tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post1242549881481891435..comments2024-03-28T18:08:45.225-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2013): Open for BusinessBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11584822122308731662013-09-01T19:17:11.155-07:002013-09-01T19:17:11.155-07:00No more Ivy League puzzles, Jan.No more Ivy League puzzles, Jan.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40976908050667439132013-09-01T07:07:15.562-07:002013-09-01T07:07:15.562-07:00Some of the entertainment shows might mention the ...Some of the entertainment shows might mention the celebrity's name just in time for many to beat the deadline!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68724433063328308862013-09-01T07:05:20.160-07:002013-09-01T07:05:20.160-07:00I think I'll change my name to Word.
Off to ...I think I'll change my name to Word.<br /><br /> Off to shop for an appropriate bit of memorabilia.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50088492766949395612013-09-01T05:57:15.610-07:002013-09-01T05:57:15.610-07:00Some of these puzzles leave me breathless.Some of these puzzles leave me breathless.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57202905893463126062013-09-01T05:08:32.635-07:002013-09-01T05:08:32.635-07:00Don't have a clue, either.Don't have a clue, either.Tommy Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373838653732634600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25418891317409511662013-09-01T05:02:19.683-07:002013-09-01T05:02:19.683-07:00Think patriotism!Think patriotism!benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6805385956585667132013-09-01T04:52:55.667-07:002013-09-01T04:52:55.667-07:00I know so little about celebrities and pop culture...I know so little about celebrities and pop culture that this is way too hard for me to think of myself, yet it is easily researched - which I have done so it doesn't bother me all week.<br /><br />Nothing to do with the right answer, but if you are a fan of Weird Al you would not have to go to the enz of the Earth to find a cute but totally twice-wrong answer!Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78560501811137881142013-09-01T04:18:53.335-07:002013-09-01T04:18:53.335-07:00This is interesting, I have some old school style....This is interesting, I have some old school style.<br /><br />http://exuberantindia.com/?p=193Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00606885109443782177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77685745645786976372013-09-01T04:04:07.981-07:002013-09-01T04:04:07.981-07:00"Next week's challenge from listener Henr..."Next week's challenge from listener Henry Hook of Brooklyn, N.Y.: Think of a well-known celebrity who goes by a single name — the last two letters of which are alphabetically separated by only one letter (like A and C, or B and D). Replace this pair of letters with the one that separates them, and you'll have a common, everyday word. What is it?"<br /><br />Ugh. Now think of a celebrity whose name sounds like two letters alphabetically separated by 15 letters.<br /><br />It's sad and creepy how easy these "puzzles" have become.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-45681385377228301962013-09-01T03:26:12.646-07:002013-09-01T03:26:12.646-07:00New puzzle just came up and I already passed the t...New puzzle just came up and I already passed the test and submitted my answer.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82112043440311553892013-08-31T18:51:22.722-07:002013-08-31T18:51:22.722-07:00Yes, according to scriptures, at a car wash one mu...Yes, according to scriptures, at a car wash one must go with the flow. Otherwise it could be a drain. Now, let us spray.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77128029122453627382013-08-31T18:10:04.570-07:002013-08-31T18:10:04.570-07:00SDB, my googling produced a lovely, large ele font...SDB, my googling produced a lovely, large ele font. ;-)<br /><br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82327437784629066142013-08-31T11:46:54.621-07:002013-08-31T11:46:54.621-07:00I agree, and want to point out that I did not use ...I agree, and want to point out that I did not use the words, pink or elephant in my post, but RoRo did in her response. I still think my hint was very obscure and you were just clever in using it to solve the puzzle, but if we keep harping on this you may miss your appointment at the ferry. :)skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38102709521813519242013-08-31T11:31:36.233-07:002013-08-31T11:31:36.233-07:00On the first page of some google searches, the 2nd...On the first page of some google searches, the 2nd item is a set of 5, apparantly random, images. It was titled, in this case "Images for 1951 Seattle". In my case, the 4th one was the elephant car wash image. Sorry for the hasty accusation. (Now when you enter "seattle pink elephant", that's a whole other story.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072729940605877423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62707909066572778622013-08-31T10:55:28.014-07:002013-08-31T10:55:28.014-07:00WW:
Took your advice and I had to go all the way t...WW:<br />Took your advice and I had to go all the way to page 6 and way down that page before it came up. I suspect everyone does not get the same when we Google. Maybe when I Googled they didn't have enough trunk space.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-24445501178365704582013-08-31T10:05:39.108-07:002013-08-31T10:05:39.108-07:00Google "1951 Seattle," then click on &qu...Google "1951 Seattle," then click on "Images for 1951 seattle." Scroll own TEN lines of photos et voilà your picture of Elephant Super Car Wash: https://www.google.com/search?q=1951+seattle&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS239&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vx8iUrbcMeahiQKkjoCwCQ&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1130&bih=674#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=_EVwCaVpQh5qOM%3A%3BImKbf-Vn2cyEtM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcdn.c.photoshelter.com%252Fimg-get%252FI0000a.O3sVrrn9w%252Fs%252F750%252F750%252F20130503SEA-2548.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fjoelrogers.photoshelter.com%252Fimage%252FI0000a.O3sVrrn9w%3B500%3B750ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50924831868131582292013-08-31T10:00:00.423-07:002013-08-31T10:00:00.423-07:00Feedback-needy, legolambda, that brings me back......Feedback-needy, legolambda, that brings me back...to my first Sunday on Blaine's World in January. Boldface truth ;-). How about you? Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21975689138597513572013-08-31T08:28:55.684-07:002013-08-31T08:28:55.684-07:00Google Seattle 1951 but choose "Images" ...Google Seattle 1951 but choose "Images" rather than "Web" before you search. It's there in all it's purdy pink glory, RoRo and skydiveboy.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53180436191723135342013-08-31T05:33:06.322-07:002013-08-31T05:33:06.322-07:00...the squat pen rests...SH...the squat pen rests...SHzeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-2290531484128676412013-08-30T23:18:13.312-07:002013-08-30T23:18:13.312-07:00Yeah, I just now tried Googling Seattle 1951 and g...Yeah, I just now tried Googling Seattle 1951 and got nothing about car wash or pink elephants. I wonder just how many of those numbers at the bottom of the Google page john brown clicked on to get there. Maybe I won't take those cyanide pills tonight after all. Another glass of wine perhaps instead.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27266659881608104812013-08-30T23:06:53.151-07:002013-08-30T23:06:53.151-07:00Funny, I already had the answer but just for the h...Funny, I already had the answer but just for the heck I also googled Seattle 1951 but did not see the carwash til I included car wash in the google. That's why I thought it was safe to joke with SDB about seeing pink elephants. As for my reply to Cactus about having a hard time seeing the business, I have a white car and I have not felt the car wash did an adequate job (besides tearing my magnetic presidential candidate sticker off (there should be a warning sign) So when I said go into business for myself I meant I could do a better job myself by hand Robin Thomas Poponnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703107344880425239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29147019365207218482013-08-30T20:10:25.578-07:002013-08-30T20:10:25.578-07:00I am glad you posted this comment because I though...I am glad you posted this comment because I thought I had an iron clad clue that would not be decryptable. Had I known I would not have given the year and had you said something earlier I would have deleted the post, but it might have been difficult for you to find a way to inform me without another giveaway. I do try to make my hints almost impossible to figure out unless you have already solved the puzzle. Maybe you were just clever to actually Google 1951 Seattle. I am very surprised that worked. Oh well.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89310246711006051042013-08-30T18:46:59.625-07:002013-08-30T18:46:59.625-07:00My thanks to SDB for this week's give away clu...My thanks to SDB for this week's give away clue. I had no idea what the answer was, but when I typed "1951 Seattle" in the Google search bar, one of the things that popped up was a photo of the Pink Elephant Car Wash sign. The response that mentioned "pink elephants" was just overkill.<br />I would have said something earlier, but it's been my experience that posters can be recalcitrant when asked to remove an obvious clue.<br />Just saying...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072729940605877423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13081125368035720912013-08-30T08:31:03.504-07:002013-08-30T08:31:03.504-07:00My clue: "The betting money here says that mo...My clue: "The betting money here says that most have a fighting chance of solving this one." referred to cash and war. <br />Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78357191097106419802013-08-30T06:55:41.893-07:002013-08-30T06:55:41.893-07:00You're gr8, WW!You're gr8, WW!Uncle Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769784532885433156noreply@blogger.com