You end up tasting both answers with your PAPILLAE.Q: There are two answers to this one, and you have to get them both. Name two tasty things to eat, each in 8 letters, in which the only consonant letters are L and P.
A: LOLLIPOP and APPLE PIE
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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.
ReplyDeleteI found this one pretty easy, and I didn’t have to stick to my search routine for long to find the answer.
You might have to sing for your supper for this one.
ReplyDeleteG'mar Hatima Tova.
May you be sealed in the Book of Life.
DeleteI will refrain from eating either of these "tasty" foods for all of Wednesday.
DeleteL'Shana Tova
DeleteI wonder if we could assemble a minyan. Seems like we’re already half way there.
DeleteWonder if women accepted now days.
DeleteThey are in Refom and most, if not all Conservative synagogues.
DeleteOk. Count me in.
DeleteAnd Natasha you don't even have to travel far.
DeleteEco: True
DeleteEco: Did you participate somewhere?
DeleteI don't really know all that much about Hebrew traditions, but I do believe Jewish circumcisions have reached the tipping point.
DeletePsalm 23
DeleteAnother snippet from SDB, this one came up short.
DeleteI was only trying to shed some delight on a delicate subject.
DeleteJust a small slice of life.
DeletePerformed early so as not to remember the dismember.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOvy_Nuy5M
ReplyDeleteUSS
DeleteIs there anything more American than a good ship?
Is each answer a one-word answer? --Margaret G.
ReplyDeleteBlaine's LA PAELLA is a two-word answer and it's pretty tasty...
DeleteI see multiple images of seafood in Blaine's picture. Must be POLYOPIA.
DeleteOne of the items has an alternate spelling...
ReplyDeleteGood confirmation.
DeleteAnd aren't both spellings acceptable in the answer?
DeleteI didn't have a chance.
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to say the playing field isn't level?
DeleteWilliam Claude Dusenfield famously advocated unfair treatment of the gullible.
DeleteDukenfield, not Dusenfield. Sorry.
DeleteSpeaking of suckers:
Deletehttp://www.jeopardyanswers.net/otis-criblecoblis-was-the-name-he-used-as-a-scriptwriter-of-never-give-a-sucker-an-even-break/
Writing this from New York in October, with our lovely crisp autumn weather.
ReplyDeleteI used to eat PULPO, but then saw a couple documentaries and learned that Octopi are actually smarter than many of us here in Blainesville.
https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-sciencenow-how-smart-is-an-octopus/
Interesting -- I had just the same reaction (I no longer eat those guys) from this book:
Deletehttps://www.amazon.com/Other-Minds-Octopus-Origins-Consciousness/dp/0374227764
Not too hard. I had to go to Sheboygan for an answer.
ReplyDeleteAt least one of these was the title of a hit song.
ReplyDeleteNow I cannot get that tune out of my head!
DeleteNatasha - I had a similar ear-worm Sunday Morning with Sheb Wooley's, "Purple People Eater." It was only made worse when I noted that Purple People, only used the consonants P and L.
DeleteExcept for that pesky R, eh? ;-)
DeleteOops, was focused on PEOPLE and missed the R.
DeleteWho could forget the all-women's New Wave band Pulsallama and their breakout 1982 hit "The Devil Lives in My Husband's Body"?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNqhSRJCJuc
I think a strict reading requires three foods.
ReplyDeleteThe last part of one of the foods sounds like something you can use to measure both of the foods.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm constantly thinking about this
DeletePie sounds like pi=3.14159..., which is used to measure circles and other round things like lollipops and apple pies.
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ReplyDeleteWhile staring at my computer screen and listening to an old Jane's Addiction record, both answers came easily.
ReplyDeleteOne could be the flavor of the other... but it may not go both ways.
ReplyDeleteDoes a two word answer for a food qualify?
ReplyDeleteI see nothing in the question that specifies the number of words in the answers.
DeleteThanks Jan.
DeleteI'm sure there were plenty of tasty things at the recent Washington State Fair in PUYALLUP.
ReplyDeleteScones, no doubt, but I haven't been to the fair since I was a kid.
DeleteThe also have deep fried snickers bars.
DeleteEquus
ReplyDeleteWhy aren't horse owners required to clean up after them the way dog owners are? Their POOP PILEs are much larger.
DeleteA kiss from one answer is sweeter than the other, according to a popular quartet!
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ReplyDeleteAdd one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get another tasty food.
ReplyDeleteClever, WW!
DeleteOr add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get something you might see very often but may be hard to get down.
DeleteI agree with Natasha, Word Woman. Excellent riff. "A halo" to you!
DeleteI'm not sure if I've cracked eco's "hard to get down" riff. But I do have a possible 3-word answer...
And two possibly related riffs of my own doing:
1. Add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get an Easter "treat" served on a bed of rice 2 wds.).
2. Add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get something you might see on 71.4% of Easter Sundays (2 wds.).
LegoMyEasterEggo!
SKB: Mariinsky Ballet coming to Berkeley, La Bayadere. Cannot wait!
ReplyDeleteBonus riff from this week's on-air challenge:
ReplyDeleteName a well-known fictional character in 5 letters, add 2 letters to get a well-known musician. Note that Beyon, Madon, Shaki, and Rihan are NOT fictional characters.
As (almost) always, please do not reveal until Thursday 3pm EST. Hints that you have it are welcome.
Certain people claim he/she is not fictional at all...
DeleteNasty (but nice) bonus riff, eco.
DeleteNote, however, that Beyon+2, Madon+2, Shaki+2, and Rihan+2 are NOT actually musicians.
LegoWhoRecallsDuringTheLate1960sThatGroovyBellbottomsModPaisleyPatternsAndBossTweedsWereAllTheRage
Strap on your crampons, we're all going to hell!
DeleteCrampons in Hell? I only wear mine on ice.
DeleteWell, when S.T.R.A.P. dabbles in the dark arts, hell freezes over!
DeleteThis week, at least, STRAP is not violating their prime directive - adding letters is not a cheesy anagram. STRAP deeply regrets last week's bonus puzzle, though it was a pretty cool and timely anagram - IOHO.
DeleteAnd here's your order for the day: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun.
ReplyDeleteRead about it here.
One of the answers is a little tricky. But then, given Will's sense of humor, why not?
ReplyDeleteGood diversion: CARTOONS OF THE WEEK !
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ReplyDeleteI was hoping that someone, anyone, would read the clue to mean that there are two answers to the puzzle, one is naming two tasty foods etc.
ReplyDeleteThe second is also naming such foods, but another pair.
To get two and only two answers, three words are necessary in the pattern pall and poll, pall and pill and pill and poll.
If you only have two words, you only have one answer.
"Name two tasty things to eat, each in 8 letters, in which the only consonant letters are L and P."
DeleteThat is the challenge. Of course you have to "name" them both (a very simple task).
But "There are two answers to this one."
Actually, contrary to my post, as a result of combining possible answers, getting two answers is impossible, so this puzzle cannot be solved.
Been quite a while since Will has had one of these.
(Arms akimbo): what?
DeleteI myself prefer one more than the other.
ReplyDeleteIf we wanted terrible tasting (IMO) food, the answer would be PILE O' POI.
ReplyDeleteIn Hawaii I actually grew to like poi-especially the well fermented one which has a little bite to it. I also liked the Lillikoi confections there which were very tasty.
DeleteMy original answer was wrong because (a) my answer had only six letters and (b) I can't verify Soylent Green is actually tasty.
ReplyDelete‘‘Tis a Small thing.
ReplyDeleteHuh, weird. . .
DeleteYes, IC, weird. I see you used a double hyphen in "Tis.
DeleteRIP Taylor
ReplyDeleteIf I were a hobo, I would ride the rails for either of these foods.
ReplyDeleteFrom a Galaxy not so far away.
ReplyDeleteEco: Are you going to be affected by the PG&E outage? Guess I will have to bunk at the Claremont if they have power. Scared of outage.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that Natasha, it could be a long time before restoration - 5-6 days even! I live in the flats with the other poor folk (2-3 BR homes only sell for about $1 million), we should not be affected.
DeletePerhaps PG&E is secretly a Jewish organization, and this is how they prevent people turning on lights during Yom Kippur.
I'm guessing Mendo Jim is also going to be left in the dark, anyone else? I recall Buck Bard lives in Menlo Park, which is not in the zone. Most importantly for us, I think Blaine is not in a power off place, the video of his house didn't look like it was in the hills, though he did have killer trees.....
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DeletePG&E's web site is having trouble keeping up with the load.
DeleteWhile we wait for Jan to load his link watch this.
DeleteWow, that's a big deal. Hope the planned outage is over soon.
DeleteAnd, eco, thanks for the dogs. . .
After the windstorm (an annual event) is over they have to inspect all the electrical lines for damage. That's where the 5+ days comes in.
DeleteSimilarly, after the Loma Prieta earthquake I didn't have electricity for a day or so, but didn't have natural gas (i.e. heat, hot water, stove) for about a week, as they had to inspect the gas lines for damage and leaks. Cheap Chinese carry-out could make up for the stove, but cold showers.... brrr!
Dogs are always cute, and maybe they return our affection.
Well, of course.
DeleteNatasha, hope you are ok. Sending you all our spare electrons.
WW: That is so kind of you, Word Woman. I am stressed. Have to find flashlights and batteries. I worry about people who have special needs and about theft etc. I believe this is all unnecessary. I want to leave California!
DeleteRBG:
ReplyDeletehttps://forward.com/schmooze/432897/rbg-is-wearing-a-collar-with-a-torah-verse-on-it-to-hear-lgbtq-rights-case/
Eco: Glad you are not affected. I think the wind is not as strong as they predicted. Temperature has decreased. What PG&E is doing is very dangerous. I do not think they know the repercussions regarding various types of populations etc. This is very scary for me.
ReplyDeleteOn the late news last night they said the winds probably won't blow hard around here until noon or early this afternoon - earlier towards the Sierras. They have to play it by ear, or wetted finger raised in the air.
DeleteI've noticed the Doppler radar is very good at predicting when rainstorms will move through ("The storm should hit the 1200 block of First Street around 6:17 this evening...") but I don't think the tools are there for predicting wind patterns.
And yes, it is very serious for people who need ventilators or other electrical equipment. That equipment usually has a battery backup, but no battery will go for several days. The only good thing for you is they will probably expedite inspections and re-energizing in urban areas like Berkeley and Oakland. Probably takes longer for low population areas like Potter Valley - are you still with us Mendo Jim?
Eco: Thank you for the information. It helps decrease my stress level. I wonder where I could move that is safe these days.
DeleteNatasha,
ReplyDeleteHave you tried booking a room at Mar-a-Lago?
You might be exposed to state secrets, and women have to worry about attacks from a tiny toadstool.
DeleteA friend moved to southern Michigan, after determining it had the least risk from dangerous natural phenomena - earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods. I guess death by boredom wasn't a criterion.
SDB: I would except I cannot leave my cat Cali and my birds. I do not think they allow stool pigeons there.
DeleteEco: I am not usually bored so I guess southern Michigan is the place for me. Thanks.
I got a notice the power is going to be turned off at 8 p.m. Not sure if my house is the target yet. I could do with some boredom.
No, but they may have quite a bit of pigeon stool on the premises.
DeleteSDB: Hahahahahahaha
DeletePower off at midnight last night, about 18 hours before predicted high winds. Even at that, local winds are to be 5-8 mph.
ReplyDeleteThe PSPS idea is one of the worst in history.
PG&E is privately owned, for (high) profit company; they go into bankruptcy as a business plan in between blowing up customers with natural gas and burning them up with shoddy power grids.
After two recent long outages from fires, I started planning for this cluster**** about July with the backbone a new Honda generator. The POS would not start yesterday after 20 minutes total running time and I had to go to town twice this morning for service.
It may go on for five days; hopefully I can keep the house warm and refrigerator and freezer working.
Internet, email and playoffs may or may last.
Worst is no water from my well and creek pumps to fight any fire that might approach.
What a nightmare!!
DeleteMJ: my sympathies, total pain.
DeleteI'm guessing you live in that in-between zone, no municipal water, but not rural enough to require a large separate storage tank (1500 gallons min. for CDF). My rural clients use that, with a gravity feed to the house, which reduces the wear and tear of turning the pump on and off. But you need some space, and a hill is better for pressure - one needed a booster pump, they'd get some pressure from gravity, but not enough to make you happy.
Other rural and semi-rural clients are going with PV systems; one with a battery back-up will keep you going pretty much forever so long as you go into low usage mode - no vacuuming, laundry, major electric cooking, etc.
Did one urban house with a really small battery backup - (2) 12 volt batteries (Commodore?). About the size of a diesel pickup truck battery, they only weighed around 80# each (I think, I could pick one up easily). And they kept the fridge running, lights, modem, computer and TV/ DVD on overnight.
After Hurricane Irene in 2011, I bought a 3000 W 12 V DC to 110 V AC inverter, which was very handy when we lost power for several days a few months later during Hurricane Sandy. Backed my wife's car slightly out of the garage, set it idling, hooked the inverter to the battery, and ran extension cords into the house. As eco said, it ran the fridge, lights, modem and PC, and coffee maker. Had to use my wife's car because my Prius doesn't have a 12 V battery accessible.
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DeleteNatasha,
DeleteI wish you hadn't removed your above post where you said, "God batteries today." I was going to ask you if they last an Almighty long time.
sdb: I actually thought about leaving it. Glad to read you saw it before deleted. Great response! LOL.So now it is visible for all. I bet there are other responses.
DeleteRemoved post with spelling error. Wishing everyone a safe evening, especially Mendo.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts and prayers are with you, Mendo Jim, Natasha and all others who are going through this hell. I am confident that all Blainesvillians are in your corner.
DeleteLegoInSolidarity
lego: Thank you so much! Power still on. PG&E should be blocked from doing this again. They are crooked and took the profits for themselves instead of upgrading system. Hope are blainesvillians are fine today.
DeletePretty sure I have both. The first I got on the first day. The second hit me out of the blue about 3 minutes after I woke up this morning while I was brushing my teeth.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of PG&E before this debacle. Does it stand for Plunder, Grab & Escape?
ReplyDeleteThey're the friendly people who brought us the San Bruno pipeline explosion, and last year's Camp Fire. Who doesn't like singing around a camp fire?
DeleteIt it an outage or an outrage?
DeleteLollipop + Apple Pie
ReplyDeleteYou might have to sing for your supper for this one. We all know Lollipop by the Chordettes, how many have listened to Travis Scott's Apple Pie? Note it is NSFW, and I'd be surprised if anyone here could take more than a minute or so.
G'mar Hatima Tova. Not only to wish blessings, but to remind everyone to visit Temple. Anyone else a little creeped out by this? Especially this part. Please don't pull my dress up...
add one letter ... to get something ... [that] may be hard to get down. I've been struggling with my paper pile for too long.
Bonus Answer: Santa+na
"Surely" appears numerous times in scripture. Psalm 23 came to my mind most readily, but, in retrospect, Genesis 28:16-17 may be more relevant.
DeleteLOLLIPOP, APPLE PIE
ReplyDelete"Equus" refers to the racehorse, Lollypop, the namesake for the lollipop.
"Add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get another tasty food." >>> apple pie + n = pineapple.
Speaking of Equus, did Jan leave New Jersey, because he doesn't like animal husbandry?
DeleteNo stable genius there.
Nay.
DeleteI'm always relieved when the subjects of these stories turn out not to have been my patients.
I think there may be more horsing around out my way than back in NJ. Those involved usually insist they are very stable people. Google this:
DeleteEnumclaw horse sex case
Is a pig in a poke better than a poke in a ... Oh, never mind.
DeleteIt was sad because they were on the bridle path.
DeleteApparently his friends rushed him to the hospital where they dropped him off anonymously because they didn't want to stirrup trouble, and when it came time for him to pony up, he only had half a buck, so they left Chuck waggin'. It didn't turn out well in the end either, as he wasn't able to whinny the poo.
DeleteAPPLE PIE, LOLLIPOP
ReplyDelete> Too easy to need a clue
Easy as pie....
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ReplyDeleteAPPLE PIE & LOLLIPOP not to mention La Paella
ReplyDeleteAPPLE PIE & LOLLIPOP or LOLLYPOP
ReplyDeleteAnd Blaine's LA PAELLA.
APPLE PIE + N → PINEAPPLE.
Eco's Bonus Riff: SANTA → SANTANA.
I wrote, “I found this one pretty easy, and I didn’t have to stick to my search routine for long to find the answer.” The clues are “easy as pie” and lollipop _stick_.
ReplyDeleteLollipop, apple pie
ReplyDelete" l o double l y pop spells lollypop lollypop, that's the only decent type of candy, the guy who made it must've been a dandy. l o double l y pop you see, it's a lick on a stick guaranteed to make you sick, it's a lollypop, for me!"!
ReplyDeleteto the tune of “Harrigan” by George M. Cohan
ReplyDeleteLOLLIPOP and APPLE PIE.
ReplyDelete“I had to go to Sheboygan for an answer.”
Sheboygan was the city where the Chordettes formed. Their 1958 song “Lollipop” has the following lyric: “His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie.”
Lollipop, Apple Pie. Of course.
ReplyDeleteTo Word Woman's fine riff: "Add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get another tasty food," (Answer PINEAPPLE),
ReplyDeleteI hinted, "A halo" to you! "A halo" anagrams to "Aloha" spoken by people with "pineapples" on their shirts.
My "Nasty (but nice) bonus riff" comment to eco alluded to the great cartoonist Thomas Nast who created our modern image of Santa Claus and also caricatured Boss Tweed (alluded to in my sign-off). "Nasty" also anagrams to "Santy".
My incorrect 3-word answer to eco's riff: "Or add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get something you might see very often but may be hard to get down" was "a Peep pill" (after adding an L to apple pie)
The answers to my two riffs:
1. Add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get an Easter "treat" served on a bed of rice (2 wds.): PEEP PILAF (add an F to APPLE PIE)
2. Add one letter to one of the answers and rearrange to get something you might see on 71.4% of Easter Sundays (2 wds.). APRIL PEEP (add an R to APPLE PIE)
LegoWhoAlasHasPeepsOnHisBrain(AndPineappleOnHisShirt...BecauseHeIsAMessyEater)
lollipop (or lollypop) and apple pie are my guesses. The clue didn't say it was one word. Apple jumped to mind this morning and then getting the rest was easy as pie
ReplyDeleteLOLLIPOP, APPLE PIE
ReplyDeleteI'd rather have the latter.
No need to choose.
DeleteI was happy no one posted Telly Savalas as a hint. Unless, of course, it was removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteWho loves you, baby?
DeleteDonny, Mitch, Rudy, Brent, Mikey, and others. Do you want me to go on? (Probably not.)
DeleteSo, then...Does anyone want to ko-jak this thread?
DeleteIs that a threat?
Delete"Greeks don't threaten. They utter prophesies."
"Beware of Greeks gifting bears."
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ReplyDeleteOh, was yesterday Thursday? OOPS!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, in addition to Apple Pie and Lollipop, as a home brewer, I was pleased to note that there is a commercial Apple Ale, which can be seen here:
https://www.reddsapple.com/our-beers/redds-apple-ale
I just now had a thought. (I know, run for cover.)
ReplyDeleteThere has been much discussion lately of changing the twenty dollar bill's image to one of a woman. Should Trump decide to replace Jackson with Secretary of Education Elisabeth DeVos would that be then The Likeness Monster?
Fortunately, images of living people are not permitted on US currency.
DeleteCruella DeVos is living?
DeleteWhat about The Living Dead?
DeleteBreaking News!
ReplyDeleteThe Treasury Department has issued the design for the new $20 bill. Secretary Steve Mnuchin stated "We were looking for something the President would want to hold in his hands."
I liked the Mar-a-Lago background setting!
DeleteHer Loveliness was in Kansas City yesterday. I would've gone to see her but I had just painted my garage doors and wanted to stay home to watch the paint dry.
My electricity came back on after just short of three days of intentional, essentially pointless denial by a company which is giving its top executives big bonuses. Time to make this utility public.
ReplyDeleteI reminded myself of Mr. Magoo as I gathered up all the cables and cords I had to string around the house to distribute the balky new Honda generator's output.
I think I managed to save all of my refrigerated and frozen food.
It looks like everyone here is comfortable accepting the PM's clumsy misstating of this week's challenge.
For once he asks for two answers, but doesn't really mean it.
Great,on getting power back! That would be so frustrating.
DeleteBTW, did you buy another generator or get the old one working?
The Honda dealer I bought it from charged me $55 to clean the main jet of "dried gasoline." That was for 30 minutes, which probably means 10.
DeleteIt has a one year warranty, but only 30 days on the fuel system, based on what seems to be a design flaw. The go to excuse for most small engine shortfalls is gasohol.
It worked so-so for the three days.
Next time get an electric one.
DeleteMany larger backup generators run on natural gas, which won't clog your jets or run out. Until PG&E cuts you off, of course.
DeleteOr get one of the new ones with Wi-Fi.
DeleteI'm guessing MJ is on propane, most of the folks out there are. There are propane generators - more clogging than natural gas, maybe less than gasoline? They're all expensive, but this may be the new normal in an abnormal world.
DeleteWe're all just glad the PG&E took the money earmarked for infrastructure improvements to pay shareholders and executives.
2,258 correct responses last week. Is that a record? (No new puzzle posted yet.)
ReplyDeleteNext week's challenge: Think of an informal term for a beverage. Say it in Pig Latin, and you'll get an informal term for another beverage. What beverages are these?
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DeleteHo hum. Next?
DeleteI got the answer instantly.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think a lot of people will get the answer before getting out today.
DeleteDidn't have to think much for this one.
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ReplyDeleteThe on-air puzzle consisted of familiar phrases of the form "blank to the blank", where Will supplied the word that goes in the first blank. One of them was "cut to the chase", I think.
ReplyDeleteOr "cut to the quick" would work.
DeleteZ lans nn bywnir lvnt ezijr't iivtf qmk. M'ld yreq wsfoifu sos elv vesz nnthii.
ReplyDeleteSounds reasonable
DeleteTake the formal name for the second beverage. Drop the first part and add a word to name a singer with a hit song whose last word is associated with the two answer beverages. Then, to tie in to last week's puzzle, replace the first part of the singer's name with something else in the same category as the first past of the formal name for the second beverage to name something tasty to eat. Convoluted enough?
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