tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post8459403711503343716..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 24, 2015): What's your Occupation?Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90484564466436303862015-05-31T10:10:02.860-07:002015-05-31T10:10:02.860-07:00No offense taken,most esteemed zeke creekster. Wit...No offense taken,most esteemed zeke creekster. With your talk of Asian cuisine, however, you are making me a bit peckish, kind of like a chicken.<br /><br />LamBonda...LegoLamBonda<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49584470017370977402015-05-31T09:23:22.593-07:002015-05-31T09:23:22.593-07:00Not meaning to be offensive most honorable Legosah...Not meaning to be offensive most honorable Legosahn. Just including you in with favorite Asian dish. Stirred not shaken. :)zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73530137811385200372015-05-31T07:59:13.498-07:002015-05-31T07:59:13.498-07:00Next week's challenge: A simple challenge: Thi...<b><i>Next week's challenge</i></b>: A simple challenge: Think of a 5-letter word that can precede "chicken" to complete a common two-word phrase. Change the middle letter to get a new word that can follow "chicken" to complete a common two-word phrase. What phrases are these?Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685055278145414455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-71129401239923222252015-05-31T07:38:04.175-07:002015-05-31T07:38:04.175-07:00skydiveboy,
I know exactly what you are thinking ...skydiveboy,<br /><br />I know exactly what you are thinking every minute of every day. And, believe me, it is not a pretty picture!<br /><br />Enya_and_Weird_Al_fan,<br />For the record:<br />Free Press; Frontier<br />Independent; Intellegencer<br />Record’ Register<br />Sentinel; Star<br />Times; Triibune<br /><br />Do you agree, Enya_and_Weird_Al_fan, that Will likely axed this category from the on-air transcript because coming up with newspapers names beginning with F is “stickler-city” territory?<br /><br />I am not sure weather zeke creek (below) is taking my name in vane, but my fleece 'n' feathers do feel a mite ruffled right now (although that might just be mites).<br /><br />LegoLambDon’tNeedAWhetherManToKnoeWhichWayTheWindBlows<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89371065402927968092015-05-31T05:58:39.170-07:002015-05-31T05:58:39.170-07:00Lemon chicken and chicken Lego(n)?Lemon chicken and chicken Lego(n)?zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11235304142141749012015-05-31T05:57:32.773-07:002015-05-31T05:57:32.773-07:00Will played categories this week. The web page gi...Will played categories this week. The web page gives the categories: <b><i>five of them.</i></b> But he only gave 4 of them on the radio. <br /><br />The fourth category was supposed to be Common Newspaper Names (like Post, Herald or Daily News).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55025147367269034322015-05-31T05:55:54.559-07:002015-05-31T05:55:54.559-07:00I got the answer to this one in less than 30 secon...I got the answer to this one in less than 30 seconds. Now back to bed. <br /><br />Lego, <br />I suspect you know exactly what I am thinking now.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44445476191756151862015-05-31T05:14:44.028-07:002015-05-31T05:14:44.028-07:00I feel a poultry slam coming on....I feel a poultry slam coming on....janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-59860649010147619942015-05-31T05:07:59.384-07:002015-05-31T05:07:59.384-07:00Next week's challenge: A simple challenge: Thi...Next week's challenge: A simple challenge: Think of a 5-letter word that can precede "chicken" to complete a common two-word phrase. Change the middle letter to get a new word that can follow "chicken" to complete a common two-word phrase. What phrases are these?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1605772378134330712015-05-31T04:58:50.495-07:002015-05-31T04:58:50.495-07:00Perhaps mistaken, I operated under the parameters ...Perhaps mistaken, I operated under the parameters of two words, two professions. Betimes I read too much into the puzzle.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-71132810358632676732015-05-30T21:13:55.833-07:002015-05-30T21:13:55.833-07:00If a man inherit the earth yet forfeit his own sou...If a man inherit the earth yet forfeit his own soul, he may profess to be a rich man... a profession 'tis, though, plied in Sheol.<br /><br />Lego8:36legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-46508806894759551392015-05-30T19:40:40.585-07:002015-05-30T19:40:40.585-07:00If a man inherits his wealth, is rich man his prof...If a man inherits his wealth, is rich man his profession?<br /> <br />ETRADER, RICH MANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-46618465326809118722015-05-30T10:33:21.575-07:002015-05-30T10:33:21.575-07:00I realize we are all “on lapel pins and pine needl...I realize we are all “on lapel pins and pine needles” anticipating Sunday morning’s great Shortzian revelation of which professions are naughty (“unaccep<em>taboo</em>le”) or nice (Will-worthy). <br /><br />But, in the meantime, just begging for your attention on my <a href="http://puzzleria.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-adventures-of-fozzie-herriot-seek.html?showComment=1433004992305#c7654210887724056214" rel="nofollow"> Puzzleria!</a> weblog are an “Adventures of Fozzie and Herriot” word puzzle and three wonderful number sequence puzzles. (which have varying degrees of difficulty... We <em>dare</em> you to solve the “Seek whence to solve” puzzle! We shall be very impressed if you can crack it.) <br /><br />No lapel pins. No pine needles. Just loads of fun.<br /><br />Lego<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE" rel="nofollow">Pinin’ForTheFjords</a>NotFjorTheLapelPins <br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22726873388238537412015-05-30T07:34:38.319-07:002015-05-30T07:34:38.319-07:00Playing where's Waldo again. The password is ...Playing where's Waldo again. The password is in plain sight, although foreign. Otherwise, very much the same deal as last week. Evidently you managed to discover that I placed plaintext at the end this time. hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914509834442545746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18772563147952556652015-05-29T14:05:38.471-07:002015-05-29T14:05:38.471-07:00npnkxgy is 7 letters -- I just might give it a sho...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI-iMy0aZM8" rel="nofollow">npnkxgy is 7 letters -- I just might give it a shot.</a>Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26873432081911734622015-05-29T09:46:02.511-07:002015-05-29T09:46:02.511-07:00lego,
You are correct in the spelling of,Maitre...lego,<br />You are correct in the spelling of,Maitre', but I did not type that in. I cut and pasted it in. You just can't trust the Internet.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86847034228117821152015-05-29T09:31:35.753-07:002015-05-29T09:31:35.753-07:00skydiveboy, I feel the same way... about Caesar ab...skydiveboy, I feel the same way... about Caesar abd Greek dressings.<br /><br />Correction: "...MaitreD'(Hotel)," not "Maitre'd"<br /><br />Lego"CloseTheFridgeDoor...TheSaladIsDressing!"legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-30973995845345552942015-05-28T23:29:41.841-07:002015-05-28T23:29:41.841-07:00Maître d' and rancher are probably his intende...Maître d' and rancher are probably his intended, as he called them well-known. <br /><br />http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Machiner has machiner (from Webster's 1913 edition, published by Merriam) as "One who or operates a machine; a machinist". You wanna take that up with my great grand-pappy? Can't bust his chops, he takes them out first.<br /><br />My OED has machiner, but only lists Maître d' hotel. I'm guessing Will accepts both answers, might take miner and radar tech too. Not convinced about trachea dr - never seen that specialty, usually that's for otolaryngologists (which anagrams to "long lists too gory".ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62566557360393400092015-05-28T21:24:06.395-07:002015-05-28T21:24:06.395-07:00Just goes to show how many answers there apparentl...Just goes to show how many answers there apparently are to this puzzle. But I saw rancher actually mentioned in a post and it changed my mind. If anything, HIRED MAN and CARTER may certainly get honorable creative mention.patjberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593445116920910239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76063400064617939032015-05-28T20:10:27.423-07:002015-05-28T20:10:27.423-07:00Having never hear "machiner" used as a w...Having never hear "machiner" used as a word, I just now looked and Merriam-Webster, the dictionary Will Shortz uses, says the following:<br /><br />Dictionary Spelling Help <br /><br />machiner<br /><br />The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the search bar above. <br />1.Michener<br />2.machinery<br />skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-84327588653420582002015-05-28T16:12:17.119-07:002015-05-28T16:12:17.119-07:00I refuse to use Ranch Dressing! No one has ever be...I refuse to use Ranch Dressing! No one has ever been able/willing to tell me which part of the ranch it comes from.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-34447803041554345432015-05-28T15:30:31.221-07:002015-05-28T15:30:31.221-07:00Glad the roofless will be roofed soon and that eve...Glad the roofless will be roofed soon and that everyone is ok. No waffling on that. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17662724113962938652015-05-28T15:09:10.281-07:002015-05-28T15:09:10.281-07:00zeke creek,
Good to hear that all are okay. You ar...zeke creek,<br />Good to hear that all are okay. You are in my thoughts/prayers.<br /><br />ron,<br />Congrats. You, sir are absolutely on the money.<br /><br />LegoSomeRancherDressingOnMySaladPlease,HeadWaiter,...Alors,FrenchAvecMonSaladeS'ilVousPlaitMaitre'dlegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56949104393831427392015-05-28T15:08:46.410-07:002015-05-28T15:08:46.410-07:00Unless you are furniture salesman Jake Jabbs who i...Unless you are furniture salesman Jake Jabbs who is billed as the main CHAIRMAN of a warehouse store here in CO. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-36409378547196304022015-05-28T14:46:24.426-07:002015-05-28T14:46:24.426-07:00Machiner Trader
My puzzle friends at Waffle House ...Machiner Trader<br />My puzzle friends at Waffle House are fine. Repair is starting. Ol' Zeke will have less help for a while.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.com