tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post207086535480355357..comments2024-03-28T13:46:36.605-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Conjoined title character of 1990s-2000s Nickelodeon cartoons / SAT 8-8-20 / Sitcom regular at Monk's cafe / Super Six of old autodom / Demographic myth often used with respect to Asian AmericansRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82060627425133031242020-09-12T21:19:00.105-04:002020-09-12T21:19:00.105-04:00Easier than Friday - for me.
Is 21A clue suitable...Easier than Friday - for me.<br /><br />Is 21A clue suitable ? Depends on what model behavior one is calculating. So it could be a myth or not a myth.<br /><br />@Lady Di - smoke comes and goes, but viruses are always in the air. Mandatory decrees and lock-downs and silly six foot rules need to go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26410664502453407332020-09-12T20:11:47.775-04:002020-09-12T20:11:47.775-04:00@ leftcoaster: On your standard keyboard, the $ is...@ leftcoaster: On your standard keyboard, the $ is shift-4.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34863932459481182962020-09-12T18:30:42.603-04:002020-09-12T18:30:42.603-04:004 down had me chuckling at the memory of classic P...4 down had me chuckling at the memory of classic PAY TOILET graffiti:<br /><br />"Here I sit, broken hearted,<br />"Spent a penny and only farted"straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6072466596734618242020-09-12T17:25:29.773-04:002020-09-12T17:25:29.773-04:00Got 95%. Now will the virus go away? And take th...Got 95%. Now will the virus go away? And take the smoke with it? <br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82828625043669754932020-09-12T16:14:53.488-04:002020-09-12T16:14:53.488-04:00Much friendlier puzzle than yesterday's, and m...Much friendlier puzzle than yesterday's, and more fun to do, though not easy.<br /><br />Liked MODEL MINORITY, though not sure how much a "demographic myth" it is. Also liked DOLLAR SIGN but left wondering about that "4". POT DISPENSARY was a bonus.<br /><br />Why would NSA's UFO REPORTS be "hard to believe"? Those "objects" are "unidentified" but seen repeatedly by responsible observers and duly reported.<br /><br />DIDN'T know MEGYN in the NW or EMPTY/STYX cross in the SE, and had downPEDAL before SOFT. <br /><br />"Finished" the puzzle with a bit of outside help, and enjoyed it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81747365568952133332020-09-12T14:46:48.521-04:002020-09-12T14:46:48.521-04:00Well! Three challenging puzzles in a row, at leas...Well! Three challenging puzzles in a row, at least for me. Today's was a little less so, but still put up a fight.<br /><br />I *did* give 21A the side eye, but since it is a myth, no harm done. The puzzle in general was quite fun to do with nothing really daunting, and several clever clue/answer combos. CATDOG, though inferrable, seems weird to me.<br /><br />Liked it.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73112709293493152492020-09-12T14:31:21.660-04:002020-09-12T14:31:21.660-04:00Pisser upon pisser - a true infestation. Not enjoy...Pisser upon pisser - a true infestation. Not enjoyable, constructed with malice afore thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47748998262343933342020-09-12T14:15:35.556-04:002020-09-12T14:15:35.556-04:00Not being a great piano mind, all these years I th...Not being a great piano mind, all these years I thought it was SOFTPEDdle, as in not being a PUSHY seller (of things or ideas). Growing up on the farm we had a rather PUSHY peddler come around from time to time. So I learned that. Other than that, I had no write-overs even though it took more than a half-hour to solve. I did circle MEGYN Price, who knows if she shows up again? I DIDNT find this hard. ARENT you glad to know that?rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60494325757961909882020-09-12T13:03:29.919-04:002020-09-12T13:03:29.919-04:00PEA GEE NONSENSE
BEERRUNS ARE by all REPORTS
HORS...PEA GEE NONSENSE<br /><br />BEERRUNS ARE by all REPORTS<br />HORSERACEs to DISPENSARY shops<br />to PAY MEGA DOLLARs, of course,<br />so your HUMDINGER PARTYHOPS.<br /><br />--- ROSY THORNBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46695328104605240042020-09-12T11:58:39.629-04:002020-09-12T11:58:39.629-04:00Well, the clue DID say it was a "myth".....Well, the clue DID say it was a "myth"...anyway, I struggled with D vs. R for square 22. MOREL--isn't that a kind of mushroom? Could the answer be a play on words? But I finally settled on good old DNA.<br /><br />The whole thing was wicked hard, but I persevered, garnering tons of triumph points. One writeover: I STOrmED IN instead of STOMPED. Not quite sure how you stomp in--maybe to get the snow or mud off your boots. Not really much anger, there, just a desire not to mess up the floor.<br /><br />We have many a POTDISPENSARY out here in Vegas; yet "grow houses" are still illegal. Go figure.<br /><br />Since so few have heard of MEGYN Price, we shall honor her with the DOD award. Most honorable mention to Julia Louis-Dreyfus as ELAINE.<br /><br />Some NASTY clues, including the ones for DNA and STYX, put this baby squarely in the Saturday slot; and no "medium" about it. Birdie.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64275409831242277982020-09-12T11:32:19.834-04:002020-09-12T11:32:19.834-04:00@Dave S 11:36. How about a pay toilet that allows ...@Dave S 11:36. How about a pay toilet that allows the user to pay it forward? A pay-it-forward toilet...thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5531122364963351912020-09-12T11:06:24.563-04:002020-09-12T11:06:24.563-04:00Easy for a Saturday. Agree with Rex about 21A. Yet...Easy for a Saturday. Agree with Rex about 21A. Yet another example of why it’s time for a new editor for the NY Times Crossword. thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57918399856333284442020-08-09T16:12:55.831-04:002020-08-09T16:12:55.831-04:00ItalyItalyJem Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626483310881333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39756618188776117212020-08-08T23:36:43.907-04:002020-08-08T23:36:43.907-04:00Mostly enjoyed the puzzle, but just to weigh in o...Mostly enjoyed the puzzle, but just to weigh in on the outrage dept;<br /><br />While I do think rex sometimes looks for things to be annoyed at, model minority really ticked me off and nearly spoiled it for me. The constructors bringing it up as something to be rejected seems like a copout; it really shouldn't be discussed at all. Catdog got them back a little bit into my good graces. I knew watching cartoons with my kids at the turn of the century wasn't a waste. Catdog and, especially, Courage the Cowardly dog, were two of the best.<br /><br />Lord knows restroom equality is something worth fighting for, but I can't see the absence of pay toilets as a victory. Now, I guess some people are referring to pay stalls within public restrooms, and yeah, that's a nuisance. But the lack of general public toilets in the United States, pay or otherwise, is a disgrace. I would have paid twice whatever the small amount of Euros asked for at the jardin du luxembourg last time I was in Paris, and I , and the city, were much happier for those pay toilets being there.Dave Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186065163092602289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16048012253306704712020-08-08T23:12:23.311-04:002020-08-08T23:12:23.311-04:00I had both GUCCI and FENDI before PRADA. Only skip...I had both GUCCI and FENDI before PRADA. Only skipped LOUIS because I already had the D from the cross. Oh well.Jonathan Tomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863900446884825259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35071004858769808302020-08-08T20:53:40.932-04:002020-08-08T20:53:40.932-04:00Usually you are a little to left for me, but I agr...Usually you are a little to left for me, but I agree with you’re reaction to model minority...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12731183888125435522020-08-08T20:30:52.571-04:002020-08-08T20:30:52.571-04:00@Nancy
I never realized PAY TOILETS was a feminis...@Nancy<br /><br />I never realized PAY TOILETS was a feminist issue.<br /><br />However I was/am, very aware that the lines for the 'Ladies Room" at Broadway shows, sporting events and concerts were/are always longer than the lines into the "Men's Room." I din't know if that's changed much.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63799068315014287742020-08-08T19:22:39.488-04:002020-08-08T19:22:39.488-04:00Nancy I'm of that age and had forgotten that p...Nancy I'm of that age and had forgotten that pay toilets were an issue in the women's movement. I was deeply involved in the radical side, we agreed women should have equal opportunity to be cops or judges but we're more into changing the system entirely. But I do remember a few instances of jamming the coin slots and the like....sf27shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711820921781179418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22217822750968294952020-08-08T18:54:27.839-04:002020-08-08T18:54:27.839-04:00@Gill, Funny you should suggest that. I haven'...@Gill, Funny you should suggest that. I haven't because I couldn't quite figure out what to use. But when this puzzle brought up CatDog, I thought Aha! just loony enough. My daughter sculpted this silly thing.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281717752118151421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82822164299653723192020-08-08T18:52:09.932-04:002020-08-08T18:52:09.932-04:00I think Rex has to learn how to relax. "MODEL...I think Rex has to learn how to relax. "MODEL MINORITY" is only racist if one considers Asian-Americans to be a model minority. To simply refer to the fact that someone else has made such a reference is not racist. There;s no endorsement of the phrase here.<br /><br />If I refer to the Southern Manifesto, whereby Southern politicians vowed to retain segregation, is that a racist reference? Or it is simply a historical fact?Bob Millsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84335886711781623762020-08-08T18:50:30.786-04:002020-08-08T18:50:30.786-04:00I honestly can't believe you didn't connec...I honestly can't believe you didn't connect the cross of "Beer Run"s and Pot Dispensary with Todd Snyder. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGbwiV4Mo8Jim Spiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48149451527815416382020-08-08T18:16:37.605-04:002020-08-08T18:16:37.605-04:00well, it's pretty much impossible to charge fo...well, it's pretty much impossible to charge for a guy's pee palace. but we still had to pay to poop. girls, for obvious reasons, don't have that option. although I've seen adverts for devices that allow girls to pee like a guy. don't know that any girls rooms have urinals in a row to make that option viable.<br /><br />one of my bosses, back in the 70s, had spent some time in Germany (US Army, of course) just prior, and allowed has how, at least for guys, public restrooms consisted of holes in the floor with carved out foot prints to aid in aiming. never took to time to find out if he was gaslighting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71823222561827238832020-08-08T17:56:53.392-04:002020-08-08T17:56:53.392-04:00Should I characterize the demise of PAY TOILETS as...Should I characterize the demise of PAY TOILETS as the single best thing that has happened in my lifetime? Well, it's certainly right up there. @GILL -- since I'm not exactly known as a camel, I would have had to take a chance with that "extremely large woman" you dodged rather than try to make it all the way from Philly to NYC -- there's no chance in hell that I could have.<br /><br />I'm not 100% sure, but I think the end of PAY TOILETS is closely tied to the women's movement. (Help me out, ladies of a certain age.) Either men's toilet's at the time mostly were free whereas women's weren't or, assuming both were pay (and I don't think they were), it was assumed that the situation was harder on women than on men who had other "options". Anyway, it's something that women were protesting back at the time and their protests worked.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86621614059208108002020-08-08T17:35:51.686-04:002020-08-08T17:35:51.686-04:00I pretty-much agree *and* disagree with all the ab...I pretty-much agree *and* disagree with all the above, and want to toss in one other, uniquely crosswordly moment I had with it: at 19A (form moisture) I initially thought BEAD, then dismissed this as too clumsy a clue, in that such moisture "forms" *before* it (later) BEADs up. I eventually revisited the clue, whereupon a *hated it* changed into a *loved it* when "formed" revealed its other meaning... a hate-then-love-that-clue thing which had never occurred before, not in my 65 years at this. This may or may not have bein helpe?d along by 42A, POTDISPENSARY... I am not at liberty to dyvulge; this ifnormation at persent.Fred Wollamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079333036178727961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89346650190375588592020-08-08T17:19:09.464-04:002020-08-08T17:19:09.464-04:00@JD and @Barbara S.....My wish for the day...both ...@JD and @Barbara S.....My wish for the day...both of you should get a little avatar. Make it easier for moi and the rest of us who really enjoy your posts to pick you out of a line up. It's easy; it's free...make my day?GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.com