tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post6017901043510059202..comments2024-03-28T12:18:20.921-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 10, 2019): Turning Winter on its HeadBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-47746117586070182862019-03-17T06:44:25.648-07:002019-03-17T06:44:25.648-07:00Wouldn't all medical schools have tests to wee...Wouldn't all medical schools have tests to weed him out and consequently <b><i>not graduate him?</i></b>Enya_and_WeirdAl_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099999127860055027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-47214859665996012682019-03-17T06:20:56.028-07:002019-03-17T06:20:56.028-07:006q6Ɛ6q6ƐPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50118207470832923602019-03-17T06:14:19.277-07:002019-03-17T06:14:19.277-07:00I'll second that.I'll second that.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-64353536261618943062019-03-17T05:55:50.526-07:002019-03-17T05:55:50.526-07:00Even Blaine will agree that this is easy,Even Blaine will agree that this is easy,Berfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18752584355685456662019-03-17T05:55:46.406-07:002019-03-17T05:55:46.406-07:00I suspect we'll all agree about this one!I suspect we'll all agree about this one!Critohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148286208951622056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-72888253210333715272019-03-17T05:52:14.815-07:002019-03-17T05:52:14.815-07:00This week's challenge: Take the letters S Y T ...This week's challenge: Take the letters S Y T O Y. Add the same letter of the alphabet six times to complete a familiar phrase. What is it?Berfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90361342846944883482019-03-16T18:13:37.092-07:002019-03-16T18:13:37.092-07:00That poor man! Maybe he didn't know a good the...That poor man! Maybe he didn't know a good therapist. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23584931463592708932019-03-16T17:52:34.753-07:002019-03-16T17:52:34.753-07:00I did my psychiatry rotation at a VA hospital mayb...I did my psychiatry rotation at a VA hospital maybe 17 years ago, back when the VA was unusual in having an electronic medical records system. All the terminals were in one room, and that's where everyone did their charting. There was one attending psychiatrist who would come in each morning, rip open a half dozen alcohol wipes, and wipe down every key on the keyboard before getting to work. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86292435016169555352019-03-16T15:54:25.192-07:002019-03-16T15:54:25.192-07:00I have run into doctors who would rate over the wh...I have run into doctors who would rate over the whole one to ten scale. <br />I have been lucky to have the few surgeons I have needed in the top of that range.<br />Not so other kinds.<br />I was even luckier, I think, not to need serious care in the Army.<br />In the VA, I have met only one who was competent; she was also the only one not bonkers. I no longer use the VA medical system.<br />In the VA benefits system, they have contracted qualification exams to private companies who seem to have incompetence and bonkers as requirements for the Keystone Stooges they hire. i think I could prove that.<br />Interestingly one of those companies is run by former VA head Principi, with a budget of 6.8 Billion dollars.Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49174049010585823002019-03-16T14:35:31.398-07:002019-03-16T14:35:31.398-07:00Good point. However what it tells me is that you m...Good point. However what it tells me is that you most likely were never in the military. I was in the army for 3 years and discovered it is populated with an abundance of quacks.<br /><br />When it was time for me to leave Germany for the States and discharge at the end of my enlistment, I had to have an exit exam. At the completion I was asked by the newer doctor who ran our small clinic what I thought of the army. I could have answered in numerous ways, but what I chose to say was, "For one thing I found it is loaded with quacks." This captain sat there at his desk looking at me and smiled and said he completely agreed with me. I thought it was very unusual and odd for him to have asked and to then respond the way he did and I found it refreshing.<br /><br />I have always wondered how so many incompetents could graduate from medical schools, but never found the answer. Maybe jan knows.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58366199329583127452019-03-16T14:04:54.435-07:002019-03-16T14:04:54.435-07:00Wouldn't all medical schools have tests to wee...Wouldn't all medical schools have tests to weed him out and consequently <b><i>not graduate him?</i></b>Enya_and_WeirdAl_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099999127860055027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87289465674961147272019-03-16T10:28:08.716-07:002019-03-16T10:28:08.716-07:00Whoever is responsible for posting a new puzzle fr...Whoever is responsible for posting a new puzzle from the Car Talk archives each Saturday is a real credit to mediocrity. Last week it was done properly, but the two previous weeks the answer was included. A couple of days later, probably due to complaints, the answer was removed. Today they again have forgotten to even post a puzzle as has happened a few time in the past.<br /><br />If they fire this idiot I sure hope he doesn't enter medical school to become a surgeon. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27077636279425820442019-03-16T00:08:28.058-07:002019-03-16T00:08:28.058-07:00Shout out to Sue Monnell (RIP), my teacher. She h...Shout out to Sue Monnell (RIP), my teacher. She had us shearing sheep, carding the wool, then spinning it into yarn, dying it with Sumac or Goldenrod, and then using a LOOM to weave it into crappy belts.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413159675811227325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49174877192610528252019-03-15T02:36:11.614-07:002019-03-15T02:36:11.614-07:00I posted on Wed Mar 13, at 12:05:00 PM PDT:
Back t...I posted on Wed Mar 13, at 12:05:00 PM PDT:<br />Back to this week's puzzle: MOVIE CLUE: The word for the device is SPOKEN in NOT one, but TWO Cecile B. DeMille biblical epics!<br /><br />In "The Ten Commandments", just before Moses is to come before Pharoh, two streamers of a mysterious, fine fabric are flung before Ramses and Nefretiri. "This is the finest fabric I've ever seen!", says Nefretiri. One of them asks how it's made. The Tribune replies "No one knows. It is spun in the <b><i>loom</i></b> of the gods. We call it 'silk' ".<br />In "Samson and Delilah", before Samson finally cracks and reveals the secret of his strength, Delilah complains about his lies, at one point saying "You told me that you would be as weak as any man if I wove your hair in my <b><i>loom</i></b>. Now look at my <b><i>loom</i></b>!"<br />Enya_and_WeirdAl_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099999127860055027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37224509793206880182019-03-14T17:38:41.585-07:002019-03-14T17:38:41.585-07:00I thought this week's answer was interesting i...I thought this week's answer was interesting in that examples of the named device's output is <a href="https://tvdownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/stills/images/kune/kune20190314_11d_image_1024x576_3.jpg" rel="nofollow">seen almost every day in the news</a>. The operator of this device must have a certain job security for at least the next couple of years. 68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89475180253312157212019-03-14T16:07:18.086-07:002019-03-14T16:07:18.086-07:00 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-30666358219766973742019-03-14T16:00:50.562-07:002019-03-14T16:00:50.562-07:00To me it looks like the camera is a Go Pro mounted...To me it looks like the camera is a Go Pro mounted so it is taking a photo of the nose of a 737 Max. The fuselage is rotating, but the wings aren't. Why it is smiling is a mystery.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87369018299792033582019-03-14T15:52:53.098-07:002019-03-14T15:52:53.098-07:00 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73167334893311054092019-03-14T15:48:47.548-07:002019-03-14T15:48:47.548-07:00As I mentioned above (not sure why my google acct ...As I mentioned above (not sure why my google acct name is Unknown, I need to fix), I find it best to approach it from a perspective of *most people's reasonable interpretation*. <br /> Glad you got it! The 'most people' heuristic helps me know that, if something about the solution might be still disputable, it's correct if most people would (likely) interpret it so.<br /><br />Also, when his puzzles explicitly say to 'write' something (instead of 'Think of a word...'), then things like font (or something to do with keyboard layout, etc.) don't come into play. <br />So, most people who 'write' the word 'wool', if asked to 'turn it over and read it' would likely say 'loom' instead of shrugging their shoulders, IMHO.Dadrunnrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468560252804088545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54003463588690491252019-03-14T15:34:31.982-07:002019-03-14T15:34:31.982-07:00Yes, excellent riff-off jsulbyrne.
LegoStumpedAnd...Yes, excellent riff-off jsulbyrne.<br /><br />LegoStumpedAndEnviouslegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9255140372536464122019-03-14T15:26:53.226-07:002019-03-14T15:26:53.226-07:00Dang, I had my money on Ron being the pronunciatio...Dang, I had my money on Ron being the pronunciation police! He does have a strong track record and is usually first out of the gate....ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87874147482863286282019-03-14T15:16:33.318-07:002019-03-14T15:16:33.318-07:00My clue - “ worthy” referenced Woolworth.
Also me...My clue - “ worthy” referenced Woolworth. <br />Also mentioned puzzle master because his first name sounds like the answer (will = wool). <br />Thought about cluing wool shorts but I don’t see those in winter! Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22049517768796387922019-03-14T15:09:09.067-07:002019-03-14T15:09:09.067-07:00I think that is very clever.I think that is very clever.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-59721126866292100152019-03-14T14:53:18.614-07:002019-03-14T14:53:18.614-07:00The four vowel sounds are all phonetically differe...The four vowel sounds are all phonetically different from each other. The i in Will is not the same as the i in shirts and the o in Shortz is not the same as the oo in wool.Doxma33https://www.blogger.com/profile/16861828049449481799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11349184729122447602019-03-14T14:42:18.480-07:002019-03-14T14:42:18.480-07:00BONUS PUZZLE
Take the name of a particular celebr...BONUS PUZZLE<br /><br />Take the name of a particular celebrity whose first and last names contain one vowel sound each. Swap the vowel sounds and the result, phonetically, will name certain products of the device in this week's Sunday Puzzle answer. <br /><br />Who is the famous person and what are the products?<br /><br />ANSWER<br />Will Shortz > wool shirtsjsulbyrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121691073253882729noreply@blogger.com