tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6170458833117746686..comments2024-03-29T08:06:57.251-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Certification for eco-friendly buildings for short / SUN 12-20-15 / Hogwarts delivery system / Who might say I'm IM / Early co-host of View / Admission of 1959 / TV character with catchphrase Booyakasha / Indirect objects grammatically speakingRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91143699381672587682015-12-27T20:20:39.072-05:002015-12-27T20:20:39.072-05:00Nobody gonna post this clip from "One Flew Ov...Nobody gonna post <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCUmINGae44" rel="nofollow">this clip</a> from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49730207346455536542015-12-27T19:27:56.868-05:002015-12-27T19:27:56.868-05:00I liked the rebranding clues and answers because t...I liked the rebranding clues and answers because they were all gettable and fun despite not knowing the pre-corrected brand slogans.<br /><br />The SW was the last to go. The AXLE here and the AXELS in the NE made me pause.<br /><br />Clever cluing for ELEGY, POBOY, AMISH.<br /><br />Questionable answers: "The" in THENHL; OGRES in bedtime stories? I guess it depends on the scariness of the ogres and the ages of the kids. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48524710555745183432015-12-27T13:00:35.824-05:002015-12-27T13:00:35.824-05:00Another uninspired Sun-puz, or is it uninspiring (...Another uninspired Sun-puz, or is it uninspiring (corrected)? Incorrect – EATFRESHLY; as in “eat fresh foods”; it’s not an adjective as in how to THINK.<br /><br />The WIENIE as spelled should be roasting over a campfire, perhaps served with beans as in beany-WIENIE.<br /><br />Speaking of food, I won a contest once with my version of a POBOY; makes me hungry for one now.<br /><br />I work with LEED certification stuff from time to time on architectural projects; it’s a big deal. Another instance of OFL stuck in an ivory tower.<br /><br />A couple of yeah babies among all the names – JLO not clued as jiggly Gigli and then VANESSA Hudgens who BODESWELL as a hottie ASISEEIT. Did I mention TEAT?<br /><br />THENHL can go away. Not the league, THE answer. <br /><br />There was a kids TV show in the Twin Cities in the 1950s – 60s called AXEL’S Treehouse. Broken Scandihoovian speaking ex-sailor telling jokes and introducing cartoons. You can find some of it online. Oh, what used to pass for entertainment.<br /><br />There was too much of this puz – ADABWILLDO, maybe you ELECT to THINKDIFFERENTLY?<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29919713434506025252015-12-27T12:28:33.470-05:002015-12-27T12:28:33.470-05:00DELUXE CHATS
ASISEEIT, it BODESWELL to RESORTTO a...DELUXE CHATS<br /><br />ASISEEIT, it BODESWELL to RESORTTO a BOLDMOVE,<br />no DOUBT any MAJOR NEW PLAY or PITCH to her must prove<br />that you’re ORIGINAL and THINKDIFFERENTLY,<br />since TOAMAN, EVERYBODYLIKESSARALEE.<br /><br />--- ALEXEI AWASHIN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21967404821922133622015-12-27T10:48:35.879-05:002015-12-27T10:48:35.879-05:00"I can't believe I ate the whole thing.&q..."I can't believe I ate the whole thing." But I did, and am I stuffed! This wasn't a slog, it was a near-drowning in quicksand. Thankfully, I was able to grab a LIFELINE near the end and extricate myself.<br /><br />I am reminded of that TV ad in which they try to knock down a building with a big stuffed rabbit. As it thumps harmlessly into the bricks, an onlooker says:<br /><br />"Uh, that's not gonna work." Well, back to the drawing boards, Pete, neither is this. When you have to RESORTTO awkward partials, and your fill is AWASHIN such as THENHL and AANDE, you know something's wrong.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and it's "AHNIE." Arnie is a golfing legend. C'mon, man.<br /><br />ASISEEIT, another D-. *sigh*<br /><br />Next time, though. Next time, I'm gonna come running along and I'll kick that ball SOOOO HARD....spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83961737684455437862015-12-26T10:45:54.775-05:002015-12-26T10:45:54.775-05:00I wanted to "Correct" ENCAGE to CAGE.I wanted to "Correct" ENCAGE to CAGE.Robert Berardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014604363265412442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25429807496562459952015-12-21T08:54:42.606-05:002015-12-21T08:54:42.606-05:00Forgot to say:
@r.alphbunker, I love it when you ...Forgot to say:<br /><br />@r.alphbunker, I love it when you say 'a posteriori'.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4995661134822380342015-12-21T08:52:26.228-05:002015-12-21T08:52:26.228-05:00Love to read all the language logicians and catego...Love to read all the language logicians and categorical thinkers. Of course, if you set up your system, you can define it any way you please, but reality has a way of turning into a much messier sprawl.<br /><br />'Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee'? Aside from the truly indifferent line-straddlers (and they're out there, refusing to be lumped with the likes'), what about the millions world-wide who've never tasted, the millions who've never heard of Ms Lee? Nobodies from a different fire-department, I s'pose. What about the nobodies who like the cake part, but not the frosting? More likely, I admit that would be versa vice, since nobody doesn't like butter-cream. See? No matter how fine you break it up, it's still crumby.<br /><br />Just to prove that baked goods aren't a special case, let's check out another example that was offered up earlier with 'I don't not drive a car'. Which lot are you in if you drive a bus or a truck? (Tank you very much.) What if you drove in the past but not in the present? What if you have a chauffeur? What if you have a self-driving car? Are you driving the car or is the car driving you? Easy to see that at some point, the whole verschluginer system goes into overdrive.<br /><br />Not 100% sure what I'm driving at, beyond warning against too much insistence on seeing all things as neatly stuffable into little binary boxes. I assure you my motives are pure as the driven Snoo.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45387995212795287562015-12-21T00:48:54.116-05:002015-12-21T00:48:54.116-05:00@Anon 7:34 : Ouch! I know lots of "puzzle ma...@Anon 7:34 : Ouch! I know lots of "puzzle mavens" who are some of the smartest, most well-rounded and interesting people I've ever met.<br /><br />Didn't even get to the puzzle yet: The NY Giants broke my heart today......kudos to the Carolina Panthers.<br /><br /><br />JenCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290169184354765840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88220926392333482852015-12-21T00:19:22.930-05:002015-12-21T00:19:22.930-05:00O CELLI, O mores! No matter what you PEI, that SIN...O CELLI, O mores! No matter what you PEI, that SINTAX'LE get you. O TOES, even you get nailed! <br /><br />Scratch that PO'BOY and that WEINIE (no matter how SWELL) and bring me a muffaletta. Maybe with some YAK MILK on the PSI'd. Guess the hour has LATENed past where I could DATIVES Montand.<br /><br />If the AMISH can be clued as 'Buggy peoples', I see no reason they can't be abbreved as BUGGLES. Hiya, LEAH LEA, you know that's where their horses run.<br /><br />"AMISH is ASH good ASH a shmile"Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40774164818972516402015-12-20T23:19:08.173-05:002015-12-20T23:19:08.173-05:00To go back to Friday's puzzle, yeah, we regula...To go back to Friday's puzzle, yeah, we regulars would have aced that Jeopardy category. But you have to remember, Jeopardy tapes weeks before it goes on the air so the contestants did not have the advantage of having solved last week's puzzles.old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18431236510679041522015-12-20T22:37:08.234-05:002015-12-20T22:37:08.234-05:00@Nancy -not trying to talk you into persevering, b...@Nancy -not trying to talk you into persevering, but thought you should know that everything you posted is correct, including AJFO_T.<br /><br />@Mr Day Late. It's a good idea not to post answers or themes from recent puzzles, but general comments like 'not as tough as Thursday' are OK. kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48549624832693543622015-12-20T21:56:48.644-05:002015-12-20T21:56:48.644-05:00At 33 across, instead of YESWEH, AVE THAT, isn'...At 33 across, instead of YESWEH, AVE THAT, isn't it supposed to be YAHWEH, AVE THAT?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79556730390772620102015-12-20T21:52:58.713-05:002015-12-20T21:52:58.713-05:00OH HI, @NCA President,
Are you saying that doubli...OH HI, @NCA President,<br /><br />Are you saying that doubling an AXLE* ought'll be gwanna what we newt all along?<br />That's a tad polarizing, isn't it?<br />*(You overlooked the anagrammed ALEX E-I E-I, O; no biggie)<br /><br />Reminds me of when the Geico gecko got hitched, was so farshimmelt he could barely shamble down the carpet to the altar. They decided he was temporarily experiencing a 'crept aisle' dysfunction.<br /><br />Aside from having too many AXELS rise, we got the JOSTLE SABERS to give us a little Shake Spear, and the Milkmaid's handful of TEAT to make sure we Got Milk. Even though the theme resoled colourful phrases with dusty-dry grammar, we got IVINS to Mollify us. The woman had STILE, could THINK DIFFERENTLY and PEN FRESHLY. She's one I'da LET GOOF MY EGGO any day of he week.<br /><br />According to the PEN MEN, the new rules of ENCAGEment say there's to B A CON in CELL I; less likely to be a WEINIE than a weenie or weanie, but we can't rule out a DOOVER Ham. Can't wait for the meating.<br /><br />Hope all y'all's Sundays were SUNNI and DELIcious. Me, I'm putting down Adventitious roots.<br /> <br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9294676639900621112015-12-20T21:40:19.326-05:002015-12-20T21:40:19.326-05:00@Hartley 70 (2:20 pm) I just love the way you por...@Hartley 70 (2:20 pm) I just love the way you portray your 80-year-old mother. She sounds like she was a whole lot of fun, very youthful and "with it", and someone I'd love to have met. However, she really didn't need to ask her 15-year-old granddaughter if boot-cut jeans were "in". All she needed to do was ask herself: 1) Do I LIKE them? and 2) Do I look GOOD in them? Bet she would have looked great in them, too. Even if they were "out".Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57519516310094968752015-12-20T20:52:18.290-05:002015-12-20T20:52:18.290-05:00@Anonymous said
""Nobody doesn't li...@Anonymous said<br /><br />""Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee" and "nobody dislikes Sara Lee" are equivalent."<br /><br />Absolutely wrong.<br /><br />It is completely obvious that if you do not (not like) something, you like it. Someone says to you, "You do not like Fords." You respond "I do not not like Fords" means you like Fords. If you responded "Well, I don't dislike Fords" then you are saying you are neutral or positive. But it clearly is not saying the same thing as "I do not not like Fords". Again, check with any logician.<br /><br />I am waiting for ex to admit he was wrong, and especially since he stated it with such certainty. Maybe he is going to check with a logician first.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120158617143744209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33035041589340242212015-12-20T20:28:03.199-05:002015-12-20T20:28:03.199-05:00@Nancy, I don't think I said I love it!! I wr...@Nancy, I don't think I said I love it!! I wrote "Finished it, enjoyed it, no errors," and "Didn't like the theme..." <br /><br />If I "love" it, you'll like it too. I am sure of it! OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36173955834083338412015-12-20T20:25:33.996-05:002015-12-20T20:25:33.996-05:00Amelia. You are correct, of course! I changed tr...Amelia. You are correct, of course! I changed trains at 42nd street! However, the last stop, where I got off IS on 34th . <br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23993165108773888222015-12-20T19:34:21.648-05:002015-12-20T19:34:21.648-05:00Since we are discussing both Saturday's and Su...Since we are discussing both Saturday's and Sunday's puzzle, I thought they both contained too many obscure words derived from the publishing and entertainment businesses. If you have to read and watch garbage to complete Times crosswords, at age 85 I guess I'll go do something else.<br /><br />Sixty-five years ago the late-week NYT crosswords were tough, but they were designed for Times readers. Now they're for puzzle mavens who need to get a life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48594807963418340212015-12-20T19:31:22.788-05:002015-12-20T19:31:22.788-05:00I tried again, OISK, truly I did, because I trust ...I tried again, OISK, truly I did, because I trust you. Not only that, but on this go round, I had information I didn't have the first time. I tried to avoid picking up any puzzle info when I scrolled down, (squinting all the way, btw,) but I inadvertently learned what I didn't know this a.m. -- that the companies'"corrected" slogans had to do with bad grammar. I also inadvertently saw that the first answer was THINK DIFFERENTLY. So how much did all this inadvertently-acquired info help me in solving this puzzle> Not one iota, that's how much! THINK DIFFERENTLY enabled me to change 7D from GIST TO WAFT, and therefore MINOR to MAJOR at 20A. Giving me AWARE at 6A, instead of Ag--E. So I'm off and running now, right? Wrong! I have AJFO-T for the driver and I'm sure I'm wrong. And I just don't know any slogans and I'm not going to figure out any slogans and there are all these other names I don't know either, and I can't for the life of me figure out how OISK, with whom I don't ever remember disagreeing about a puzzle, not only solved this, but "loved" this. I give up everyone -- this time for good. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74110353417709143322015-12-20T19:16:12.621-05:002015-12-20T19:16:12.621-05:00@Joe in Nfld - Who is this "we" of whom ...@Joe in Nfld - <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dative_case#English" rel="nofollow">Who is this "we" of whom you speak?</a>.*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*The worst thing is that this article more or less made sense to me, so don't get all accusative.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40740103743339358642015-12-20T19:07:26.457-05:002015-12-20T19:07:26.457-05:00There's nothing more fun than a puzzle which r...There's nothing more fun than a puzzle which reminds me how much I always want to smack grammarians who "correct" me. Especially when 3 out of 7 corrections are flat out wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12107584557933920042015-12-20T18:59:45.944-05:002015-12-20T18:59:45.944-05:00Ia "dative" a term used in English gramm...Ia "dative" a term used in English grammar? Latin, yes, but not in French or, in my experience, English. We say "indirect object", don't we?Joe in Nfldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47463401671605860062015-12-20T17:00:56.630-05:002015-12-20T17:00:56.630-05:00Noreen - let is a do over in TennisNoreen - let is a do over in TennisRug Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283894657220231200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49112306221761379462015-12-20T16:58:38.138-05:002015-12-20T16:58:38.138-05:00Didn't enjoy it. Finished it although I didn&...Didn't enjoy it. Finished it although I didn't get the meaning ALIG and DOOVER at first. I want a Mulligan!<br />Rug Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283894657220231200noreply@blogger.com