tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2622421240107703557..comments2024-03-28T10:41:40.302-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Danish kroner topologically speaking / THU 1-6-11 / Application letters / Genre for Spice Girls Oasis / Capital ENE of Jerusalem / Symbol above 5Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25801704910065549152011-02-10T19:25:24.081-05:002011-02-10T19:25:24.081-05:00To the probably none of you who read the syndicati...To the probably none of you who read the syndication comments ...<br />Re: peeps<br />This infamously ridiculous trial of a woman here in Boulder who stuck the grisly little yellow monsters to her apartment door made national news ... <br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/01/boulder-peeps-trial-gets_n_521890.html<br /><br />Enjoyed the puzzle, although the theme seemed pretty obtuse. Didn't see it until I got here. But since last Thursday was a huge DNF I'm not complaining. .Cary in Bouldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36277949562870443472011-02-10T15:49:02.636-05:002011-02-10T15:49:02.636-05:00Syndi-late as usual.
Hopin' we can all enjoy ...Syndi-late as usual.<br /><br />Hopin' we can all enjoy the SPLIT-up Black-eyed PEAS very soon. "Lovely lady lumps" over here . . . .<br /><br />I really should figure out this SLUE action better; wonder if it's like how a spaceship uses a planet's gravity to make a hard left or something. Maybe later I'll ask the creature who lives under the old oak in the SLOUGH at the bottom of the back yard. He seems to know lots of weird things.<br /><br />Never knew there was such an evil PEEPS-savvy culture going on! Fascinating! Seems folks love to go medieval on their little yellow (or minty) asses with the jousting, or maybe using a WARHAMMER; and they even love nuking them! PETA will not be pleased. Wonder if there's a regular PEEPS-abuse convention and everything like the earlier-this-week's puzzle said the PEZ people have?!? Culminating with a stage show where Ozzie goes, well, Ozzie on their asses. Like most people do. Man, I gotta get out more: who knew?NotalwaysrightBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37650227023428317542011-01-09T10:17:49.037-05:002011-01-09T10:17:49.037-05:00AY CARAMBA is the correct world-at-large spelling,...AY CARAMBA is the correct world-at-large spelling, but in a Simpsons context I'd render it AY CARUMBA.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129836225512013551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91868818359205000692011-01-08T02:38:21.149-05:002011-01-08T02:38:21.149-05:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollaxehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PollaxeRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47698750918575450572011-01-08T00:14:12.018-05:002011-01-08T00:14:12.018-05:00In case you encounter it in future puzzles, Rex, d...In case you encounter it in future puzzles, Rex, don't be confused with your wrong spelling: it's poleax or poleaxe -- not pollaxe.oldjtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64703527953020581712011-01-06T23:03:16.359-05:002011-01-06T23:03:16.359-05:00In Holland, Catholic kids used to have to put all ...In Holland, Catholic kids used to have to put all the candy they were given during Lent in a special box. My candy had little tiny bite marks.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50953121845646454602011-01-06T22:53:29.732-05:002011-01-06T22:53:29.732-05:00Aside from the website name, the company also refe...Aside from the website name, the company also refers to them at times as <a href="http://www.justborn.com/product-finder/peeps/winter-holiday" rel="nofollow">MARSHMALLOW PEEPS®</a>. Nice that they crossed LENT. And, speaking of brand names, Green Card is one. <br /><br />If Caramba were Carumba it would be pronounced "ka-roomba".SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11811885247816668972011-01-06T22:38:04.453-05:002011-01-06T22:38:04.453-05:00Puzzle very hard for old purblind fogey Sfingi. HT...Puzzle very hard for old purblind fogey Sfingi. HTG, DNF. The only reason I bought the NYT today was that I had a Dr. appt.<br /><br />@Chefbea - but I know 2 people who like year-old PEEPs. And I have the wonderful, eat-your-heart-out Tshirt which has a picture of said MARSHMALLOW PEEP and the words, "Just hangin' with my Peeps."<br />Just ate some discounted Xmas candy corn. How dare the origunal price be $4 anyway.<br /><br />U.S. Marshalls serve things on people, and I gotta get me some cute Kroner.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4478275115555508192011-01-06T22:34:49.201-05:002011-01-06T22:34:49.201-05:00@Andrea^Michaels: don't we know this carat thi...@Andrea^Michaels: don't we know this carat thingy as an accent circonflexe? I just found out is the combination of an accent egu and an accent grave.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21082735840124134402011-01-06T22:07:30.369-05:002011-01-06T22:07:30.369-05:00Speaking as a record store geek, I was glad to see...Speaking as a record store geek, I was glad to see two postings about BRITPOP not being appropriate for The Spice Girls. This makes a third posting, calling The Spice Girls BRITPOP is just wrong.Nebraska Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82982274773886824342011-01-06T22:02:57.368-05:002011-01-06T22:02:57.368-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 7/30/2009 post for an explanation. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:04, 6:55, 0.88, 8%, Easy<br />Tue 8:36, 8:54, 0.97, 47%, Medium<br />Wed 10:22, 11:45, 0.88, 27%, Easy-Medium<br />Thu 18:35, 19:02, 0.98, 52%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:18, 3:41, 0.89, 8%, Easy<br />Tue 4:20, 4:34, 0.95, 40%, Easy-Medium<br />Wed 5:19, 5:47, 0.92, 33%, Easy-Medium<br />Thu 8:01, 9:10, 0.88, 32%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62013922236914264592011-01-06T21:55:23.107-05:002011-01-06T21:55:23.107-05:00I know I'm pushing my three-post limit (does m...I know I'm pushing my three-post limit (does my technical assist to @David L count?), but I just want to say that it's a wonderful day when Andrea learns both about carats and NMI! But sad, in a way... who better NOT to know of NMI??<br /><br />The carat key is helpful when making global changes in Word documents. For example, tab = ^t, paragraph = ^p, etc. (I was going to say "carriage return" for "paragraph" but some of the young 'uns might have been confused. <br /><br />And in certain statistical programs, the carat key indicates exponents.<br /><br />Something truly remarkable: typing ^ into Google produces ZERO hits. Wow!<br /><br />Luckily, the key has nothing to do with the evil, evil peeps.mmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375430572178263265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23127104362630193042011-01-06T21:05:04.546-05:002011-01-06T21:05:04.546-05:00@nanpilla puzzle husband likes stale peeps. We le...@nanpilla puzzle husband likes stale peeps. We leave them out uncovered for a few days!!chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42194560315575998372011-01-06T20:32:55.463-05:002011-01-06T20:32:55.463-05:00Ingenious theme, Mike! Enjoyed the solve, too.Ingenious theme, Mike! Enjoyed the solve, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81092247770754714132011-01-06T20:15:26.308-05:002011-01-06T20:15:26.308-05:00@ Andrea - ^ is for insertion. Also for exponentia...@ Andrea - ^ is for insertion. Also for exponentiation (3^2 - = 9, e.g.). Or in French etc as a diacritrical mark,M<i>cf.</i> bête noire.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49310909656337404442011-01-06T20:13:10.408-05:002011-01-06T20:13:10.408-05:00Andrea, first, you write like you are in your 30s,...Andrea, first, you write like you are in your 30s, not 50s. Second, a carat ^ is generally used in black/redlining to show a word or continuous words have been deleted. Third, Thz for telling mikeish causeas I have previously sdtyated, this puzzle's creation from conception to implementation is awesome. Fourth, the bigger problem with MARSHMALLOW PEEP is not MARSHAL, but PEEP, but, as Marco Polo once said, only an ass needs an s....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40897653726420544532011-01-06T20:08:16.387-05:002011-01-06T20:08:16.387-05:00I don't understand the concern over "mars...I don't understand the concern over "marshal". The puzzle doesn't say MILITARY ranks, it just says ranks. So air marshal, US marshal, federal marshal, fire marshal ...<br />Wikipedia says Air Marshal is a 3 star air officer rank.Tangmunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31411246834469168612011-01-06T19:40:12.068-05:002011-01-06T19:40:12.068-05:00oh, THAT'S what NMI is!!!
Do NOT have that pro...oh, THAT'S what NMI is!!!<br />Do NOT have that problem, and anyone who needs help obtaining a middle name, I can help!<br /><br />@Mmorgan<br />OK, so now I see a carat, ^, but what does one use them for except to make a nose in their smiley emoticon? :^)<br /><br />@mikeish<br />Kind of dopey???!!!!<br />Take a closer look at what had to go into making this theme work.andrea nmi michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32801237310559488872011-01-06T18:03:08.389-05:002011-01-06T18:03:08.389-05:00BRATPOP here, too. Lucky for me it was a two-man o...BRATPOP here, too. Lucky for me it was a two-man operation. Also tripped up on ACAT/OCALA.n.t.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629932397974538311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22510682294283092892011-01-06T17:48:16.736-05:002011-01-06T17:48:16.736-05:00Fine puzzle, with the theme figured out after I so...Fine puzzle, with the theme figured out after I solved it. <br /><br />Had one mistake: guess I thought it was a Brooklyn toddler and left in wata. Before tarhammer I thought of earhammer... <br /><br />I may have to make a huge pot of Dutch pea soup soon, expecting a bunch of Dutch friends for lunch.<br /><br />I have no idea about the Spice Girls' genre, but I got Brit pop without crosses.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14976972021607733992011-01-06T17:43:33.269-05:002011-01-06T17:43:33.269-05:00Got bogged down for way too long in the North-Cent...Got bogged down for way too long in the North-Central, probably caused by the ecstasy I experienced after eating one of @chefwen's muffins this morning. Highly recommended if you ever get to Kauai. Thanks again for the enjoyable lunch, Chefwen.<br /><br />Unlike MARSHMALLOWPEEPS, which I've not heard of, but the wife says are so bad she won't use them in Easter baskets.<br /><br />Really can't find anything to complain about here, except possibly for RARIN'. There should have been some reference to the slang spelling. Had no trouble with BRITPOP since I knew the Spice Girls were British, (and Oasis could be also for all I know).<br /><br />Will make a personal note that "see" and "through", or some similar variation, in the same clue probably mean XRAY(ED).Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82821777393874904902011-01-06T17:38:50.741-05:002011-01-06T17:38:50.741-05:00@JC66
cool! Did you take that picture?
We alwa...@JC66 <br />cool! Did you take that picture?<br /><br />We always "blow up" our peeps in the microwave when they get stale. If you do it on a plate, it doesn't make a mess of the microwave.nanpillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548473809500612699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55739588744994811052011-01-06T17:04:39.105-05:002011-01-06T17:04:39.105-05:00My puzzle didn't have circles, it had shaded s...My puzzle didn't have circles, it had shaded squares instead. I thought it was too easy for a Thursday and frankly, kind of dopey!mikeishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236346178425943132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60239774372539385662011-01-06T16:39:16.610-05:002011-01-06T16:39:16.610-05:00I liked the puzzle a lot. I'm surprised people...I liked the puzzle a lot. I'm surprised people had trouble getting the theme, unless there was some visual problem with the non print solvers. The reveal was the third clue in and spelled it out very clearly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44643647741779022172011-01-06T16:01:17.724-05:002011-01-06T16:01:17.724-05:00testing new avatartesting new avatarJC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.com