tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3561626818031276049..comments2024-03-28T18:12:10.683-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: THURSDAY, May 8, 2008 - Harvey Estes ("HUNGARIA" COMPOSER)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84389584682043597492008-06-19T17:00:00.000-04:002008-06-19T17:00:00.000-04:00PDA appears umpteen times on the pages of magazine...PDA appears umpteen times on the pages of magazines in hairdressers, spas etc., eg Brad and Ang sharing some PDA in --; Jen and her latest BFF enjoying some PDA on the beach at ---. Am I the only one who sneaks a peek at these mags while spending a fortune at these places?!!<BR/>Penj.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33100717794683109192008-06-19T16:59:00.000-04:002008-06-19T16:59:00.000-04:00PDA appears umpteen times on the pages of magazine...PDA appears umpteen times on the pages of magazines in hairdressers, spas etc., eg Brad and Ang sharing some PDA in --; Jen and her latest BFF enjoying some PDA on the beach at ---. Am I the only one who sneaks a peek at these mags while spending a fortune at these places?!!<BR/>Penj.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63806551161808139162008-05-09T10:25:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:25:00.000-04:00@ andrea carla -- Is this better?@ andrea carla -- Is this better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83753938613763568472008-05-09T04:38:00.000-04:002008-05-09T04:38:00.000-04:00Thats it!!! Orange on steroids!!! Explains everyth...Thats it!!! Orange on steroids!!! Explains everything!!<BR/><BR/>Its late, I'm drinking!jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52208637104516466562008-05-09T03:59:00.000-04:002008-05-09T03:59:00.000-04:00When I saw LISZT in the puzzle I suddenly remember...When I saw LISZT in the puzzle I suddenly remembered it was my friend Jeremy Lizt's bday! Such synchronicity says to me there is a god!<BR/> I'm always giving him shit over the ridiculous way he spells his name...wanting him to add an S.<BR/>So I told him about the blog and IMSDAVE1's posting...<BR/>but then I saw the rebuttal and wrote again...oy!<BR/><BR/>Had TRAL and thought how odd, but didn't change it...until I came here I thought I had a super fast time, no mistakes...drat!<BR/><BR/>Also thought HRS stood for HOURS and couldn't get the connection.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I hear Orange may be on steroids, and thus the amazing solving times. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44850108881958282052008-05-09T01:54:00.000-04:002008-05-09T01:54:00.000-04:00Barbara Pullen was a girl in Hinsdale in 1963, whe...Barbara Pullen was a girl in Hinsdale in 1963, when we were sixfergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56375949905421149092008-05-09T00:46:00.000-04:002008-05-09T00:46:00.000-04:00I've always heard the expression used with a "to,"...<A HREF="url" REL="nofollow">I've always heard the expression used with a "to," as in "This puzzle will drive me crazy TO no end." Anybody?<BR/><BR/>Re: Sniglets, I proposed CATBLAT as the fart-like noise occasionally, and embarassingly, made by the squeezy variety of the catsup bottle. </A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31312959768622034442008-05-09T00:17:00.000-04:002008-05-09T00:17:00.000-04:00Maybe there's a connection between ketchup and the...Maybe there's a connection between ketchup and the Red River that the constructor ingeniously, yet quite pointlessly, wanted us to find?fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85151697999352796202008-05-08T23:29:00.000-04:002008-05-08T23:29:00.000-04:00All this Red River reminiscing brings to my mind t...All this Red River reminiscing brings to my mind the episode of <I>The Odd Couple</I> in which Felix, in a attempt to be "in", restyles his lounge band "The Sophisticatos" into "Red River Unger and The Saddlesores", doing a rendition of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", a song which I remember my father singing. I believe Oscar comes in at one point and damns Murray as "Nosé Feliciano". Such is how <I>my</I> memory works...Bill Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741876820211768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69187299591400529312008-05-08T23:12:00.000-04:002008-05-08T23:12:00.000-04:00@fergus: i am humming something that I wish were a...@fergus: i am humming something that I wish were about that Red River girl, but I think it is something from a Willie Nelson album. Hmmm, must be Red Headed Stranger from the album of the same name? I fell in love to a song on that abum -- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. (Or is that a separate song at all? maybe it's one and the same.)Barbara Bolsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520568012674731813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35328385630348343162008-05-08T22:41:00.000-04:002008-05-08T22:41:00.000-04:00Mostly easy, once you discovered the theme. Howeve...Mostly easy, once you discovered the theme. However could not finish it, couldn't get the B in aqaba and bier, those two were totally new to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83315247180168862392008-05-08T21:36:00.000-04:002008-05-08T21:36:00.000-04:00No, no, Noah (sorry, couldn't resist that) - "The ...No, no, Noah (sorry, couldn't resist that) - "The fact that I plagiarized my thesis will trouble me no end <I>for the rest of my life</I>" is redundant, doncha know. You don't need "the rest of your life" for regrets - that's what the "no end" is all about! That cluing gave me a slight pause, also, but EAT AT is such common crosswordese that the answer fell into place easily.Bill Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741876820211768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24492929440612247312008-05-08T20:52:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:52:00.000-04:00@scriberpat, Thanks, had no idea how that worked.....@scriberpat, Thanks, had no idea how that worked...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41047596764261090302008-05-08T20:47:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:47:00.000-04:00Unlike many of you, I had a hard time with this --...Unlike many of you, I had a hard time with this -- basically the same problems that artlver had in Minnesota -- loose instead of brash, debris instead of stern + I had indonesia instead of indochina. One of my worst Thursdays ever...Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39930166918738287252008-05-08T20:45:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:45:00.000-04:00Philly:One word - SNIGLETS!I used to have one of t...Philly:<BR/>One word - SNIGLETS!<BR/><BR/>I used to have one of those books somewhere... those were fun.Howard Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12882569913891273342008-05-08T20:39:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:39:00.000-04:00isn't using a PDA a public display of affectation?...isn't using a PDA a public display of affectation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24219657887796076842008-05-08T20:25:00.001-04:002008-05-08T20:25:00.001-04:00Another Red River forms the boundary between Texas...Another Red River forms the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma. The football game each year between UT and OU is called the Red River Rivalry.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999218882336007527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27655876996333378322008-05-08T20:25:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:25:00.000-04:00definitely fun puzzle.thanks for the kibosh link, ...definitely fun puzzle.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the kibosh link, rex.<BR/><BR/>reminded me of "kielbasa" which we pronounce ka-boss' which would match the link definition "carrion"<BR/><BR/>Also, re 40D, the answer "steno" --we, who write on stenograph machines, write letter combinations known as "stenotypy." We call it "steno" for short. A computer software program translates the steno into English and with a little editing, voila "a transcript." The clue "transcript preparer" rather than being a "person" is a machine shorthand "language."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61982221851024149372008-05-08T20:23:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:23:00.000-04:00Ahh, now I see. Thanks Jae. "Eat at" is totally ...Ahh, now I see. Thanks Jae. "Eat at" is totally familiar to me. Makes sense. <BR/>"Trouble no end" still seems like a odd phrase. I am struggling to come up with a sentence where the one could be substituted for the other.<BR/>"The fact that I plagiarized my thesis will eat at me for the rest of my days" = "The fact that I plagiarized my thesis will trouble me no end for the rest of my life." <BR/>Just sounds wrong. Maybe it's a regional thing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633554704036535897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49836839798700543242008-05-08T20:17:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:17:00.000-04:00@phillysolver - thanks for the definitions of musq...@phillysolver - thanks for the definitions of musquirt and catsquirt lolchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39249572838362737352008-05-08T20:16:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:16:00.000-04:00@noah -- If something is bothering you a lot it is...@noah -- If something is bothering you a lot it is "eating at you," like guilt or a missed opportunity or ...<BR/><BR/>BTW the Red River in Tenn. also flows in Kentucky. The Red River valley refers to the one in the NW US and Canada, I believe.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83500851144748645972008-05-08T20:12:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:12:00.000-04:00I agree with the prevailing sentiment that this wa...I agree with the prevailing sentiment that this was a really fun puzzle.<BR/><BR/>Could someone please explain the TROUBLE NO END = EAT AT thing?<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised that I seem to be the only one baffled by this.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633554704036535897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24566279587531503422008-05-08T20:10:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:10:00.000-04:00There is also a Red River in Tenn. which came up i...There is also a Red River in Tenn. which came up in a recent puzzle.<BR/><BR/>I always shake the ketchup bottle to avoid said red watery discharge.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75764984680569172862008-05-08T19:54:00.000-04:002008-05-08T19:54:00.000-04:00@orange-I had a good friend who named their first-...@orange-<BR/><BR/>I had a good friend who named their first-born daughter Jamie Lynn after a soap character.<BR/><BR/>Now THAT is truly sad. (And even sadder if you remember a 30-year-old soap opera character).Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27795324036701826072008-05-08T19:18:00.000-04:002008-05-08T19:18:00.000-04:00Very nice puzzle -all but the Dakotas fell quickly...Very nice puzzle -all but the Dakotas fell quickly. Having been lucky enough to have lived in Pittsburgh, let me share a bit of lore, courtesy of the H J Heinz company. If you hit the ketchup bottle on the embossed "57" just below the neck, the ketchup comes right out -no blatting or splatting.JannieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282015159638078416noreply@blogger.com