tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post1431002162030607512..comments2024-03-28T16:39:55.561-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 7, 2018): The I's Have ItBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68200567428030877642018-10-14T06:02:33.748-07:002018-10-14T06:02:33.748-07:00No spreadsheet required.No spreadsheet required.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86980649664355761042018-10-14T06:00:34.402-07:002018-10-14T06:00:34.402-07:00425 entries last week.425 entries last week.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54171144865676916982018-10-14T05:58:16.199-07:002018-10-14T05:58:16.199-07:00Things are so bad the Society To Reform Anagram Pu...Things are so bad the <b><b>S</b></b>ociety <b><b>T</b></b>o <b><b>R</b></b>eform <b><b>A</b></b>nagram <b><b>P</b></b>uzzles welcomes this.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67247168587018246832018-10-14T05:37:39.279-07:002018-10-14T05:37:39.279-07:00As was unwittingly mentioned earlier, there is a c...As was unwittingly mentioned earlier, there is a connection to last week's puzzle.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10976417297715346272018-10-14T05:27:00.515-07:002018-10-14T05:27:00.515-07:00Will should have saved this for February.Will should have saved this for February.Berfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-5172923871094463132018-10-14T05:24:05.550-07:002018-10-14T05:24:05.550-07:00Compared to last week's puzzle, I find this on...Compared to last week's puzzle, I find this one much more complimentary to women. --Margaret G.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300548354365201244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90086228279166127322018-10-14T05:12:00.678-07:002018-10-14T05:12:00.678-07:00The First Law of Barbara Walters: Don't Talk ...The First Law of Barbara Walters: Don't Talk About Barbara Walters.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1831064318948948042018-10-14T05:01:45.342-07:002018-10-14T05:01:45.342-07:00Next week's challenge: Take the 7-letter last ...Next week's challenge: Take the 7-letter last name of a famous woman. Drop the letter E. Add an I and an F. You can rearrange the result to get a word that famously describes this woman. Who's the woman, and what's the word?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55607488764421773942018-10-13T13:43:06.954-07:002018-10-13T13:43:06.954-07:00Just came back from seeing the movie "First M...Just came back from seeing the movie "First Man". I thought it was a great movie. It showed the space program in a good light but also showed the human cost of gettiing to the moon.<br />It may not have shown Neil Armstrong planting the flag, but it had plenty of USA flags throughout.<br />The only knock I have on this film is the use of the "shaky camera" technique. The camera is seldom stationary and seems to float around all the time. This is used throughout, especially on every "earth" scene.<br /><br />68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10434123229035350142018-10-12T16:31:43.433-07:002018-10-12T16:31:43.433-07:00My neighbor is a big Banksy fan.
“Love is in the ...My neighbor is a big Banksy fan.<br /><br />“Love is in the Bin” is an odd title choice, laden with a shred of irony, I suppose. Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15641409077373917112018-10-12T10:53:24.763-07:002018-10-12T10:53:24.763-07:00My favorite Banksy work may be the Walled Off Hote...My favorite Banksy work may be the <a href="http://walledoffhotel.com/" rel="nofollow">Walled Off Hotel</a>. (More about it <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/world/middleeast/banksy-hotel-bethlehem-west-bank-wall.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)<br /><br />I also liked <a href="http://www.banksyfilm.com/" rel="nofollow">Exit Through the Gift Shop</a>.<br /><br />He's a clever, talented guy with a lot to say.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12500089723807546622018-10-12T10:50:09.180-07:002018-10-12T10:50:09.180-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-72392304287213165712018-10-12T10:36:28.111-07:002018-10-12T10:36:28.111-07:00Name change from "Girl with Balloon" to ...Name change from "Girl with Balloon" to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_in_the_Bin" rel="nofollow"><b><b>Love is in the Bin</b></b></a>."ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40556409922169905782018-10-12T09:39:01.707-07:002018-10-12T09:39:01.707-07:00Going, going, gone. . .
https://www.cnn.com/style...Going, going, gone. . .<br /><br />https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/banksys-girl-with-balloon-renamed-love-is-in-bin/index.html<br /><br />“Love is in the Bin” (?)<br /><br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-43142352779867907822018-10-12T07:08:06.284-07:002018-10-12T07:08:06.284-07:00jsulbyrne, I thought you were cleverly referring t...jsulbyrne, I thought you were cleverly referring to Gary Collins as both co-worker (hosting the pageant together) and spouse to Mobley. Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-75923861045556671262018-10-12T05:55:56.627-07:002018-10-12T05:55:56.627-07:00Clever, Jyqm.
In my early Sunday comment, I wrote:...Clever, Jyqm.<br />In my early Sunday comment, I wrote:<br />"Faithful followers of a particular puzzle blog – three words, 21 letters total, in which all six vowels are represented, even Y! – ought to have a leg up in solving this puzzle..."<br />which was, of course, a shameless plug for my puzzle blog "Joseph Young's Puzzleria!" I ran a longer form of the "Miss Mississippi" puzzle a tad less than four years ago. I liked the 15-letter term not just because it contained five I's but also because it contained just four different letters: M, I, S and P!<br /><br />LegoGoogleLogoGooEggOleoEgoGleeGooGoLoglegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70859495129198286792018-10-12T03:51:46.318-07:002018-10-12T03:51:46.318-07:00Mary Ann Mobley, Miss MS 1958, was a regular on th...Mary Ann Mobley, Miss MS 1958, was a regular on the final season of Diff'rent Strokes with Gary Coleman and was married to Gary Collins.jsulbyrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121691073253882729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86629711728595566842018-10-11T20:56:13.715-07:002018-10-11T20:56:13.715-07:00I offered: "If you 'update' one word ...I offered: "If you 'update' one word in the title in a certain way and abbreviate the other, the results share an interesting property. Alternatively, don't bother updating the one word and abbreviate the other in a different way for a similar result."<br /><br />You can update/abbreviate the title as either "Ms. MS" or "Miss Miss."<br /><br />Then I shared a rather ridiculous story: "I was hanging out in a shady dive bar in Traverse City once when I overheard a former Nazi officer and Middle Eastern terrorist conspiring together. (Strange bedfellows indeed!) They were planning to travel to New York City and detonate an incendiary bomb, but thankfully a detective caught onto them and foiled the plot."<br /><br />In other words, I was in Michigan (MI) with a former member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and a member of the Islamic State (IS). They wanted to blow up Staten Island (SI) using phosphorus (P), but a gumshoe (PI) saved the day!Jyqmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654774151873478584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20755827769901462172018-10-11T18:57:45.731-07:002018-10-11T18:57:45.731-07:00One of Jimmie Rodgers's old songs was "Mi...One of Jimmie Rodgers's old songs was "Miss the Mississippi and You". I doubt if he ever made it to the beauty pageants, though. It was a fine song. just like all of his. D.E.Dowager Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335592182138383501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63768840767123184022018-10-11T18:54:03.187-07:002018-10-11T18:54:03.187-07:00My time there was spent doing business with a few ...My time there was spent doing business with a few people (not all of them) who were "perfect" examples of how stereotypes come to be. Later learned that some of those gentleman farmers family names show up in the Emmett Till court proceedings. Believe that one of 'em on the board could have been involved that night many years ago. That's probably why that hummus memory is so distasteful.<br /> TomRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000427318383579622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48948536966900120252018-10-11T18:51:26.636-07:002018-10-11T18:51:26.636-07:00My clues:
“Cute” puzzle was reference to the cute...My clues: <br />“Cute” puzzle was reference to the cute pageant contestants <br />Reference to Yankees Mr October was Reggie Jackson - as in Jackson Mississippi Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54359282941495526042018-10-11T18:40:07.435-07:002018-10-11T18:40:07.435-07:00Oh, that Gaul .... never mind!Oh, <b>that</b> Gaul .... never mind!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73299624368643115552018-10-11T18:34:59.028-07:002018-10-11T18:34:59.028-07:00Would it have galled you if I hadn't?Would it have galled you if I hadn't?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79563508952393972432018-10-11T18:31:36.232-07:002018-10-11T18:31:36.232-07:00Glad you noticed.Glad you noticed.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-24785547200706987392018-10-11T18:25:42.007-07:002018-10-11T18:25:42.007-07:00Obviously.Obviously.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.com