tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post2060896999815356645..comments2024-03-28T14:21:09.084-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 17, 2013): The Cat is AwayBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18895088776625484272013-02-24T20:22:39.557-08:002013-02-24T20:22:39.557-08:00Mr. scifi. You want to remove the give away? Thx
....Mr. scifi. You want to remove the give away? Thx<br />.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-45562164421733599932013-02-24T14:33:29.025-08:002013-02-24T14:33:29.025-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00078910903589445504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13485117308164645452013-02-24T10:44:56.616-08:002013-02-24T10:44:56.616-08:00Oh sure, listen to WYSO a lot. We should be bette...Oh sure, listen to WYSO a lot. We should be better friends: s8tt10@gmail.comUncle Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769784532885433156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28413260380066181682013-02-24T09:00:18.763-08:002013-02-24T09:00:18.763-08:00Oh, did you enjoy the on-air player's comment ...Oh, did you enjoy the on-air player's comment that there was a new release of Police Academy every year he was in elementary school? Thinking our blog age distribution makes it not so likely he plays here.<br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7291303576008553772013-02-24T06:53:01.645-08:002013-02-24T06:53:01.645-08:00Louse calls. My mouse made the wrong sort of call...Louse calls. My mouse made the wrong sort of call.MrSciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112686794893154281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15369403664923786672013-02-24T06:27:18.667-08:002013-02-24T06:27:18.667-08:00Mouse calls? Horse calls?Mouse calls? Horse calls?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6506261015978434872013-02-24T06:20:33.230-08:002013-02-24T06:20:33.230-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.MrSciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112686794893154281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-47163892124413074192013-02-24T06:19:40.865-08:002013-02-24T06:19:40.865-08:00Have you XYs guys ever been to an andrologist?! Lo...Have you XYs guys ever been to an andrologist?! Looking at doctor lists there just aren't that many that are only ten letters. So this should be easy, right?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-30884579771139374092013-02-24T06:10:45.196-08:002013-02-24T06:10:45.196-08:00No, it seems to me that the kind of doctor will ha...No, it seems to me that the kind of doctor will have 10 letters. E.g., if the first body part is ABCDE and the second is FGHIJ, then the kind of doctor might be ABGHICDEFJ. I'm wondering how literally to take"kind of doctor". I'm stuck on SPINE being a body part and SPIN DOCTOR being the answer, but of course that doesn't work.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25806145039376207112013-02-24T06:06:20.983-08:002013-02-24T06:06:20.983-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-34182474895014856332013-02-24T06:02:58.055-08:002013-02-24T06:02:58.055-08:00Will the name of the doctor be ten letters, or wil...Will the name of the doctor be ten letters, or will the result of removing the three letters from the second word eliminate the remainder?zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-43600168395776175592013-02-24T03:13:18.526-08:002013-02-24T03:13:18.526-08:00Well, guess what, the new puzzle is up!
Next week...Well, guess what, the new puzzle is up!<br /><br />Next week's challenge from listener Brian Greer of Portland, Ore.: Name two parts of the human body, 10 letters in all. Place their names one after the other. Take a block of three consecutive letters out of the second word and insert them somewhere inside the first word without otherwise changing the order of any of the letters. The result will name a kind of doctor. What kind of doctor is it?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-52947590802577271862013-02-24T03:05:11.461-08:002013-02-24T03:05:11.461-08:00Does anybody here remember what time it was last w...Does anybody here remember what time it was last week when the new puzzle was posted?<br /><br />As I type this, it's 3am Pacific time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-51215688316143429672013-02-23T22:13:36.507-08:002013-02-23T22:13:36.507-08:00Agreed, Paul. Footnote: quibble is archaic for pun...Agreed, Paul. Footnote: quibble is archaic for <i>pun. </i>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-4028474031157394612013-02-23T20:55:26.473-08:002013-02-23T20:55:26.473-08:00Soramimi...you mean like, 'The Bear Missed the...Soramimi...you mean like, 'The Bear Missed the Train'? It took awhile, and I've also discovered that 'learning curve' has more to do with 'rate' than 'route', so the answer to my question elsewhere is probably 'no'. Sometimes rate is a function of route, but who wants to argue? Aren't 'quibbles' those furry critters from Star Trek?<br />I tend more toward paraprosdokians, myself. I am reminded that someone recently thought to educate my local community with a definition and numerous examples of same, until the local newspaper editor dismissed them as 'bumperstickerianisms'...or something like that.<br />Yes, I have also noticed AbqG's absence; kind of like the train that wakes you up in the middle of the night when it <b>doesn't</b> go through; and I honestly hope that he is, like your mom, well and happy. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62680944708276723072013-02-23T18:57:16.808-08:002013-02-23T18:57:16.808-08:00It was the Roger Ebert review that was searchable:...It was the Roger Ebert review that was searchable: "It's so bad, maybe you should pool your money and draw straws and send one of the guys off to rent it so that in the future, whenever you think you're sitting through a bad comedy, he could shake his head, and chuckle tolerantly, and explain that you don't know what bad is."<br /><br />I do not plan to rent the movie, but I bet rentals get a bump from this NPR mention. It's the sad nature of us humans and "awareness" as they say in the marketing biz.<br /><br />I tried Googling "Bubba" and got no "Police" results after 25 pages. Google search results are highly personalized nowadays, especially if you're signed in. If "Police Academy" comes up on the second page of any search, it may be that Google knows that you like bad movies--or, more likely, that you're interested in NPR puzzle answers.<br /><br />It's been an enjoyable conversation about this puzzle and, now, I'm going to sign out of Google, because I never want Police Academy to be near the top of one of my searches ever again.DanAxtellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875400239413947054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56834824788985724722013-02-23T00:36:30.092-08:002013-02-23T00:36:30.092-08:00Ah no, we're not going to quibble like SDB and...Ah no, we're not going to quibble like SDB and AbqG, are we? Speaking of AbqG, you've been quiet lately, sir. We're never going to get to blog 200 without you. ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77149797183474150722013-02-22T21:04:30.730-08:002013-02-22T21:04:30.730-08:00Aren't 'path to an answer' and 'le...Aren't 'path to an answer' and 'learning curve' virtually synonymous?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39426435898502099112013-02-22T19:46:52.026-08:002013-02-22T19:46:52.026-08:00I was wondering which posting was the "google...I was wondering which posting was the "google-able" one—apparently it was the one Blaine removed.<br /><br />Actually, I found that googling "Bubba" (which appeared in posts by RoRo and WW) also led to the solution—on the second page of search results.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3312598898083818962013-02-22T19:41:22.503-08:002013-02-22T19:41:22.503-08:00My clues:
"Hope I'm not in … trouble&quo...My clues:<br /><br /><b>"Hope I'm not in … trouble"</b><br />As in: in trouble with the law/the <i>police</i>.<br /><br /><b>"Go from meek to mean … hook's"</b><br />Alludes to one of the cadets, by the name of Hooks, who undergoes just that change at the end of the movie ("Don't move, dirt bag!!").Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39280282622583355792013-02-22T19:32:20.954-08:002013-02-22T19:32:20.954-08:00On average pretty acerbic, quite possibly…!On average pretty acerbic, quite possibly…!Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16696599059046330172013-02-22T19:30:15.081-08:002013-02-22T19:30:15.081-08:00In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Neve...In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Never mind." I was thinking of Police Squad. Leslie Nielsen was thoroughly absurd (and was once a Sunday Puzzle answer). I know nothing of Police Academy, but I suspect it has significantly more brutality than Police Squad. Yes, everyone who gets on the air gets a lapel pin regardless of cluelessness.DanAxtellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875400239413947054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-80601208447297957552013-02-22T19:05:37.836-08:002013-02-22T19:05:37.836-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21186063957589753242013-02-22T17:43:33.118-08:002013-02-22T17:43:33.118-08:00Jest keepin order. Dem twos always fussin.Jest keepin order. Dem twos always fussin.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22173055126199741112013-02-22T17:27:00.158-08:002013-02-22T17:27:00.158-08:00Well done. Care to try a mondegreen or soramimi, P...Well done. Care to try a mondegreen or soramimi, Paul?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.com