tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post2621732620842648566..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 19, 2019): Rubbernecking in Benin?Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-31896498362294638492019-05-26T10:31:00.657-07:002019-05-26T10:31:00.657-07:00I get your drift, but that is ghastly! You are a T...I get your drift, but that is ghastly! You are a Truffaut.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35790645712003809002019-05-26T07:00:17.150-07:002019-05-26T07:00:17.150-07:00Frescopainter- Spain. Another botched puzzleFrescopainter- Spain. Another botched puzzlezeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37145756711205582222019-05-26T06:20:24.677-07:002019-05-26T06:20:24.677-07:00215 correct answers last week, BTW. Will mentione...215 correct answers last week, BTW. Will mentioned industrialist/India, sheepshearing/Spain, and quartermaster/Qatar, but rejected them all.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-46591311774761437812019-05-26T06:19:52.303-07:002019-05-26T06:19:52.303-07:00Me thinks that second answer is really four letter...Me thinks that second answer is really four letters ending in "h".IAmHobbesAlphaDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700545317446278510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-24693033306742699132019-05-26T06:18:00.159-07:002019-05-26T06:18:00.159-07:00Really?Really?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90123753564646868742019-05-26T06:11:59.693-07:002019-05-26T06:11:59.693-07:00Not really. With the English rules of words specif...Not really. With the English rules of words specific to this challenge. As a Neuhaus reading teacher, I would argue, "Not really."<br />sophizgoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137631910555844376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28648932581641496002019-05-26T06:04:48.316-07:002019-05-26T06:04:48.316-07:00Don't you mean Eileen Dover Tuffart?Don't you mean Eileen Dover Tuffart?jsulbyrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121691073253882729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62998113359486339082019-05-26T06:02:12.518-07:002019-05-26T06:02:12.518-07:00Right. I believe it's so easy that we got it i...Right. I believe it's so easy that we got it in 2 minutes. I vowel to find that 2nd English word. sophizgoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137631910555844376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-5897325236984687702019-05-26T06:01:31.754-07:002019-05-26T06:01:31.754-07:00Too (two?) easy
Too (two?) easy<br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67471496454218955932019-05-26T05:59:29.454-07:002019-05-26T05:59:29.454-07:00Sounds about right.Sounds about right.Cloak'n'Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803441199770057589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48247575801857818252019-05-26T05:55:20.334-07:002019-05-26T05:55:20.334-07:00Two unintentional(?) hints were heard in Will'...Two unintentional(?) hints were heard in Will's on-air delivery.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11683810545398248752019-05-26T05:40:18.577-07:002019-05-26T05:40:18.577-07:00Two different English words work.Two different English words work.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13600571493963400182019-05-26T05:36:22.092-07:002019-05-26T05:36:22.092-07:00Another Lego puzzle this week!
This week's ch...Another Lego puzzle this week!<br /><br />This week's challenge is not so hard. It comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. Take a common English word in 3 letters. Translate it into French — also 3 letters. (The French word is one everyone knows.) And between them these two words consist of 6 different vowels and no consonants. What words are these?<br />janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86408069143173199962019-05-25T21:31:09.731-07:002019-05-25T21:31:09.731-07:00My understanding is that the first woman to fall f...My understanding is that the first woman to fall from grace was Eileen Dover Tuffar.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-83530265465698026692019-05-25T18:37:23.453-07:002019-05-25T18:37:23.453-07:00Well I heard he was going to be not only an observ...Well I heard he was going to be not only an observer of the sumo wrestling this evening, but was also going to compete. Then they realized no one sues mo' than Tramp and it was cancelled.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7794479977723776422019-05-25T18:21:16.984-07:002019-05-25T18:21:16.984-07:00I wonder if Donald Trump will partake in any of th...I wonder if <a href="https://youtu.be/R1VKdQQqTbg" rel="nofollow">Donald Trump will partake in any of the sports</a> offered to him while in Japan this weekend?68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3526981020317206742019-05-25T17:23:47.867-07:002019-05-25T17:23:47.867-07:00While I in no way agree with you that the puzzle t...While I in no way agree with you that the puzzle this week is in any way misstated, I do agree that, "He's been there too long!"skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-36928224252644034852019-05-25T17:10:29.427-07:002019-05-25T17:10:29.427-07:00It just seems there is ambiguity in the clue -- m...It just seems there is ambiguity in the clue -- much better if it had been worded "the letters of the country are not necesseriy consecutive." I thought there should be at least one other letter between the ones in the country.<br /><br />And heaven forfend I'd ever even consider ousting the PM! He's been there too long!<br /><br /><br />D.E.Dowager Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335592182138383501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26834012035338390162019-05-25T13:25:19.703-07:002019-05-25T13:25:19.703-07:00Heh, I thought you were getting at Passover in you...Heh, I thought you were getting at Passover in your clue to point to Egypt...Haris H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104767341796867363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-31098703169711699092019-05-25T10:44:56.563-07:002019-05-25T10:44:56.563-07:00All ambiguity would be eliminated if the word &quo...All ambiguity would be eliminated if the word "all" were placed immediately before "consecutively" in the clue.geofanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10355377703382263396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65901237464109551462019-05-25T10:43:17.311-07:002019-05-25T10:43:17.311-07:00There is nothing rong with how the puzzle is state...There is nothing rong with how the puzzle is stated. We all know what it meant.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42508197986531474252019-05-25T04:46:47.112-07:002019-05-25T04:46:47.112-07:00With all due respect, D.E., might you be bending t...With all due respect, D.E., might <b>you</b> be bending the rules in an attempt to oust the PM?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44219274377110524342019-05-25T02:54:45.711-07:002019-05-25T02:54:45.711-07:00Decided to weigh in on this (just to be neighborly...Decided to weigh in on this (just to be neighborly).Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35114795303005578292019-05-25T02:54:15.659-07:002019-05-25T02:54:15.659-07:00If you say so. I can see there are some right sma...If you say so. I can see there are some right smart folks on this site and a person might get edukeeted if they visited here more than once. Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57620066667123885002019-05-24T16:18:09.202-07:002019-05-24T16:18:09.202-07:00It's difficult to see how hiEroGlYPhist can wo...It's difficult to see how hiEroGlYPhist can work,given the instruction that the letters in the name of the country are not sequential. since YP are. If you can allow two, why not two or three? Is the PM bending the rules again?<br /><br />D.E.Dowager Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335592182138383501noreply@blogger.com