tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post8308411758327390467..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 22, 2020): Names with Four Pairs of Double LettersBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44703723617304933662020-03-29T06:12:08.402-07:002020-03-29T06:12:08.402-07:00Whew! I almost made a collosal blunder! Looking ...Whew! I almost made a collosal blunder! Looking through the list, I initially was looking at the wrong column and almost picked a nation instead of a world capital. Curiously enough, this would have resulted <b><i>in the SAME STATE!</i></b>Enya_and_WeirdAl_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099999127860055027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-66559100295992400092020-03-29T05:43:13.666-07:002020-03-29T05:43:13.666-07:00Over 1700 correct responses last week.Over 1700 correct responses last week.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65189634619210382632020-03-29T05:17:49.405-07:002020-03-29T05:17:49.405-07:00Cute, and appropriate for April Fool’s Day,
Cute, and appropriate for April Fool’s Day,<br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65376282939110482012020-03-29T05:06:00.569-07:002020-03-29T05:06:00.569-07:00This week's challenge: Here's an April Foo...This week's challenge: Here's an April Foolish puzzle from Raymond Nardo of Mineola, N.Y. Think of a world capital. Drop the third and fourth letters, and keeping the remaining letters in order you'll name a state. What state is it?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23945831851680175992020-03-28T11:52:54.372-07:002020-03-28T11:52:54.372-07:00Some people avoid funerals because they don't ...Some people avoid funerals because they don't like feeling boxed in. Not to mention their displeasure with their friends letting them down.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7880497950133645422020-03-28T03:16:57.813-07:002020-03-28T03:16:57.813-07:00It's only funerals that are on hold, not death...It's only funerals that are on hold, not deaths.<br /><br />Anyway, you know what Yogi said: If you don't go to other people's funerals, they won't go to yours.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55891142141952558352020-03-27T17:28:35.319-07:002020-03-27T17:28:35.319-07:00jan, I did like it, but wondered if it was photo-s...jan, I did like it, but wondered if it was photo-shopped. Now you're just horsing a round.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60176917447524232952020-03-27T17:00:21.334-07:002020-03-27T17:00:21.334-07:00Skydiveboy, you didn't much like the 6-foot ra...Skydiveboy, you didn't much like the 6-foot radius hoop carried by 3 friends that I showed you a couple of weeks ago. <a href="https://xkcd.com/2286/" rel="nofollow">How about an 8-horsepower model?</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40982013643653249142020-03-27T05:06:49.342-07:002020-03-27T05:06:49.342-07:00His new book concerns an event i actually witness ...His new book concerns an event i actually witness the explosion of Mt.St. Helens -May 18-1980. I was there. I also thought I saw a Sasquatch on one of my boy scout outings to Spirit Lake.Now under 2000 feet of ash.Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-5887619014999058032020-03-26T19:47:37.431-07:002020-03-26T19:47:37.431-07:00Darn, that one didn't work. No big deal though...Darn, that one didn't work. No big deal though.<br /><br />I'm afraid even in the land of Kris Kobach we can have "negative feedback"!68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82748565463219124882020-03-26T19:45:08.730-07:002020-03-26T19:45:08.730-07:00I am sure he will be a wonderful addition to our g...I am sure he will be a wonderful addition to our government, but your link did not work so well. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29451899833537421022020-03-26T19:41:12.313-07:002020-03-26T19:41:12.313-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-43665952048885870002020-03-26T19:31:22.903-07:002020-03-26T19:31:22.903-07:00Yes, you make a good point as to the TP, but I am ...Yes, you make a good point as to the TP, but I am not quite understanding your reference to "negative feedback from somebody". Does that even happen where you live?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20061196728790316872020-03-26T19:25:06.968-07:002020-03-26T19:25:06.968-07:00SDB - I just wonder if maybe they heard some negat...SDB - I just wonder if maybe they heard some negative feedback from somebody?<br />I was going to say something but was afraid our house might get T.P'd. Come to think of it, that might not have been a bad thing, these days!!68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63335648579556441662020-03-26T19:19:48.174-07:002020-03-26T19:19:48.174-07:00As I recall they got off not only with a warning b...As I recall they got off not only with a warning but 4 Hail Mary's. It was a frocking injustice!skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-47033379243918926072020-03-26T19:16:54.042-07:002020-03-26T19:16:54.042-07:00Are you saying it's dead out there now? Perhap...Are you saying it's dead out there now? Perhaps inside too then.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-69757553282309708692020-03-26T18:50:26.789-07:002020-03-26T18:50:26.789-07:00SDB - That's what my wife and I were thinking!...SDB - That's what my wife and I were thinking! We couldn't believe it!<br />Tonight there is no sign of any activity.68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-31477519650939167682020-03-26T18:43:11.562-07:002020-03-26T18:43:11.562-07:00In an actual Cannonball Run, if memory serves!, fo...In an actual Cannonball Run, if memory serves!, four men dressed as priests and got a driveaway Cadillac to take coast to coast. The priest garb was to reduce the chances of getting arrested for speeding. And it worked. They got stopped on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for speeding and were let off with a warning.PellGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313494428213371983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86641771071105622852020-03-26T18:12:13.753-07:002020-03-26T18:12:13.753-07:00eco, I am sorry.
I liked this quote from Sorkin:
...eco, I am sorry.<br /><br />I liked this quote from Sorkin:<br /><br />"Fish are symmetrical but only until they wiggle. Our effort is to measure the space between the fish and the wiggle. This is the study of a lifetime."Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37894126200273514022020-03-26T18:07:04.745-07:002020-03-26T18:07:04.745-07:0068Charger, you say it was "a "small"...68Charger, you say it was "a "small" block party." Didn't you mean it was a blockhead party?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-51755797555221677942020-03-26T18:00:26.893-07:002020-03-26T18:00:26.893-07:00Not so funny, just found out Michael Sorkin died f...Not so funny, just found out Michael Sorkin died from Covid 19.<br /><br />He was an architect and writer, critic for The Nation magazine, as well as too many things to name. He was a vibrant force for progressive good. <br /><br />He was also on the board of the same non-profit that I had also been on for many years; the first person I've known to die from the pandemic. Brings it closer to home.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55487279281649284522020-03-26T17:34:15.642-07:002020-03-26T17:34:15.642-07:00I was kind of disappointed last evening, the neigh...I was kind of disappointed last evening, the neighbor's down the street had a "small" block party with about 12-15 people. They were all sitting next to each other in their lawn chairs, elbow to elbow, for several hours without a care in the world. And I was not disappointed because I wasn't invited!!68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65628171187722287142020-03-26T17:31:55.326-07:002020-03-26T17:31:55.326-07:00COLLEEN McCULLOUGH(author of "The Thorn Birds...COLLEEN McCULLOUGH(author of "The Thorn Birds")<br />In Cannonball Run II, there is a scene in a bar in which Dean Martin, dressed as a priest for some unknown reason, is trying to pick up a woman. The woman, aghast, responds by saying(and this probably isn't the line verbatim, but you get the idea), "Father! What are you suggesting?", to which Dino replies, "Haven't you ever seen 'The Thorn Birds'?" I'm not really familiar with the book, but I do know there was a miniseries around that time based on it, starring Richard Chamberlain. Apparently it's about a clergyman who, you might say, has great difficulty keeping his vow of celibacy. Let's put it that way.cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-19419209732703009592020-03-26T16:58:02.427-07:002020-03-26T16:58:02.427-07:00I believe it's spelled MALFEASANCE.I believe it's spelled MALFEASANCE.cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39311899495004410442020-03-26T16:48:32.468-07:002020-03-26T16:48:32.468-07:00Now that funerals in my state are on hold due to t...Now that funerals in my state are on hold due to the coronavirus crisis I have sent a letter to our governor volunteering that mine be held off for at least 30 more years. It's a sacrifice I am willing to make.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.com