tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post9129079446833484845..comments2024-03-29T03:27:40.072-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 8, 2012): Three Consecutive LettersBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26714663897094811992012-04-14T21:22:59.367-07:002012-04-14T21:22:59.367-07:00New puzzle just came up and I have submitted the a...New puzzle just came up and I have submitted the answer to NPR. Will is such a scamp!<br /><br />I'm happy to report I won't have to publicly consume anything so awful as mediocre coffee.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15422759292133183932012-04-14T15:41:06.292-07:002012-04-14T15:41:06.292-07:00Yes, I'm with you. (Well, not the public eati...Yes, I'm with you. (Well, not the public eating part...just the coffee.)<br />It ought to be HIJAB. Otherwise, the clue would have included something about the letters being the same, and then it really isn't much of a puzzle.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259280324970136034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-84792531788902312632012-04-14T15:08:46.825-07:002012-04-14T15:08:46.825-07:00Perhaps if we turn up the pressure, Shortz will pu...Perhaps if we turn up the pressure, Shortz will publicly retreat from Afghanistan?<br /><br />After all, we got him to stop ILLIN, with the help of Colbert and the Beasties.<br /><br />-- Other BenBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413159675811227325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-5705628976952985802012-04-13T08:13:12.367-07:002012-04-13T08:13:12.367-07:00If it isn't HIJAB I will publicly eat a pair o...If it isn't HIJAB I will publicly eat a pair of Mitt Romney's Maghical Uncderwear! Someone else will have to provide the coffee.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-30465573025286058632012-04-12T21:12:46.857-07:002012-04-12T21:12:46.857-07:00How about GHIllie suit? Don't like the war co...How about GHIllie suit? Don't like the war connection but I thought of it before the answer I submitted--HIJab.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964855301643386719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57615626049652710612012-04-12T20:35:05.742-07:002012-04-12T20:35:05.742-07:00It's gotta be hijab people! Not Afghan. How la...It's gotta be hijab people! Not Afghan. How lame is that?googlyeyes1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07427775761638331436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40436453106983985152012-04-12T17:22:31.507-07:002012-04-12T17:22:31.507-07:00Ah Blain,
I thought the stains on your fingers we...Ah Blain,<br /><br />I thought the stains on your fingers were a reference to the indelible ink that some countries use to identify those who have voted in their elections! <br />In Afghanistan I believe it was purple dye. That is what prompted me to say the dye stains would be gone by the election. I couldn't figure out the "blue, pink, and yellow" reference!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881383607509159552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-77559660835842876792012-04-12T13:21:51.332-07:002012-04-12T13:21:51.332-07:00Last Sunday I posted the first stanza of Lewis Car...Last Sunday I posted the first stanza of Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky,” the last three letters of hijab being the first three letters of Jabberwocky. Afghanistan is a mostly Muslim country and many Muslim women there wear the head scarf or hijab.<br /><br />ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50311196924779262762012-04-12T12:24:14.803-07:002012-04-12T12:24:14.803-07:00My comment was more of a marker than a clue:
See,...My comment was more of a marker than a clue:<br /><br />See, I hear a wise bird saying, "Car Talk? Car Talk?"<br /><br />"See, I hear (C) a wise bird (owl)" would be a rebus for COWL, a piece of headgear somewhere on the HIJAB spectrum.<br /><br />"Car Talk? Car Talk?" refers to the fact that at one time one member of the Car Talk Staff was Hamid the Cars Guy, a reference to the Afghan President. He seems to have been removed, but Wikipedia says Harry Shearer took up the idea with a segment called "Karzai Talk."Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53377080022071877272012-04-12T12:14:35.185-07:002012-04-12T12:14:35.185-07:00In today's New York Times crossword puzzle, ed...In today's New York Times crossword puzzle, edited by Will Shortz: 57A: Capital of the country that alphabetically first in the United Nations (KABUL). It can't be a coincidence that he keeps doing this, can it?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79937548878385394032012-04-12T12:00:11.766-07:002012-04-12T12:00:11.766-07:00HIJAB > AFGHANISTAN but how about AFGHAN?
Afgh...HIJAB > AFGHANISTAN but how about AFGHAN?<br /><br />Afghans are made in Afghanistan and worn as shawls. I think this fact was overlooked and the puzzle would have been better presented if it had asked for an item of clothing containing both 2 and 3 consecutive letter configurations and the same for the country. This would eliminate afghan as the clothing item.<br /><br />CLUES:<br /><br />"Even though this is a mindless puzzle I will bet that it will take some ten years or more to figure it out." <br /><br />This is a hint referring to our mindless war in Afghanistan that is now over ten years long and we still have not figured out that we cannot win.<br /><br />"I found this so easy as to not really be a puzzle. On the other hand the Brits might just say this puzzle is positively topping. In either case many will say it's a bitch and will be half right."<br /><br />Brits use the term topping and this country is at the very top of a list of countries. Bitch refers to the female of the Afghan breed of dog.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-19042967816114584852012-04-12T11:06:34.184-07:002012-04-12T11:06:34.184-07:0057A57Ajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25642795217863751842012-04-12T09:20:41.304-07:002012-04-12T09:20:41.304-07:00Holy smokes, it's Thursday already! Well, the...Holy smokes, it's Thursday already! Well, the puzzle's up. All aboard...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tomspuzzleanswers.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> hahahahahaha... </a>Tommy Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373838653732634600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74978462516480812042012-04-11T14:21:40.813-07:002012-04-11T14:21:40.813-07:00Genghis Blues was a real fun film, and Tuvan throa...Genghis Blues was a real fun film, and Tuvan throat singing should be experienced. It sounds a lot like a didgeridoo, without using an instrument.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12602538731927413552012-04-11T11:06:10.285-07:002012-04-11T11:06:10.285-07:00Tuva Footnote
Tuva’s main claim to fame is throat...Tuva Footnote<br /><br />Tuva’s main claim to fame is throat singing. They have national competitions. Interestingly, a not very successful blind American blues singer, Paul Pena, became interested in Tuvan throat singing and taught himself both the Tuvan language and throat singing. He was eventually sponsored and went to Tuva to compete. Though he didn’t win he was voted “audience favorite.” He was also the subject of a 1999 documentary, Genghis Blues.<br /><br />Though he was not particularly successful as a singer, Pena wrote a song that became a 1977 Top 10 monster hit for the Steve Miller Band, Jet Airliner. Now deceased, it is said that Pena's primary source of income in his later years were royalties from that one song.<br /><br />ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-85181318284053496322012-04-11T05:47:56.950-07:002012-04-11T05:47:56.950-07:00I need to see the chief ghostbuster about a brief ...I need to see the chief ghostbuster about a brief ghoul sighting.Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231220997278732084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16109952797377193352012-04-11T05:46:21.971-07:002012-04-11T05:46:21.971-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231220997278732084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49305721959310354792012-04-10T21:41:03.276-07:002012-04-10T21:41:03.276-07:00No, sorry, forgot about "q".No, sorry, forgot about "q".Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37937954426130459822012-04-10T20:59:38.173-07:002012-04-10T20:59:38.173-07:00That's really excellent, coffeecup; it may eve...That's really excellent, coffeecup; it may even rise to the level of "acceptable alternative answer". And, speaking of rising levels, such a garment may be absolutely <i>essential</i> for visiting Tuvalu before long.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17681781267869785152012-04-10T17:01:30.098-07:002012-04-10T17:01:30.098-07:00I guess that many people have run across a thamnop...I guess that many people have run across a thamnophis and didn't know it.hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914509834442545746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-84814445586190768792012-04-10T15:27:40.405-07:002012-04-10T15:27:40.405-07:00A neoprene wetsuit would be appropriate for Tuvalu...A neoprene wetsuit would be appropriate for Tuvalucoffeecuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08662514559482094502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50745875988400780462012-04-10T10:31:32.642-07:002012-04-10T10:31:32.642-07:00I'll never forget the time several years ago w...I'll never forget the time several years ago when I was vacationing in in Victoria, B.C. Canada and observed a gathering of the inhabitants wearing Dungeness crab cakes in a spectacular display of sartorial splendor. A!skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25003099873779802892012-04-10T08:06:59.958-07:002012-04-10T08:06:59.958-07:00Well that's damn opportunistic!Well that's damn opportunistic!Tommy Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373838653732634600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-72946364810020233972012-04-10T06:53:56.795-07:002012-04-10T06:53:56.795-07:00Film noir works as a phrase with four consecutive....Film noir works as a phrase with four consecutive.Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231220997278732084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87680843460945559442012-04-10T06:52:42.047-07:002012-04-10T06:52:42.047-07:00Film noir works as a phrase with four alphabetical...Film noir works as a phrase with four alphabetically consecutive letters.Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231220997278732084noreply@blogger.com