No comment.Q: Think of a familiar saying in seven words. The initial letters of the first three words in order spell a type of container. And the initials of the last four words in order spell something edible that might be found in this container. What's the saying?
Edit: The title starts TIN... I thought giving it as a joke answer would lead people astray, but in retrospect it was too close so I deleted the hint. Unfortunately the title is in the URL which I couldn't change without deleting the whole post and comments.
A: There Is Nothing New Under The Sun --> TIN of NUTS
The British call it, "Standing in a queue."
ReplyDeleteMore than 1100 entries last week.
ReplyDeleteFitting for a Sunday. Nice work Lego!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine this puzzle inspiring lunacy!
ReplyDelete(When there's nothing new under the sun, turn to the moon.)
DeleteAnd lunatics are nuts. A rare twofer!
DeleteIndeed—well spotted!
DeleteWisdom offers knowledge that orders facts usefully.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could claim that I was thinking of the fact that the saying comes from one of the "wisdom books" of the Bible when I wrote the above, but that would not be true.
DeleteChildren are naturally suspicious of unscrupulous parents.
ReplyDeleteYours make more sense than a lot of the old favorites!
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DeleteSorry. I didn't know the answer when I posted that homemade saying, and I had a reason to believe that it was safe!
DeleteI haven’t solved it yet, but on this date, a mini-milestone (millstone?) birthday, I thank all of you for helping me to, in the words of one of my favorite writers, “keep it bouncing.”
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Dr. K!
DeleteHappy mini-milestone, Dr. K!
DeleteGood day for a birthday. I have multiple relatives and friends with a birthday today. Happy birthday Dr. K!
DeleteThanks, jan, Lorenzo, and JAWS. I had a splendid day. Now if I can only solve the puzzle...
DeleteGood puzzle! I solved it quickly while still in bed because time and tide wait for no man.
ReplyDeleteUs grumpy, cynical people have an edge....
DeleteAs often happens, I wasted an hour poring over lists of familiar sayings, gave up, went to brush my teeth, and the answer came to me.
ReplyDeleteThat's reassuring. I was wondering if I was overthinking things.
DeleteLike you... it came to me while washing up this morning!
DeleteBe always grateful, feel in good spirits.
ReplyDeleteBoys and girls are not the same (chocolate covered)
DeleteLOL, nice one.
DeleteThanks! I haven't solved it yet, but figured that was safe.
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ReplyDeletePlaying a new Sunday puzzle ante meridien.
ReplyDeleteSometimes a cigar . . . Egads! Good God, Sigmund!
ReplyDeleteGot there. I wonder how many correct answers there will be this week.
ReplyDeleteSSDD
ReplyDeleteTake those seven initial letters, add a vowel, rearrange, and you get a medical term.
ReplyDeleteThat rings a bell!
DeleteEh?
DeleteSounds perfect!
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DeletePhil Ochs.
DeleteEverything seems new to me on this Sunday
ReplyDeleteNice!
DeleteGood one. Say your prayers
DeleteNope
ReplyDeleteLOL Blaine, gives half the answer being clever. 😁
ReplyDeleteTMI for early birds?
DeleteThink of a famous fiction author of the last century. Pronounce the title of his major work and phonetically it will describe how law enforcement might categorize loud disturbance reports in North Portugal or Cambridge and Oxford, U.K.
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DeleteAuthor's name anagrams to a movie from Dec. 31.
DeleteGood job.
DeleteGood puzzle, too.
DeleteThanks, I thought so, but wasn't sure.
DeleteHere's a riff on your puzzle:
DeleteThe last name of a 20th Century American writer, minus one letter, sounds like what a past US president’s tailor would do. The name is also associated with a second past president. What is the name of the writer?
Nodd,
DeleteI thought this was going to be difficult, but it was the very first author that came to mind. I like it. I might just go outside and put up the flag to celebrate.
Another riff: The last name of an esteemed English poet sounds like something that would require vigorous pressing to remove. What is it?
DeleteWadsworth
DeletePretty good answer. My answer was Coleridge.
DeleteThe last and first letters of the food are relevant.
ReplyDeleteEspecially if you have a certain common medical condition.
DeleteNice insight, Bobby!
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DeleteThe last and first letters of Nuts are Sn, the symbol for Tin on the Periodic Table.
DeleteSucculents are common in the southwest, but here in New England, we see less cacti.
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DeleteThis is a little TMI, I think. (But I agree with Margaret.)
DeleteOops - I said too much. Sorry, Blaine!
Delete--Margaret G.
The Doors, The Beatles, and Weezer.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle was a fun diversion from working on my taxes.
ReplyDeleteCertainly!
DeleteI'm reminded of a recent trip on IndiGo.
ReplyDeleteI know the container and can taste its contents, but I'm not good at familiar sayings.
ReplyDeleteNo offense against Lego, but since this one's turned out to be as tough as a lot of his regular Puzzleria! fare(if not tougher):
ReplyDeletePuzzles Of This Sort Torture Everyone Weekly.
pjbAlsoMightSay"ContentsAreNaturallyShaken,OftenUnderPressure"
The first cut is sometimes the deepest. Lego on the heels of Steve Baggish.
DeleteDo you really think people here could do one of your Crosstics?
DeleteI'm out this week. I'm not sure which is denser, the puzzle or my brain.
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DeleteBrass balls!?!?
ReplyDeleteQuit monkeying around...
DeleteI was able to come up with the familiar saying by piecing together all the clues from Blainesville, but I doubt I would have succeeded otherwise. I'm thinking the over/under this week should be about 200.
ReplyDeleteSame! Sheesh!
DeleteLancek's post helped me search again for clues. Thanks.
DeleteAn eleventh hour solve (I think) thanks to Lancek! (Not TMI, just the right amount of encouragement!)
DeleteBingo - 200! Good call!
DeleteThank God, I finally got it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I have the intended answer, but I understand hardly any of the clues... I don't even get Blaine's, which apparently some commenters think might be TMI!
ReplyDeleteOkay here's my clue:
ReplyDeleteNear where The Lost Generation hangs out.
It was 19 degrees in DC over the weekend. I feel this this puzzle must have been used before, by its very nature.
ReplyDeleteMusical Clue: David Bowie
ReplyDeleteYes: "Tis a pity she was a whore."
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ReplyDeleteThat may be TMI, Dr. K.
DeleteOk, Jan. I've removed it.
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ReplyDeleteReally a misstatement, Diamond notwithstanding.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between Oppenheimer and Barbie?
ReplyDeleteI've found a couple of answers:
DeleteBarbie's product was first manufactured in Japan and released in America. Oppenheimer's product was first manufactured in America and released in Japan
One's about (a toy for) little girls, the other's about Little Boy.
That's a great answer, Jan. But since Oppie's *actual* product was the Trinity Test, it was really released in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
DeleteThe goal of the Manhattan Project was a weapon, not a demonstration.
DeleteOne is a bomb maker, and the other is a...
DeleteNow see if you can discover what they both have in common.
Bombshell?
DeleteThey both had Manhattan Projects they kept secret.
DeleteIMHO, some popular sayings are cute, some true, some kind of preachy.
ReplyDelete. . . And some false, like this one, IMHO.
Delete"Some kind of PREACHY" Ecclesiastes 1:9. Qoheleth,
Delete"Preacher" is the Hebrew title of the Bible book called Ecclesiastes.
Moody Blues, Seventh Sojourn.
ReplyDeleteLast week, Nodd mentioned "Billy Jack". Crazy!
ReplyDeleteI think I finally got it...a lot of the hints make sense to me. I was about to give up hope!
ReplyDeleteI do love a puzzle that provides fertile ground for silly and contrived wrong answers.
ReplyDeleteUntil recent nuptials, Nadia ate noodles alone.
Anyone know who published Donald Trump's guide to speechmaking?
ReplyDeleteWord Salad Press?
DeleteGood guess, but I was thinking Random House.
DeleteSimple Simon and Schuster.
DeleteClown Publishing Group.
DeleteRanting House or perhaps Harpies.
DeleteCrook-of-the-Month Club.
DeleteDestructive Danny grabs his six-Hooters, puts on his bonespurs and derides again! Hi ho, Fibber, away!
ReplyDeleteKindness engenders good behavior, earning earthly rewards.
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ReplyDeleteI'm surprised this was deleted. Next time I'll "Be a gentleman, post only obscure pointers."
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ReplyDeleteYou can try to solve this one, but it will all be in vain.
ReplyDeleteTHERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN; TIN, NUTS
ReplyDelete"Got there. I wonder how many correct answers there will be this week." >>> In other words what is the over/UNDER.
"This puzzle was a fun diversion from working on my taxes." Taxes include a TIN or Tax Identification Number.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN —> TIN, NUTS
ReplyDeletePhew. Admittedly, I struggled a bit with this one.
As I’m certain almost everyone knows—
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJV) : “[T]here is no new thing under the sun.”
Possible musical hints galore, too, from Earth, Wind, and Fire, Lionel Richie, Van Morrison, and Tracy Chapman to Nas and Snoop Dogg.
I removed a comment at Jan’s suggestion, although I too had had second thoughts before posting it as possibly TMI. Nevertheless, it was in fact true. At the instant I solved the puzzle, I blurted out in exasperation, “Nuts!” (I have a witness.) My comment of course only alluded to the “something edible” and did not mention “nuts” explicitly, but I saw the wisdom of removing it.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN: TIN, NUTS
ReplyDelete> As often happens, I wasted an hour poring over lists of familiar sayings, gave up, went to brush my teeth, and the answer came to me.
Nothing new here, either.
> SSDD
Same shit, different day -- same idea, basically.
> Succulents are common in the southwest, but here in New England, we see less cacti.
An anagram of "Ecclesiastes", whence the familiar saying.
>> This puzzle was a fun diversion from working on my taxes.
> Certainly!
Christina Rossetti's poem, "The One Certainty", containing the familiar saying, is about Death, but as an Englishwoman she may not have been familiar with Ben Franklin's familiar saying about The Two Certainties.
> Brass balls!?!?
No, just TIN NUTS.
> Last week, Nodd mentioned "Billy Jack".
That movie's theme song was "One TIN Soldier".
> Crazy!
NUTS! (Also clued in today's New York Times crossword by "Phooey!" Not that Will ever does that.)
There Is Nothing New Under The Sun…Tin/Nuts
ReplyDeleteThe quote is from Ecclesiastes 1:9.
What the British call, “Standing in queue,” an American might call, “Waiting your turn.”
The lyrics of Pete Seeger’s song, Turn! Turn! Turn!, are from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
Our good friend Chuck takes the spotlight on this week's edition of Puzzleria! His "Conundrumbstruck by Chuck" features a quartet of puzzles involving acronyms, cities and singers, an early TV series, and a palindromic number transformed into a historical event.
ReplyDeleteWe upload Puzzleria! at Midnight Pacific Standard Time, between Thursday and Friday, but likely earlier.
Also on this week's menu:
* a Schpuzzle of the Week titled “Turn this 'couplet of claptrap' into a 'legitimate limerick' ”
* a Biblically Proportioned Hors d’Oeuvre titled "Changing sea water into red wine?"
* a Violently Detestable Moronic Slice of a Puzzle titled "Feline fish? Piscine pussycat?"
* a Cinematic Dessert titled "Big screen larger-than-life actor becomes even larger!" and...
* 17 riff-offs of this week's NPR puzzle, titled “Nothing is Young under the sun,” which includes contributions from accomplished puzzle-makers Peter Collins, Ecoarchitect, Nodd and Tortitude.
That's five-squared foursquare puzzles!
Come, all ye bright Blainsvillians, and catch some "Conundrumsticken Lightning" in a bottle tonight!
LegoWhoThanksAllWhoCommentedFavorablyAboutHisThereIsNothingNewUnderTheSunPuzzleOnNPR(AndWho,HadHeGivenAHint,ItWouldHaveBeen"TheHollies'Jennifer+ARearrangementOfTheLettersInASouthOfTheBorderNap")
There is nothing new under the Sun.
ReplyDeleteI wrote, “Take those seven initial letters, add a vowel, rearrange, and you get a medical term.” That’s TINNITUS.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing new under the Sun, TIN, NUTS
ReplyDeleteMy musical clue of David Bowie was due to his project TIN MACHINE
“There is nothing new under the sun.” Hints:
ReplyDelete(1) “Really a misstatement, Diamond notwithstanding.” (In Diamond v. Chakrabarty, the Supreme Court said a genetically-engineered organism could be patented, because a patent “may include anything under the sun that is made by man. . . ." But “under the sun” is a misstatement, because nothing on earth is “under” the sun in any physical sense.)
(2) “Moody Blues, Seventh Sojourn.” (On their “Seventh Sojourn” album, in “You and Me,” the Moody Blues sang, “Under the sun there’s a homeless man.”)
Nodd, you take me back to 1983 and the "legislative veto" controversy. Back in the day when immigration and law were not so antithetical
DeleteSorry, wrong case I was thinking INS v Chadha
DeleteMy clue was: "Near where The Lost Generation hangs out."
ReplyDeleteThat was the working title of Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", which phrase can be found four verses from "There is nothing new [or: 'no new thing'] under the sun" in Ecclesiastes.
There Is Nothing New Under The Sun.
ReplyDeleteYou can put nuts in a tin.
My made-up saying "There is no tomorrow unless night arrives" was posted before I knew the answer. It was later censored by Blaine. Ironically, I thought "tin" was the one container I could safely reveal, since Blaine had used it in his own hint before he decided to censor himself. He replaced his clue with "no comment," while subtly leaving the tin-infused title in place. Kudos to Bobby for working the unexpected chemical symbol into his hint (and to Lego for a nice puzzle).
ReplyDeleteBlaine's hint spelled out Tin but I started out ignoring it as TMI and then it was deleted. The religious clues led me to a list of biblical phrases. I found it immediately. Thanks for the clues.
ReplyDeleteWhat was Blaine's hint? I did not see it, and have been wondering all week.
DeleteIt was something about a TIN of TLTP, referring to his title for this week ("There Is No Time Like The Present").
DeleteI think it was something about Billy Jack ("one tin soldier")
DeleteBlaine had the same picture and title : There is no time like the present. then where is now has "no comment" he had "TIN (and I think he had NTLTP). I did not connect with the title of picture so forgot the second group of letters. The he removed that due to someone suggesting TMI. I could not understand why the title remained if TIN was too much info. I was searching for CAN too like you were at first. Then I decided TIN was the correct way to go.
DeleteI found it unexpectedly easy to solve while still in bed. I used a bit of logic and right away thought CAN might be the first answer word, but got nowhere with that. I then tried working it backwards, thinking NUTS are frequently canned. When I saw that it worked with ...new under the sun, I went back to finding a way to make that old saying work and then thought about the Brits who refer to cans as tins more often than we do. Like, tinned beer which they laugh at us for drinking, but not me, I am happy to say. I always seem to remember that saying as, nothing is new under the sun. Easy, but a good puzzle all the same.
ReplyDeleteI just now came across this gem via Yahoo News compilation. Some of the photos are priceless.
ReplyDeletehttps://news.yahoo.com/trump-getting-ruthlessly-roasted-over-132022383.html
My clue was “ Everything seems new to me on this Sunday”…. Thought Blaine would delete!
ReplyDeleteThink of a well known person you do not want to succeed. Now think of an 8 letter word that would describe his succeeding. Remove HIS to reveal who this objectionable person is.
ReplyDeleteMay he not...
Delete:-)
DeleteOf the [insert first name of puzzle-maker].
DeleteOf or On?
DeleteI also got "There is Nothing New Under The Sun."
ReplyDeleteI figured "tin" must be the three-letter container; given that others had jokingly come up with phrases using "bag" or "sac" or "can," and given that I couldn't fathom there being a phrase that had a word beginning with x (ruling out box), I started trying to think of phrases that started with "there is no ____" I struck out, so then I shifted to looking for phrases that begin with "there is nothing" and then the answer came to me.
Courtney, that also describes almost exactly my seriatim cognitive meandering. I didn't find Ecclesiastes' phrase in any list of sayings I googled.
DeleteI also wrestled with the box/x paradox till I had to let it go. Even when I got "tin" I was convinced the contents was "fish" until the phrase filled itself out. after I flashed on T-I-N must be "There is nothing..." (Nothing what?)
I had the answer relatively early but was thrown by Blaine's original clue, since he included 'TIN' as the first word in his clue. After a lot of second guessing I posted that his clue was TMI. I felt more sure of the answer when he removed his hint.
ReplyDeleteFor his part, it might have been a good diversion since seeing 'TIN' might have had others looking elsewhere for 'the answer'.
The bands I mentioned all have songs about the sun.
ReplyDeletewish i liked it better
ReplyDeleteI knew it was nuts.
ReplyDeleteBlaine, about your “Edit,” i.e., the removal of your original “joke answer” and its replacement with “No comment,” I can only quote Horace: Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus..
ReplyDeleteDr. K,
DeleteYou mention Homer. Isn't it true he was the inspiration for Babe Ruth? Or was it Candice Barr, the famous rapper he could not keep his hands off?
Sdb, in my callow undergraduate days I once wrote a parody of Keats’s “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer.” I just searched for it in my library, but to no avail. It’s probably better that way. I’ll have to leave it to your imagination.
DeleteDr. K,
DeleteShould you, or your dog, happen to locate it, please do email it to me. I promise to go easy on the grammar feedback. As to Homer, I hope I did not strike out with my baseless conclusions. Now I have mounds to do.
It's only $83.3 million folks. If everyone here on this blog chips in just one million each it should take no time at all to help the big guy out. Now, don't be stingy.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the chances of E. Jean Carroll ever getting one penny out of the orange menace??
DeleteOh ye of little phathe.
DeleteAnyone in nyc? Two off-broadway shows you might want to see. My cousin wrote the book for the musical The Connector and his wife wrote the documentary that is basis for the other "How to Dance in Ohio". Great reviews!
ReplyDeleteThis week's challenge comes from listener Laura Kozma, of South River, N.J. Think of brand name in seven letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Drop the last letter and rearrange the letters that remain. You'll get another brand name, in six letters, that you might also find in a pharmacy. What is it?
ReplyDeleteAbout 200 correct entries this week.
ReplyDelete