tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post4013512138518326823..comments2024-03-28T18:08:45.225-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 2, 2014): SHE and HIS puzzleBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9190180912939550622014-02-09T08:02:22.016-08:002014-02-09T08:02:22.016-08:00Thanks again to WW for her “heads-up” on my David/...Thanks again to WW for her “heads-up” on my David/Chuck name mix-up. Just for the record, I have reposted below how the post should have appeared:<br /><br />sdb, Chuck and David,<br />I respect your takes on Al‘s solution. I agree with David’s take but respectfully disagree with sdb and Chuck. (zeke, I realize you be kinda joshin’ us with your colon comment.)<br /><br />As to sdb’s objection about inversion and Chuck’s point # 2, even if a word is upside-down, it still exists. It is possible for some people to read a book upside-down, for example. If you look at a U.S. map upside-down, the words Seattle, Utah, Denver and Georgia are all there, just harder to read. (I was just joshing, zeke-like, with my comment in an earlier post about “gravity boots.”)<br /><br />As to Chuck’s point # 1, I would contend that the “where in most homes” need not be a room; it might be a grandfather clock, calendar, washer/dryer, vacuum cleaner, microwave oven or, as in the puzzle I composed early this week, a blender. Such “things,” I believe, are legitimate “wheres.” Therefore, I guess my mileage varies ;-).<br /><br />This week has been interesting. Many of us were giving hints to a presumed answer that we thought stunk, while the real answer might have been, for many of us, right under our noses as we scratched our heads! We cannot complain, as we often do, that this puzzle was too easy. Indeed, as far as I can tell, Al is the only one of us who got it right, which leads to the following speculation: Will this puzzle set a record for the fewest correct entries? <br /><br />Al, did you submit your answer? Get the call? Will Will gloat on Sunday? Will he say “Many people submitted ‘sherry and whiskey in a liquor cabinet,’ but that doesn’t work, of course, because you won’t find liquor cabinets in most homes.”legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9035105789413570132014-02-09T07:37:45.752-08:002014-02-09T07:37:45.752-08:00And who can forget ShELL OIL on our calculators?
...And who can forget ShELL OIL on our calculators? <br /><br />There's a whole Wiki page devoted to calculator upside-down digit to word jokes and spelling: <br /><br />http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ACalculator_spelling<br /><br />Everything "old" is "gnu" again?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-72055173886803230842014-02-09T06:31:23.475-08:002014-02-09T06:31:23.475-08:00perhaps this week's puzzle will garner more co...perhaps this week's puzzle will garner more correct entries that last since that even a mental midget such as I has gotten the answer so quickly. I'll go with fewer than 50... oops wrong blog :-)zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12070711073775440202014-02-09T06:27:35.425-08:002014-02-09T06:27:35.425-08:00Eeeek, another hair raising puzzle!Eeeek, another hair raising puzzle!zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63264826486982001882014-02-09T06:27:30.378-08:002014-02-09T06:27:30.378-08:00BTW, one reason I rejected the digital clock idea ...BTW, one reason I rejected the digital clock idea last week is that 3:45 and 5:14 are <b>not</b> SHE and HIS upside-down. They're ShE and hIS. I (incorrectly) took the caps to be significant.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73824185449503786692014-02-09T06:08:11.491-08:002014-02-09T06:08:11.491-08:00This isn't his best puzzle, but it's at le...This isn't his best puzzle, but it's at least the 9th time since 2005 that Steve Baggish has gotten a puzzle on the air.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62552047709530034442014-02-09T06:05:30.117-08:002014-02-09T06:05:30.117-08:00Primum non nocerePrimum non nocerePaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-85310145553994633942014-02-09T05:58:04.042-08:002014-02-09T05:58:04.042-08:00I just got my NPR response in email.I just got my NPR response in email.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86096399498563355162014-02-09T05:53:49.493-08:002014-02-09T05:53:49.493-08:00It is not a character from John Steinbeck.It is not a character from John Steinbeck.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35300444129207199172014-02-09T05:52:43.927-08:002014-02-09T05:52:43.927-08:00Hey! I was going to post that!Hey! I was going to post that!skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90004511384048289042014-02-09T05:22:14.250-08:002014-02-09T05:22:14.250-08:00Wow, that's a real good guess. Shoot, I alway...Wow, that's a real good guess. Shoot, I always used to look at my clock upside down and read the numerals as letters. All I can say is 7734!Uncle Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769784532885433156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-284993336265686792014-02-09T05:21:55.344-08:002014-02-09T05:21:55.344-08:00What part of the body is a Momy?What part of the body is a Momy?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8401593673975627682014-02-09T05:13:02.563-08:002014-02-09T05:13:02.563-08:00Next week's challenge: This week's challen...Next week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Steve Baggish of Arlington, Mass. Name a title character from a classic work of fiction, in 8 letters. Change the third letter to an M. The result will be two consecutive words naming parts of the human body. Who is the character, and what parts of the body are these?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9094501024429608422014-02-08T20:27:39.078-08:002014-02-08T20:27:39.078-08:00W,
Thanks for mopping up after me. My apologies to...W,<br />Thanks for mopping up after me. My apologies to David and Chuck.<br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79086043848529963852014-02-08T06:41:53.481-08:002014-02-08T06:41:53.481-08:00Please note: for the purposes of the above comment...Please note: for the purposes of the above comment only, please read David "upside-down" as Chuck. ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58592548877484290522014-02-08T06:18:04.965-08:002014-02-08T06:18:04.965-08:00Yes, I submitted an answer but did not get called....Yes, I submitted an answer but did not get called.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246059125125085392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44495113273089978562014-02-08T02:56:47.805-08:002014-02-08T02:56:47.805-08:00sdb and David,
I respect your takes on Al‘s soluti...sdb and David,<br />I respect your takes on Al‘s solution, but respectfully disagree. (zeke, I realize you be kinda joshin’ us with your colon comment.)<br /><br />As to sdb’s objection about inversion and David’s point # 2, even if a word is upside-down, it still exists. It is possible for some people to read a book upside-down, for example. If you look at a U.S. map upside-down, the words Seattle, Utah, Denver and Georgia are all there, just harder to read. (I was just joshing, zeke-like, with my comment in an earlier post about “gravity boots.”)<br /><br />As to David’s point # 1, I would contend that the “where in most homes” need not be a room; it might be a grandfather clock, calendar, washer/dryer, vacuum cleaner, microwave oven or, as in the puzzle I composed early this week, a blender. Such “things,” I believe, are legitimate “wheres.” Therefore, my mileage varies ;-).<br /><br />This week has been interesting. Many of us were giving hints to a presumed answer that we thought stunk, while the real answer might have been, for many of us, right under our noses as we scratched our heads! We cannot complain, as we often do, that this puzzle was too easy. Indeed, as far as I can tell, Al is the only one of us who got it right, which leads to the following speculation: Will this puzzle set a record for the fewest correct entries? <br /><br />Al, did you submit your answer? Get the call? Will Will gloat on Sunday? Will he say “Many people submitted ‘sherry and whiskey in a liquor cabinet,’ but that doesn’t work, of course, because you won’t find liquor cabinets in most homes.”<br /><br />Good goin’ Al, Sam, Will. Well done.<br /><br />Lego…legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48265832427501503932014-02-08T02:52:34.790-08:002014-02-08T02:52:34.790-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10990725828405499692014-02-07T21:32:35.358-08:002014-02-07T21:32:35.358-08:00It sounds kinky to me.It sounds kinky to me.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-2771417561973491422014-02-07T20:53:33.756-08:002014-02-07T20:53:33.756-08:00Al, I think colonizing your answer is a good idea....Al, I think colonizing your answer is a good idea.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28133981648735855132014-02-07T16:48:23.416-08:002014-02-07T16:48:23.416-08:00I stand behind my answer, colon and all.I stand behind my answer, colon and all.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246059125125085392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-24346514024503501372014-02-07T12:52:27.136-08:002014-02-07T12:52:27.136-08:005:14, 5:15, 3:45. Digital format of course.5:14, 5:15, 3:45. Digital format of course.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-14168664002613616792014-02-07T12:34:28.657-08:002014-02-07T12:34:28.657-08:00I do not like the digital clock answer for a coupl...I do not like the digital clock answer for a couple of reasons.<br /><br />1. “Digital clock” is not specifically associated with an answer to the question “where in most homes.” It could be in a kitchen, bedroom, living room, etc.<br /><br />2. You would not “see the words SHE and HIS” unless you or the digital clock were upside down. Neither is a likely occurrence and thus are completely bogus assumptions.<br /><br />Your mileage may vary :)<br /><br />Chuck<br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54941701728283929012014-02-07T12:01:06.356-08:002014-02-07T12:01:06.356-08:00Zeke, I am not understanding your above post re: c...Zeke, I am not understanding your above post re: colons. Could you explain? Perhaps it is because I am still dealing with my problem of a Colon in the Bush Administration.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-36693872959275446312014-02-07T11:54:20.545-08:002014-02-07T11:54:20.545-08:00Zeke questions the validity of a colon inside all ...Zeke questions the validity of a colon inside all three words... but then again his and she both ought to have colons, huh?zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.com