you are saying she is the personification of a puff piece?
DeleteShe's more of a blowhard. WW: I never cared for the original show; her voice made me understand the chalkboard scratching phenomenon.
Deleteeco, I'd agree; her voice was/is awful but she spent time in Denver and Silver Plume so the hometown support thing came into play.
DeleteAlso, I really liked some of the other characters portrayed by Laurie Metcalf, Johnny Galecki, and Sara Gilbert.
Don't count her out just yet. ABC doesn't own the show or the production company. Now that ABC has cancelled it anyone else could swoop in and pick up a show that has an audience had now has plenty of publicity. The cast would be split as a lot of them wouldn't want to be associated with the show, but Ms. Barr could still have a show.
DeleteBuck Bard, could you please clarify your above post? Thanks.
DeleteBB,
DeleteWhose voice are you speaking with.
Are you promoting the idea of attacking human beings with VX nerve gas???
Are YOU calling people "libtards"??
BB,
DeleteWe really would like to understand where you are coming from with your post. We cannot tell which side of the political fence you are on.
I'm cautiously optimistic that BB:
Delete1) was intentionally being outrageously cynical,
2) accidentally omitted an important word (Ms. Obama's _____); though the phrasing is odd, as Michelle Obama has not referred to herself as Ms. But I believe the word would be staffer/ adviser, referring to Valerie Jarrett.
3) meant the "her" in "her supporters" to be Roseanne, though as written the "her" could be Ms. [sic] Obama
4) meant "the "libtards" area" [extraneous a?] as a joking reference to how the right wingnuts perceive things.
5) intended the VX solution as a snide, albeit horrifying, reference to the views of extremists. Since I live about 30 miles north of BB (and the wind sometimes blows that direction) I really hope this is the case.
I said something similar last night in private email, but a clarification is still in order.
DeleteThanks, fellow bloggers, for articulating the larger questions, as well as some of the specific nitty gritty ones (eco, especially). BB, I found your original post very confusing.
DeleteSDB,
DeleteDitto!! PUI I think.
BB,
DeleteAre you incapable of explaining your post? Several of us would like to know what you mean, but all we get is more unclear posts from you.
For example:
Are you saying liberals are retards?
Are you saying liberals are stupid?
Are you a Rush Limbaugh fan?
Thank you.
DeleteBB,
DeleteThank you for explaining your post. It appears that you were speaking in the voice of people you wished to satirize and lampoon.
"Outrageously cynical and sarcastic" may not be the way to go with postings in this particular forum. Most BBS I know of have banned political discussions IF the posting get too "Outrageous". I would prefer that Blaine not have to start deleting posts for overly political content in addition to posts that gave away the weekly puzzles answers.
Thank You and be well!!! Mort
BTW, I do live a lot closer to the Mississippi River than I do to Fresno, but I am in no way a Trump supporter.
..or a Hannity or Limbaugh supporter for that matter.
I had figured BB was being "outrageously cynical and sarcastic" mostly because I knew he lives in Palo Alto (aka "The Berkeley of the Peninsula" - Go Bears!*) and they would string him up for those caustic views.
DeleteBut it does point out the necessity for some clarification about intent in postings; traditionally we had vocal inflection to connote sarcasm, I suppose we have emojis now, though I refuse to use them. I notice in the WaPo people are ending their comments with "/s" to signify sarcasm.
Though to your post I have a couple of areas of disagreement (heck, it's what libtards do!):
While it's true that poor and poorly educated folk were largely responsible for the odor in DC, I can't entirely blame them for their unfortunate situation. For most of the history of this country and the world, there has been a place where less educated folk could make a good and comfortable living by the sweat off their back. It's only been since about the 1970's that this has been disintegrating, and the reasons are many: trade, automation, evisceration of unions to name a few.** I can't blame the mass of people for those things. They misplace blame on the other - immigrants, liberals, women - for their economic struggles, and this is factually and morally wrong, but not surprising.
The Democratic response for the last 25 years has been "get yourself an education and all will be good", but we're seeing a new wave of larger economic forces that put the lie to that, college grads working in Starbucks. In short, I think we are in the early stages of an economic earthquake, and it will take some time to sort this out, probably after WW III.
So I can't blame the folks at the bottom for their plight, and it really comes as no surprise that they vote with their anger, even though that works against their interests. Trump is a slick salesman, as are all grifters (and a lot of preachers at mega-churches).
There will always be uneducated folks in this country; a large portion of this nation has always been suspicious of and disdainful towards "the elites". I don't think hating and dismissing them is a good path, though I understand BB's frustration. I wish I knew what the right answer is, unfortunately the grifters get to them first, and spewing sweet lies is a lot easier (and more seductive) than telling hard truths. Hence Limbaugh, Hannity and the mega churches.
The biggest check and balance that the founders had was not the Supreme Court (which I just yesterday learned was not seen as that important in the Founders' minds) but the Electoral College, which was supposed to be a hedge against an election by the mobs. How'd that work out?
* BB - my "Go Bears!" was purely extraneous and inciting, I could not care less about either school's sports teams.
** Woody Allen's "Sleeper" envisioned a world without work, where robots would do the daily tasks, and people (at least the elites that Miles Monroe met) would have time for art, music, and the orgasmotron. If there were an equitable distribution of the technological gains of the past 50 years or so some economists estimate that we could have a good lifestyle working just 15-20 hours per week.
I like it!
DeleteSDB - They are summarized here.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/05/29/roseanne-went-on-a-vitriolic-and-racially-charged-twitter-rampage-now-shes-apologizing/?utm_term=.2dc552301c5b
ReplyDeleteThanks, I already found some of it. Washington post won't let me in due to ad blocker.
Deletesdb: bring the article up in a Google search, then hit “cached”. You might then be able to read the article with your ad blocker in place. Do not drop your ad blocker!
DeleteJaxon,
DeleteThanks for the tip.
Big newsday around here. Not only for Roseanne but just across the state line, the Missouri Governor just resigned, effective Friday. A lot of baggage there.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's about time. Sounds to me like Greitens is facing an uphill battle just to stay out of jail.
DeleteI agree, he's been fighting everybody, even his own party, since his inauguration.
DeleteNothing wrong with shaking things up some, but it must be done with some diplomacy & tact.
The old show, the new show and all the BS about them are things I am delighted to ignore.
ReplyDeleteBTW, if anyone read my "clue" about the challenge, I was 18, 5'8" and 150 when it posed a worriment.
Bonus Puzzle #4: Name a frequently seen symbol from the 2016 election campaign in 2 words. Move the second word to the front and the result will be one word that was also something frequently seen in the 2016 campaign. Both things are still around. What are the two things?
ReplyDeleteI think I'm glad tomorrow is Thursday, so all the bonus puzzle answers will be revealed. Tough ones.
ReplyDeleteSad Gnome
ReplyDeleteleft ear ELF TEAR
DeleteABDOMEN > BAD OMEN
ReplyDeleteNot sure I can stomach another puzzle like this.
Intended answer: Body part: ABDOMEN. Worrisome item: BAD OMEN.
ReplyDeleteThe letter play reminded me of the scene in Young Frankenstein where Igor (Marty Feldman) tells Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) that he got the brain for their creation from Abby Normal. Seconds later, Frankenstein reacts with horror when he realizes Igor has brought him a brain that was abnormal.
Alternate answer: Body part: SACRUM. Worrisome item: A SCRUM.
I really liked using the secondary definition (drawn from rugby) of a scrum as an unruly or disorderly mob. I’ll have to wait until Sunday to see if it earns an on-air mention.
"I wrote, "Within the name of the body part is a word that anatomists sometime use to describe the upper bound of the body part." The DOME of the diaphragm separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
ReplyDeleteABDOMEN → BAD OMEN
ReplyDeleteMy hint: A PUNCH → PAUNCH = “belly or ABDOMEN,” or “gut” as others have suggested.
ABDOMEN -> BAD OMEN
ReplyDelete> If a Norse god was coming at you with a hatchet, that would be worrisome, too.
But that would be a THOR AX, not an abdomen....
abdomen, bad omen
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “The song this puzzle brings to mind was a Top Ten hit in the late 60s.” I was thinking of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising” which got all the way up to #2 in May, 1969, in Billboard’s Hot 100.
abdomen --> bad omen
ReplyDeleteThis week's puzzle reminds me of a 19th Century author with an inappropriate name: George Eliot (nee Mary Anne Evans, hence the two male names are inappropriate) wrote Middlemarch; our abdomens are more or less in the middle (dropping every year) and Napoleon (or Frederick the Great) famously said "An army marches on its stomach."
Bonus Answer #1: Body part that is an acronym for futile expression -->HAND, Have a Nice Day. Ron got this, as he has done so often.
ReplyDeleteBonus Answer #3: Well-known disease, remove the first 2 letters for symptoms and another disease -->(pl)ague
Bonus Answer #4: Symbols from the 2016 election red hat --> hatred. I guess I'm not the first person to come up with this, and there's even a clothing line.
The much anticipated answers to the additional on air challenge are posted just below the questions.
As a slightly built college freshman, I joined the rugby team.
ReplyDeleteThe insane beginning of play, called a scrum, always made me worry about survival (and my sacrum).
The beer party (with both teams) after a game mostly made up for it.
Two of the bald eaglets on Santa Cruz Island soloed this morning; 7:47 and 9:10 if you want to watch.
MJ: did you submit the sacrum/a scrum answer to NPR?
DeleteNope. I very rarely send in answers and then only to cause trouble.
DeleteTrouble? I doubt it.
DeleteI opted to send in two answers this week. The (presumably) intended one, and our alternate. I really want to see if WS acknowledges the second....
That was the Sauces Canyon brood.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like two from Fraser Point went a little after 12.
Amazing to be the same day.
ABDOMEN >>> BAD OMEN
ReplyDeleteSorry to be late to the party today. A lovely birthday lunch was had by all.
"This puzzle is for the birds." >>> Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds.
"Trivial Pursuit" was a riff off Blaine's NEMO DAB (very clever, by the way). >>> "Brylcream a little dab will do ya, Use more only if you dare; But watch out! The gals will all pursue ya, They'll love to run their fingers through your hair!"
“Pa Jama” referred to this 1949 article published in the JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/305130
“ABsolutely not.” is a reference to ABdomen.
And my very favorite clue:
"Gullible fellows" refers to stupid or, from the French, Badeaux Men (BAD-O-MEN) ;-D
My clue from Sunday was: "Mr Williams wrote a poem about some of them there body parts. Contained no worrisome or inauspicious verse."
DeleteThe Mason Williams poem is "Tummy Gummers" and goes like this".
How about Them TUMMY Gummers,
Ain't they dummies?
Havin' they fun,
Gummin' them TUMMIES.
Gummin' them paunches,
Outta they mind,
Runnin' 'round shoutin',
"It's TUMMY Gummin' time!"
Look at Them TUMMY Gummers,
Lurkin' in the yard,
Waitin' for a JELLY-BELLY,
Catch it off guard.
Them hawn-yawkin' Tummy Gummers,
Ain't they dumbox?
Runnin' through the neighborhood
Gummin' them STOMACHS.
How to be a TUMMY Gummer?
No way to shun it.
Grab an ABDOMEN,
Roar off and gum it!
...and that is a poem about THEM body parts!
Performed by Mason on the Johnny Cash show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lx-6H49LIY
I always thought that augury involved reading omens in the entrails of birds. Turns out that's "haruspex". Makes sense: where else but the omentum would you expect to find omens?
DeleteThanks, Mort Canard! Now I know where an old friend found the doggerel about moose goosers he used to regale me with:
DeleteHow about Them Moose Goosers,
Ain't they recluse?
Up in them boondocks,
Goosin' Them Moose.
Goosin' them huge moose,
Goosin' them tiny,
Goosin' them meadow-moose,
In they hiney.
Look at Them Moose Goosers,
Ain't they dumb?
Some use an umbrella,
Some use a thumb.
Them obtuse Moose Goosers,
Sneakin' through the woods,
Pokin' them snoozy moose,
In they goods.
How to be a Moose Gooser?
It'll turn ye puce.
Gitchy gooser loose and
Rouse a drowsy moose!
jan, that’s fascinating >>> “The word omentum derives from the ancient Egyptians who, when embalming human bodies, used to assess their “omens” by looking at the variations in what we recognise today as the omentum.” Spell check wants that to be “omen yum” or “momentum.” And omentum translates to apron. “Omen from your tum?” >>> that’s too perfect.
DeletePerhaps the ancient Egyptians sensed more about gut bacteria than we previously understood (calling them demons, of course).
DeleteAnd to haruspex:
The following incantations are quoted from John F. Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine (2003) The British Museum Press:
"Flow out, poison. Come forth. Go forth on to the ground. Horus will exorcise you. He will punish you. He will spit you out.
Repelled is the enemy that is in the wound. Cast out is the evil that is in the blood....I am under the protection of Isis; my rescue is the son of Osiris.
I am Horus, the young child with his finger to his mouth; the sandal of Horus is what tramples the nekhi snake."
I also learned that Egyptian physicians were called swnw. There must have been significant vowel movement.
Jan,
DeleteYou are more than welcome! Williams put out the album "Listening Matter" back in the 1970s. Mostly "Them" poems but also some other comedy gems.
I was also interested to learn that this is the same Mason Williams who composed and performed "Classical Gas". About 50 years ago, I took a video techniques class in high school (Ampex 3" videotape, huge black-and-white studio cameras with the CBS eye on them that we got when they went color). "Classical Gas" was the first (and only) music video I ever made.
Delete(Make that Apex 2" videotape. I was younger then; everything seemed bigger?)
DeleteJan,
DeleteAlso the same composer who wrote the theme song for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
ABDOMEN ----> BAD OMEN
ReplyDeleteI wrote, "Is it considered solving by ill means if I used a list to figure this one out?"
"Ill means" is an anagram of Sam Neill, who starred in the 1981 film THE FINAL CONFLICT, which was the second sequel to THE OMEN. It received terrible reviews upon release and is considered to be a BAD OMEN movie.
Sometimes hard to tell general discussion from the hints provided! LOL
DeleteABDOMEN, BAD OMEN
ReplyDeleteMy musical clue referencing the Hues Corporation had nothing to do with their one hit "Rock The Boat". The real connection with the answer was the word "corporation", which is a synonym for ABDOMEN. I could have also used Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, but it might have been too obvious. "Corporation" seems a more obscure synonym, IMHO. My "no guts, no glory" comment involved another more common synonym, and it ain't "glory".
"Boring" > auger > augur = interpreter of good or bad omens.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the legal cases in the news today, I have a small beef about the grammar used to describe guilty people's transgressions.
ReplyDeleteUsually people report that 'so and so' "pleaded guilty". I have always preferred using "pled guilty" or even "plead guilty".
After all, people don't say "I readed the book".
I agree.
DeleteIt's an inconsistency with this language, and apparently pleaded is correct, though I only did 30 seconds of research. We do say "I dreaded the outcome" or "I headed off to the wilderness" or "The water beaded on my shiny '68 Charger".
DeleteI suppose you're right, and don't forget Harvey Weinstein saying, "I bedded the lot of 'em."
DeleteGood ones!!! I guess "plead as in pled" is old fashioned but some legal experts still use it. I must have watched too many old Perry Mason shows!
DeleteMaybe it's because my parents ate too many bread pork chops that they never bredded smarter kids.
DeleteMaybe they breaded shrimp instead.
DeleteMy clue -“another lousy country puzzle”- was referencing “bad Oman” .
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump: "Mike, better turn the plane around again, the Korean Summit is back on!"
ReplyDeleteMike Pence: "In a minute, the gladiator movie is almost over."
Donald Trump: "By the way, where is Indonesia? Is it close to Indiana??"
Mike Pence: "Well, I don't think so, lets ask the kids.
Donald Trump: "Pardon me kids, but...
Barron: "Dad, let's save those pardons for later!!"
Mike Pence: "Mein Kapitän, we are running low on fuel, if we refuel we could go to Singapore. How about having the summit there?"
DeleteDonald Trump: "Sounds good, maybe I can build a new hotel there!"
Next week's (two-week) challenge: Television today can be so derivative — and so is this two-week creative challenge. The object is to pitch an idea to one of the networks, either broadcast or cable, in which your show's title is just one letter different from an existing show's title, past or present. Name your TV show and summarize it in 15 words or less.
ReplyDeleteExamples:
DeleteN.Y.P.D. CLUE — Manhattan crime investigation in which each case hinges on a single, unexpected piece of evidence
HAVE GUT, WILL TRAVEL — Portly host tours the best all-you-can-eat restaurants in America