tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post132731791322977470..comments2024-03-28T11:59:33.697-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 30, 2012): Opposites AttractBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-41876734184286130482012-10-07T06:18:55.945-07:002012-10-07T06:18:55.945-07:00I was just coming on the blog to see if anyone had...I was just coming on the blog to see if anyone had already called Will out on this. Thanks, Rob!Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28109534545473463432012-10-07T06:11:45.474-07:002012-10-07T06:11:45.474-07:00Will said on the air he did not allow "dreary...Will said on the air he did not allow "dreary" and "dreamy." He gave as the reason that you did not have to rearrange the letters to get from one to the other.<br /><br />But this is not true!<br /><br />The puzzle says: "Think of a word in which the second letter is R."<br /><br />OK, this is DREARY.<br /><br />"Change the R to an M...."<br /><br />OK, this is DMEARY.<br /><br />".... and rearrange the result."<br /><br />OK, of course you have to rearrange, and you get DREAMY.<br /><br />Will!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91405248830858111262012-10-07T06:10:35.339-07:002012-10-07T06:10:35.339-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-43040124349916712582012-10-06T22:37:00.615-07:002012-10-06T22:37:00.615-07:00According to my latest count, the answer is a prim...According to my latest count, the answer is a prime number.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82978108416229529042012-10-06T21:42:59.289-07:002012-10-06T21:42:59.289-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13778306841346298922012-10-06T18:40:30.745-07:002012-10-06T18:40:30.745-07:00The early worm gets the bird.
Will someone go tel...The early worm gets the bird.<br /><br />Will someone go tell Jan she can now wake Blaine up from his stupor, whoops! I meant to say slumber, so he can clue us in on this new one?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28114635566328936682012-10-06T18:36:50.107-07:002012-10-06T18:36:50.107-07:00This must hold the record for earliest release tim...This must hold the record for <b><i>earliest</i></b> release time of a new Sunday puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23418700111508592222012-10-06T16:53:05.477-07:002012-10-06T16:53:05.477-07:00New puzzle is now up and running and it is an actu...New puzzle is now up and running and it is an actual puzzle this time! It will take a little time figuring it out this time also.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12699227437625967942012-10-05T08:11:49.294-07:002012-10-05T08:11:49.294-07:00OK. Have it your way, SDB. I have bigger phish t...OK. Have it your way, SDB. I have bigger phish to phry. <br /><br />OUT.<br /><br />(OVER)AbqGuerrillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439641600563812511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-41647065451590149882012-10-05T08:06:06.750-07:002012-10-05T08:06:06.750-07:00After discussing all this chatter with wife #1 ove...After discussing all this chatter with wife #1 over breakfast this A.M., we are taking issue with the PROSE - POEMS "solution." Although I agree with SDB that this seems to be the sort of answer that might appeal to Will's tastes -- and despite Chuck's posting about Merriam Webster's decision to list POETRY as an antonym of PROSE (after all, she's the authority we trust), I'm stickin' with DREAMY-DREARY. POETRY may indeed be the opposite of PROSE, but clearly the opposite of POEMS is not PROSE. The opposites of POEMS are many and they might include essays, novels, and short stories, to name a few. In summation, POEMS are specific pieces of writing that can actually be read, but in my mind POETRY is more a type of literature and therefore favorably compares with an opposite TYPE of literature: PROSE. What say ye?AbqGuerrillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439641600563812511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1504948986343351502012-10-04T21:22:22.209-07:002012-10-04T21:22:22.209-07:00Don't wake the Blainster; he's still sleep...Don't wake the Blainster; he's still sleepin' on it—probably enjoyin' his dream too and not all that eager to rejoin this dreary puzzle.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91548354615408066712012-10-04T20:34:41.247-07:002012-10-04T20:34:41.247-07:00Ou est Blaine?
Ou est Blaine?<br />Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414999868454070433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3569707835532868732012-10-04T20:22:11.696-07:002012-10-04T20:22:11.696-07:00I also submitted dreary/dreamy, but M-W calls thos...I also submitted dreary/dreamy, but M-W calls those words "near antonyms". Ho well.Ecklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14890322623326899444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23974146845329854682012-10-04T20:06:18.209-07:002012-10-04T20:06:18.209-07:00'Needlessly obfuscatory'?, I dunno, but I ...'Needlessly obfuscatory'?, I dunno, but I do think he was asking us to compare oranges with mangoes.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17751297147054909642012-10-04T18:31:27.650-07:002012-10-04T18:31:27.650-07:00I too ended up with prose and poems, after mentall...I too ended up with prose and poems, after mentally working my way through the alphabet for words starting with ar, br, cr, dr, etc. I don't really like the collective noun - plural noun match up, nor do I see them as clear antonyms, but it works better that dreary and dreamy. All in all, a fairly prosaic puzzle.Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231220997278732084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17668147373890860422012-10-04T17:42:29.293-07:002012-10-04T17:42:29.293-07:00To: AbqGuerrilla
"over and out" is an o...To: AbqGuerrilla<br /><br />"over and out" is an oxymoron! It is as incorrect as it gets. OVER means "Your turn, I am handing it back to you to talk." OUT means END OF CONVERSATION. This is just another reason why I seldom enjoy a Hollywood movie. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-14093388134878121882012-10-04T17:03:39.637-07:002012-10-04T17:03:39.637-07:00I went with dreary and dreamy as well, but I'm...I went with dreary and dreamy as well, but I'm kinda likin' the poetry and prose thing...AbqGuerrillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439641600563812511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-59193174836460133032012-10-04T17:00:54.922-07:002012-10-04T17:00:54.922-07:00All I can say is that meat is murder, but fish is ...All I can say is that meat is murder, but fish is justifiable homicide. Out is not a physical place. It's just "in" to say "out" after peace, as in "over and out." But you know that. You're just pushin' my button (somebody musta told you it's an "outie.")AbqGuerrillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439641600563812511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91286191180666841332012-10-04T16:50:44.387-07:002012-10-04T16:50:44.387-07:00Yes, but I think prose/poems may be his intended a...Yes, but I think prose/poems may be his intended answer, although I think dreary/dreamy is more correct, but when has that ever stopped Will?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67671336309278037782012-10-04T16:18:23.461-07:002012-10-04T16:18:23.461-07:00I was finally able to decode your message. My orig...I was finally able to decode your message. My original error was "president" vs. "PMESIDENT."<br /><br />Thx.benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70814413001025679762012-10-04T14:33:22.441-07:002012-10-04T14:33:22.441-07:00BROODLESS and BLOSSOMED
One who is BROODLESS has ...BROODLESS and BLOSSOMED<br /><br />One who is BROODLESS has had no children, no offspring.<br /><br />BLOSSOMED need not only apply to flowers - even though a blossomed flower is now reproducing. When a girl goes through puberty and develops, she can be said to have blossomed.<br /><br />Anyway, so the key to my 1st crypto-post is BROODLESS<br />and the key to my 2nd crypto-post is PRESIDENT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39879276031217545802012-10-04T13:51:07.157-07:002012-10-04T13:51:07.157-07:00Do people agree that if the intended answer was DR...Do people agree that if the intended answer was DREARY/DREAMY, then Will was being needlessly obfuscatory in his cluing, and not in a fun, clever way?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42455243159520642662012-10-04T12:59:28.455-07:002012-10-04T12:59:28.455-07:00I understood your post. I don't agree with it....I understood your post. I don't agree with it.<br /><br />My Merriam-Webster states:<br /><br />pediment noun <br />1 : a triangular space forming the gable of a 2-pitched roof in classic architecture; also : a similar form used as a decoration.<br />2 : a broad gently sloping bedrock surface with low relief that is situated at the base of a steeper slope and is usu. thinly covered with alluvial gravel and sand. <br /><br />I still do not see any connection.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20503142336592106172012-10-04T12:40:09.397-07:002012-10-04T12:40:09.397-07:00President at the TOP
pediament at the bottomPresident at the TOP<br /><br />pediament at the bottombenmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37366095440120850322012-10-04T12:23:00.348-07:002012-10-04T12:23:00.348-07:00I submitted PROSE and POEMS. A puzzle is a poser ...I submitted PROSE and POEMS. A puzzle is a poser - anagram for prose - which is straightforward and ordinary writing. Broods means mopes - anagram for poems – which is the opposite or versus (sounds like verses) of prose.<br /><br />prose - writing that is not in verse; ordinary written or spoken language. <br />Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary<br /><br />"All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose" [Molière Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]<br />kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882757881891590225noreply@blogger.com