tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post2497871498798489783..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 13, 2015): The Quick Brown Fox...Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48734736979762391912015-09-20T22:54:46.275-07:002015-09-20T22:54:46.275-07:00Paul,
I suspect that your key starts with "p...Paul,<br /><br />I suspect that your key starts with "peace" and that your message starts with "I don't...", but I haven't gotten any further with that. Any clues?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27280686072912768492015-09-20T07:30:21.930-07:002015-09-20T07:30:21.930-07:00I don't hate this puzzle, but I could get to t...I don't hate this puzzle, but I could get to that place pretty easily.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-14389502692973146302015-09-20T07:20:03.560-07:002015-09-20T07:20:03.560-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58046884735894649602015-09-20T05:39:27.063-07:002015-09-20T05:39:27.063-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1267455196992712512015-09-20T05:39:06.183-07:002015-09-20T05:39:06.183-07:00Who remembers sweet sixteen?Who remembers sweet sixteen?zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32130207575262735032015-09-20T05:14:14.941-07:002015-09-20T05:14:14.941-07:00X hop'x iiew tada o ioarj rsnhvrrtlbahj kehy w...X hop'x iiew tada o ioarj rsnhvrrtlbahj kehy wzxw opi. L xhtvc B'hz fijw odvk cx lx a mql tp o pwdh.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-75497318019345322572015-09-20T04:53:53.847-07:002015-09-20T04:53:53.847-07:00Next week's challenge: Take the words FORETOLD...Next week's challenge: Take the words FORETOLD and FOURFOLD. They start with homophones, FORE and FOUR, and they end with rhymes, TOLD and FOLD. The challenge is to find two common nine-letter compound words that have the same property. Specifically, the two homophones are each five letters long, and the rhymes have four letters each. What words are these?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63785893901789924552015-09-18T16:53:43.520-07:002015-09-18T16:53:43.520-07:00Small technicalities aren't the scary part.
I...Small technicalities aren't the scary part.<br /><br />I've... seen things... you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion; I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate... All those... moments... will be lost, in time, like tears... in... rain. <br /><br />Time... to die.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6763684996297707112015-09-18T12:29:04.576-07:002015-09-18T12:29:04.576-07:00"Small technicality"
Downright scary in ..."Small technicality"<br />Downright scary in architecture, I would think, and self-defeating in enigmatology,Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60641401300483125972015-09-18T06:11:32.295-07:002015-09-18T06:11:32.295-07:00The new Puzzleria! is up -- four current-event puz...The new <a href="http://puzzleria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Puzzleria!</a> is up -- four current-event puzzles plus a Mt. Holympus Greek mytheology puzzle!<br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63059763544634260042015-09-17T21:40:02.797-07:002015-09-17T21:40:02.797-07:00Yeah, and my PRETTY PUTTER, Never made my Golf Gam...Yeah, and my PRETTY PUTTER, Never made my Golf Game any Better? Maybe Snipper's POWER PUTTER would have helped ..Please Will, give us something better??Wordnerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11316048670318402477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37126648959820170982015-09-17T20:14:37.550-07:002015-09-17T20:14:37.550-07:00Just think of the hyphen as a fulcrum.Just think of the hyphen as a fulcrum.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39785445765677789622015-09-17T19:50:51.326-07:002015-09-17T19:50:51.326-07:00Mendo Jim, I did comment about the hyphen being in...Mendo Jim, I did comment about the hyphen being in a different row. I did not think the replies I got thought it mattered so I deleted it. Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70724172367866801892015-09-17T18:26:06.865-07:002015-09-17T18:26:06.865-07:00Power-tripper doesn't exist.<a href="http://www.onelook.com/?w=power-tripper&ls=a" rel="nofollow"><i><b><b><b>Power-tripper</b></b></b></i></a> doesn't exist.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57497878039494123212015-09-17T18:05:25.799-07:002015-09-17T18:05:25.799-07:00How about Power-tripper? It also rhymes with Snipp...How about Power-tripper? It also rhymes with Snipper. Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9176556846047700132015-09-17T17:27:29.405-07:002015-09-17T17:27:29.405-07:00Didn't Dr. Ruth frequently talk about the hyph...Didn't Dr. Ruth frequently talk about the hyphen? skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10744153451400800832015-09-17T17:14:28.903-07:002015-09-17T17:14:28.903-07:00Small technicality, the top row of a typewriter DO...Small technicality, the top row of a typewriter DOES include the hyphen, it also includes `1234567890=, and all the shiftiness above. <br /><br />Makes it harder to take a Shining to this puzzle. Now Jack goes back to work.<br /><br />Of course the keyboard has a bunch of F's along the top row, I leave it to others to come up with the appropriate F-word.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63173368269083089722015-09-17T16:50:52.588-07:002015-09-17T16:50:52.588-07:00I am surprised that there is no mention here that ...I am surprised that there is no mention here that teeter-totter can be spelled using the letters of the top row but not the keys (as specified), since the hyphen is on the next row up.<br />I would have made this comment to the NPR folks if I could have opened the page.<br />Someone probably did and we will have to wait and see if Willy Boy mentions it. Wanna bet?Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-61426240745123654022015-09-17T14:28:36.956-07:002015-09-17T14:28:36.956-07:00I wrote "Pure torture, quiet power.". A...I wrote "Pure torture, quiet power.". Apparently there was an early video game called Teeter Torture, I only discovered that after posting.<br /><br />Quiet power was my reference to the wonderful community of Gaviotas, in Colombia, where the <a href="http://www.permacultureguild.us/tag/water-pumps/" rel="nofollow">children's teeter-totter</a> (or see saw) pumps water in that dry region. May not be so quiet if the kids are laughing.<br /><br />And sorry if I was a little cranky about our priorities. The big wildfires are a bit distressing, one project under construction is in the "red" zone, and may be gone, and the second strawbale house I did is in the line of fire, which is moving closer every day. At the time I didn't know my clients' status, but they are all okay.<br /><br />We need more quiet power and water pumping.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37298038883585020952015-09-17T14:24:19.949-07:002015-09-17T14:24:19.949-07:00I do think "Ride My Seesaw" by the Moody...I do think "Ride My Seesaw" by the Moody Blues would have been a good clue, depending upon your knowledge of their hits. Some might think it would give the whole thing away. When the band was mentioned on this blog earlier, I didn't make the connection.patjberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593445116920910239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-71250076347542095642015-09-17T14:17:34.151-07:002015-09-17T14:17:34.151-07:00TEETER-TOTTER
1969's "Spinning Wheel"...TEETER-TOTTER<br />1969's "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat, and Tears begins "What goes up must come down".patjberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593445116920910239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6509484649534571162015-09-17T13:36:18.005-07:002015-09-17T13:36:18.005-07:00A tweeter-totter (or twitter-totter) counts tweets...A tweeter-totter (or twitter-totter) counts tweets.<br />A Tipper-topper is Ms. Gore's wig... no, not Leslie Gore. That would be a Leslie-lier, or Leslie-liar.<br />A weeper-peeper is an eye of a lachrymose cyclops. A wetter-peeper may also result from consuming a hot pepper-popper.<br /><br />LegoNowAQuitterAsAQuipper<br /><br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-5848276842365934942015-09-17T13:22:51.557-07:002015-09-17T13:22:51.557-07:00My hint about getting the answer after grocery sho...My hint about getting the answer after grocery shopping, referred to Harris Teeter grocery.Garry Rusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136227148971615669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74310214672961341892015-09-17T12:27:06.043-07:002015-09-17T12:27:06.043-07:00Are you sure you didn't FLIP-FLOP???Are you sure you didn't <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flip-flop" rel="nofollow"><i><b><b><b>FLIP-FLOP</b></b></b></i></a>???ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-88683807862737639042015-09-17T12:13:19.621-07:002015-09-17T12:13:19.621-07:00Yes, Tarzan had a vine way of beginning his day.Yes, Tarzan had a vine way of beginning his day.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.com