tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3727516667790610001..comments2024-03-29T00:28:40.417-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: MONDAY, June 22, 2009 — Neural transmitter / Aviator Post / Fragrance named for a Musketeer / Storage for forageRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86841213821733376872009-06-23T09:59:30.424-04:002009-06-23T09:59:30.424-04:00@sanfranman59
I had the same problem, check under...@sanfranman59<br /><br />I had the same problem, check under the options/prefrences and uncheck the "move to next blank ..." option.<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16977311641089705402009-06-22T23:32:43.227-04:002009-06-22T23:32:43.227-04:00Today's numbers ... the number in parentheses ...Today's numbers ... the number in parentheses is the number of solvers.<br /><br />Mon (all) 6:16 (905) 2 week avg: 6:58 (908)<br />Mon (Top 100) 3:25 2 week avg: 3:43<br /><br />You wouldn't know it by my solve time (5:11), but this was the easiest Monday of the 4 since I've been tracking the times. I just couldn't get my fingers to work today. One thing that slows me down is the online user interface. I hate that it skips over squares that are already filled. When I type answers, I want to type to whole word ... not look to see what letters are already filled. Does anyone know of a way to configure an option so it doesn't do that? I know my times would improve significantly.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64122713384073621522009-06-22T22:16:57.694-04:002009-06-22T22:16:57.694-04:00@Andrea: [grin]
By the way, I wrote to the Times ...@Andrea: [grin]<br /><br />By the way, I wrote to the Times Magazine complaining about the loss of the acrostic -- and other supplemental word-puzzles. Fat lot of good it will do, I'm sure.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36987919994519389262009-06-22T19:30:53.680-04:002009-06-22T19:30:53.680-04:00@Rex
Hope you are feeling better...
PG is a good c...@Rex<br />Hope you are feeling better...<br />PG is a good cover girl while you re-cover. If she does it again tomorrow, is she re-recovering?<br /><br />Had the same "???!"<br />Starting with CM was freaky...<br />Although I thought we might see a C-section.<br /><br />Which reminds me of the old Stephen Wright jape:<br /><br />"I was born by Caesarian...<br />but not so you'd notice.<br /><br />It's just that when I leave the house, I go out through the window.")andrea tees michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72267769373557810302009-06-22T19:22:45.074-04:002009-06-22T19:22:45.074-04:00@ banana lovers/haters everywhere -
"banana...@ banana lovers/haters everywhere - <br /><br />"banana" used as a code word for "recession" decades ago by my former colleague, Economics Professor and Dean Fred Kahn:<br /><br />Bruce MacEwen, creator and host of Adam Smith, esq, (www.bmacewen.com) tells how Mr. Carter’s regulatory czar and head of the Civil Aeronautics Board Alfred Kahn dealt with the muzzle. Not one to be cornered when it came to talking, Fred Kahn was called to the Hill to testify about the economic outlook. When asked point blank about the prospects for a recession, Fred,<br />somewhat floored, remembered his instructions and noted that he could not speak directly to the<br />question, but that he did expect there might be a “banana.” Banana then became the Washington<br />code word for recession. Bruce MacEwen tells us that when the banana industry complained,<br />Fred Kahn changed the code word to “cumquat.” The cumquat lobby was less effective in avoiding the hit.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67847061647408497142009-06-22T19:13:44.742-04:002009-06-22T19:13:44.742-04:00Thank you Mr. Piscop, SEE what you have done.
All...Thank you Mr. Piscop, SEE what you have done.<br /><br />All day long I was singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ4OflMP0R8" rel="nofollow"> CC Rider.</a><br /><br />CUL8ter.Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466240197659721721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73587900964134984072009-06-22T18:57:51.651-04:002009-06-22T18:57:51.651-04:00Maybe Rex got C-sick?
Great job, puzzlegirl!
Oooo...Maybe Rex got C-sick?<br /><br />Great job, puzzlegirl!<br />Oooooh, I didn't realize if we wanted attention we had to ASK for it!<br /><br />@anne<br />re: the 3 Musketeers...<br />someone needs to come up with a fun mnemonic... your life could depend on knowing them, cf "Slumdog Millionaire".<br />(I like to think of myself as the d'artagnan to rex/orange/pg)<br /><br />@Stan<br />you have an eagle eye for pointing out the WILEY/ONEEYE crossing!<br />(altho can you cross your eyes if you only have one??!!) Who knew?<br /><br />@ulrich<br />you crazy pot-stirrer!!<br />my entire breakfast today consisted of a banana I felt pressured to eat lest it go bad...<br />No matter how many I buy, it's always one too many!<br /><br />@Two ponies<br />That is the exact kind of story I love! Plus you tied together the antibanana contingent AND slop lovers!jandrea jcarla jmichaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48939217916211469312009-06-22T18:32:04.714-04:002009-06-22T18:32:04.714-04:00I heard an interview awhile back on NPR's Fres...I heard an interview awhile back on NPR's Fresh Air With Terry Gross with a guy who researched the banana. In his travels, he learned that, of the hundreds (?) of varieties of bananas, almost all of them are tastier than the ones we (Americans, and probably Canadians, too, Crosscan) get in the grocery store. Sadly, the ones we get are the only ones that are tough enough to make the trip.<br /><br />And that's pretty much all I have to say about this puzzle.treedwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634227778469664442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28335898046298686892009-06-22T18:19:00.444-04:002009-06-22T18:19:00.444-04:00@ZJM: which raises (not begs!!!) the question: Is ...@ZJM: which raises (not begs!!!) the question: Is "antibanana" on the official word list? And if not, do they accept petitions?<br /><br />@lurker: My scrabble quip was supposed to be a joke--just in case that wasn't clear.Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5494136111745216902009-06-22T18:09:29.854-04:002009-06-22T18:09:29.854-04:00@Ulrich
The gist is that there was a discussion a...@Ulrich<br /><br />The gist is that there was a discussion about which "re-" and "anti-" words should be acceptable in Scrabble (pre-official world list). One person makes the argument that not all words can take a "re-", using the example you can't "rebanana", to which somebody else says, something like, "no, but you could be antibanana". Apparently some people are.DJGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169359183650145099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85832476476838624992009-06-22T18:02:16.473-04:002009-06-22T18:02:16.473-04:00I did some online research about the apparently un...I did some online research about the apparently unfamiliar word JAPE. You logophiles might enjoy the result.<br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jape" rel="nofollow">Wiktionary</a> is partially correct, though it misses the fun part completely.<br /><br />JAPE isn't slang. Nor is it a Scrabble invention, having been attested in 1382 -- as a distinctly bawdy verb.<br /><br />Here is the most explicit line from <a href="http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/653/Copulation.html" rel="nofollow">the best reference</a>, quoting a 1598 Italian/English dictionary:<br /><br /><i>Fottere:</i> To iape [jape], to sard, to fucke, to swive, to occupy.<br /><br />I hope that doesn't violate any "breakfast rule." It's late afternoon already. :-)<br /><br />Larry the not-so-much-any-longer LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78522415790235339232009-06-22T17:22:09.795-04:002009-06-22T17:22:09.795-04:00@Ulrich, Don't worry about hating bananas. Tom...@Ulrich, Don't worry about hating bananas. Tomatoes have more potassium than the dreaded yellow fruit and far less calories.<br />While in Jamaica once I marveled at the honey-sweet small red bananas. I asked about the big yellow ones and was told with a scoff that those were fed to the pigs.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13454991156971764832009-06-22T17:20:26.229-04:002009-06-22T17:20:26.229-04:00One of the other puzzles had an Orange vegetable o...One of the other puzzles had an Orange vegetable of the root sort... maybe we could dig up a few jokes for that one? Chacun à sa jolie racine?<br /><br />∑;)ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56745188910871616842009-06-22T17:12:49.220-04:002009-06-22T17:12:49.220-04:00It is ironic that I completely missed the Word of ...It is ironic that I completely missed the Word of the Day as I was working the downs on the East Coast at the time and was surprised to find the write up featured a word I did not see.<br /><br />Typical Monday puzzle to my lights that was livened up by this happenstance.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37462991257848825262009-06-22T17:01:14.764-04:002009-06-22T17:01:14.764-04:00anonymous, did you complain when FRITO was clued a...anonymous, did you complain when FRITO was clued as [___-Lay (snack company)] last year? because it says that Frito-Lay is a division of PepsiCo, Inc. right here.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frito-LayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-768517057297146922009-06-22T16:58:02.261-04:002009-06-22T16:58:02.261-04:00@ foodie again -
you - kinda wrong, bothers you....@ foodie again - <br /><br />you - kinda wrong, bothers you.<br />me - kinda not wrong, but not great - doesn't bother me.<br /><br />I'd say <i>chacun à son goût</i> on this one.<br /><br />Ditto UCAL, so long as CAL. U. remains anathema... ☺retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80062858550810543032009-06-22T16:56:03.872-04:002009-06-22T16:56:03.872-04:00I was looking at the Senior Spelling Bee word list...I was looking at the <a href="http://www.seniorspellingbee.com/sample_word_list.asp" rel="nofollow">Senior Spelling Bee word list</a> and laughed to see the last word is crosswordese 'etui'. 'Eft' is on the list too, along with axolotl and many other sesquipedalian words.Karen from the Capehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476512301997985060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51460805539781044192009-06-22T16:38:34.361-04:002009-06-22T16:38:34.361-04:00Acura, a division of automaker Honda. See, it say...Acura, a division of automaker Honda. See, it says it right here.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AcuraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72947604491101946222009-06-22T16:32:33.153-04:002009-06-22T16:32:33.153-04:00@retired chemist,I do understand what you're s...@retired chemist,I do understand what you're saying, but it's so near the edge of confused that it bothers me:) <br /><br />This is like the UCAL discussion-- you can see how it came about, but...foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16689835102602815162009-06-22T15:31:06.861-04:002009-06-22T15:31:06.861-04:00Self proclaimed banana hater #2 here. Hate the sm...Self proclaimed banana hater #2 here. Hate the smell, taste, and texture; so what do I do as a hobby, I make banana, mac nut, chocolate chip, coconut muffins for the local smoothy shop that one of my friends owns.<br /><br />Liked the easy Monday puzzle, only write over was ERS over ors. No problem with JAPE as ICE JAMS were a yearly problem where I grew up in the frozen tundra.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85108462080614322072009-06-22T15:22:52.414-04:002009-06-22T15:22:52.414-04:00@ulrich: Is that APE on the Scrabble board eating...@ulrich: Is that APE on the Scrabble board eating a banana? Sounds messy.miriam bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506593846362044050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46957532790838160352009-06-22T15:12:54.893-04:002009-06-22T15:12:54.893-04:00Easy, breezy puzzle. Record Monday for me, althou...Easy, breezy puzzle. Record Monday for me, although it wasn't 3 minutes... it was 8:32. :)<br /><br />Had CACTUS down first because I was thinking of prickly pear, but seeing that it couldn't be CAE kwon do, put in NETTLE.<br /><br />I liked this puzzle, although it was on the really easy side. Didn't understand the theme until I came here though.tekchichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006657521952564653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36437482504369330422009-06-22T14:51:20.504-04:002009-06-22T14:51:20.504-04:00Ah, the things you learn here.
I used to own a Bu...Ah, the things you learn here.<br /><br />I used to own a Buick, believing it was made the automaker, Buick.<br /><br />I guess I really bought a "General Motors" from my friendly Buick dealer.<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68816881452909622112009-06-22T14:40:57.907-04:002009-06-22T14:40:57.907-04:00JZM: Googling did not help me getting the inside j...JZM: Googling did not help me getting the inside joke. However, I've found a society I HAVE to join:<br /><br />The Anti-Banana Society (ABS) is a subdivision of the United Nations, designed to 'purify' the world of all Bananas...to cast off the shakles of the banana-sympathetic populous that controls the hearts and mind of the good peoples of Earth. [take that, miriamb!]<br /><br />And speaking of scrabble: Another courteous reader has pointed out to me the "jape" is not slang--it's a word invented specifically for scrabble players who want to get rid of a J when there is already an APE on the board.Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67172336322917996842009-06-22T14:37:13.452-04:002009-06-22T14:37:13.452-04:00@miriamb - I'll take the killer banana bread!!...@miriamb - I'll take the killer banana bread!!! you can e-mail it to me.<br /><br />Was jest mentioned?chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.com