tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post495194240989213143..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Tail-shedding lizard / THU 3-15-18 / Hebrew name meaning he has given / Frenzied trading floor metaphorically / Voltaire religiously / Sponge alternativeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59582448536282077402018-04-19T18:18:40.169-04:002018-04-19T18:18:40.169-04:00what happened with this puzzle?? not a clue about ...what happened with this puzzle?? not a clue about islam or some freaking emir - keep it up -<br />who hasn't heard that the Ides of March is the 15th??? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56913137515959197322018-04-19T14:13:35.262-04:002018-04-19T14:13:35.262-04:00Yes, THE IDES theme/revealer was quite helpful in ...Yes, THE IDES theme/revealer was quite helpful in the solve, but not all the fill(ings?) were SUREBETS.<br /><br />SKINK(?), BREN (ugh), WAACS (double A), EENeY before EENSY, and nOFAT before LOFAT.<br /><br />Nice to be reminded of the great ELAINEMAY.<br /><br />Wasn't BADAT this one at all, and liked it.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80457632718181046782018-04-19T14:05:33.173-04:002018-04-19T14:05:33.173-04:00There's a lotta stuff to like in this puzzle, ...There's a lotta stuff to like in this puzzle, topped off with a perfect theme revealer - perfect for the day as well as the puzzle.<br /><br />I think ELAINE MAY is/was wonderful, and her sketches with Mike Nichols were fabulous. I've probably previously seen the link that @Nancy posted, but I'll check it out anyway, for old time's sake.<br /><br />I'D TAKE THAT sounds like someone commenting to a friend what he thinks about a deal the friend was offered. <br /><br />Dear old Dad educated me about the BREN and Sten guns, neither of which ignite any negative response from me by their inclusion in a puzzle.<br /><br />For a while I had MUse, and was wondering what THEPILe meant shortly before the head slap - thanks Y'ALL.<br /><br />Enjoyed this one.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32962557942177864562018-04-19T12:33:42.724-04:002018-04-19T12:33:42.724-04:00Got THE IDES very early on, tho I hesitated to act...Got THE IDES very early on, tho I hesitated to actually fill it in. However, I'd be a lyin if I didn't tell ya that I had to be hit on the head with "I'd" after the puzzle was all done. Forgot there was a themer. Good thing head is still attached, as all our moms would say...<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Et Tu?<br /><br />PS - Saw a headline in the paper the other day offering advice on how to "fling your taxes" next year. On second glance, that's filing your taxes. Never mind...Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85728626263856282802018-04-19T12:17:46.524-04:002018-04-19T12:17:46.524-04:00IDRATHERNOT tell YALL how long it took me to figur...IDRATHERNOT tell YALL how long it took me to figure out THEIDES thing. Longer than it shoulda.<br /><br />I am not a TAXDODGER, got ’em in just the other day. Postmarked a day early as it turns out. In about six WEEKs I should be a happy fellow.<br /><br />Is it a Crime to call SADE a yeah baby. She says love is The Swedish Taboo. Har.<br /><br />Certainly BETTER than a rebus. IDBETTERGO.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85281402793490105122018-04-19T11:09:02.846-04:002018-04-19T11:09:02.846-04:00March called; he wants THEIDSES back. This started...March called; he wants THEIDSES back. This started out a bit NUTLIKE for me; had nothing in the NW so went looking for a gimme, finding it in the SW. Up the coast I traveled, and was perplexed with the HONORED entry. Four squares remaining, so not I'M, or I AM, or WE ARE. WE'RE?? Eventually I hit on I'DBE, but it felt a little off. Then as I seeped into the NW I soon saw that I had yet another ID. Wow, I thought, two of those in the same grid? Still no ID-ea that I was doing themers, which are usually across.<br /><br />Passage to the east was not easy, as OFL said. But a date starting with THEI was enough to get the revealer, and what a golden AHA! moment that was! The rest of the puzzle SIMPly laid down and died, difficulty-wise.<br /><br />So, an enjoyable solving experience. Joe wasn't too BADAT the fill, despite the NW stuff mentioned by OFL and the equally unlovely TTOPS. DOD is the sultry SADE. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3696711899977953072018-04-19T09:40:39.257-04:002018-04-19T09:40:39.257-04:00GAYPAREE BARSCENE SUREBETS
I’DTAKETHAT WEEK off f...GAYPAREE BARSCENE SUREBETS<br /><br />I’DTAKETHAT WEEK off for a thrill, and I’DBEHONORED, but, no,<br />‘cuz I’DRATHERNOT USE THEPILL, so, ALAS, I’DBETTER(KNOT)GO.<br /><br />--- TERESA APRIL EYRE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90088749188047257172018-03-16T12:44:46.334-04:002018-03-16T12:44:46.334-04:00@Ed C - I agree they are just words. I disagree wi...@Ed C - I agree they are just words. I disagree with the simple-minded, propagandist, “either/or” explanation for Rex’s comments offered by the person to whom I was responding. I have no reason to justify or rationalize Rex’s objections because they are his own. That’s kind of the entire point of my post. People need to stop buying into those types of overly-simplified analyses that seek to invalidate someone’s opinions without ever bothering to understand them. It’s a common conservative news tactic and until people learn to question the thinking behind that kind of statement and recognize how false it is, that type of half-witted BS-spewing will propagate and the world will continue to spiral down the drain. Critical thinking skills and education are our only hopes.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269065328203543183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43796197524167174112018-03-16T07:50:23.100-04:002018-03-16T07:50:23.100-04:00Apple's 1984 Super Bowl ad blew people away; t...Apple's 1984 Super Bowl ad blew people away; talk about next morning water cooler buzz! I've always thought of it as the best of all Super Bowls ads, certainly best for its time. Thanks for providing the vid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44651238212293995682018-03-16T06:59:36.299-04:002018-03-16T06:59:36.299-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Theresa williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17287986721251835460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8659284909548004412018-03-16T05:42:01.501-04:002018-03-16T05:42:01.501-04:00@Anonymice - Good tries, but look at @Mohair Sam10...@Anonymice - Good tries, but look at @Mohair Sam10:12 for an exemplar for how it’s done. <br /><br />Also, interesting misinterpretation. If I say, for example, that the US skews center right politically (something you will find I say) don’t take that to mean I think the US should skew center right. Likewise, my pointing out that ELAINE MAY is relatively unknown now doesn’t mean she should be unknown. As I said would happen in my first post, someones did point out her cultural significance.<br /><br />Changing over to the gun argument. If obscenity bothers you you might want to skip the rest of this.<br /><br /><i>I deleted the second half of my earlier comment and reposted this part. A quick glance at some of the replies reminded me I was wasting everyone’s time.</i>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87478612723673030312018-03-16T01:45:34.316-04:002018-03-16T01:45:34.316-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042344574165500140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8767057873129464702018-03-16T00:14:17.747-04:002018-03-16T00:14:17.747-04:00You’re in over your head Two Ponies. Sit back and ...You’re in over your head Two Ponies. Sit back and learn from the adults in the room.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42982276254363607212018-03-15T23:31:08.982-04:002018-03-15T23:31:08.982-04:00Does RUBE derive from RüBE, German for turnip? I&...Does RUBE derive from RüBE, German for turnip? I'd like to think so.<br /><br />@anon @ 6:33 - don't forget "All y'all", which my southern relations tell me is a thing too.<br /><br />@Mohair - what kind of self-respecting yankee are you if you don't use Youse!<br /><br /><br />I finally signed up for ACPT!! My goal is to do no worse than last year. No wait. My goal is to have fun with my crossworld friends.<br />See you there!<br /><br />I thought this was a disappointing Thursday. Maybe a Tuesday gimmick, but not Thursday trickiness. Clue for TAXDODGER was great. Happy to have gotten ALOU, after coming back to it 6 or 7 times. But with nothing in that corner, it's what finally opened it up and avoided a DNF.<br />I definitely did not guess what was going on today, so had to finally let myself see the revealer. <br /><br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88001629662400810362018-03-15T22:24:31.908-04:002018-03-15T22:24:31.908-04:00Welcome to the new age of hyperbolic arguments.
R...Welcome to the new age of hyperbolic arguments.<br /><br />Rex's point -as far as I understand, and I'm sufficiently proud of my reading comprehension skills- is not to ban terms related to guns altogether forever. He's asking for a symbolic gesture: don't include guns in the puzzles while there's a very active and heated debate going on and people's wounds are still fresh. <br /><br />Now, you can agree with it, or disagree with it. Because it's a point of view, and that's what sensible people do with points of view. What sensible people <i>don't</i> do, however, is twist the other persons' words and instead of responding to arguments keep on trolling the other side with a blatant disregard for basic human decency. Imho.<br /><br /> semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5268839226871308192018-03-15T22:14:00.036-04:002018-03-15T22:14:00.036-04:00Alright I know it's late and no one's goin...Alright I know it's late and no one's going to see this but I'm posting it anyway:<br /><br />15d -- How you might respond when your one-night stand asks you to stay over after crappy sex?<br />I'D RATHER NOT.<br /><br />20d. -- How you might respond when your one-night stand asks you to stay over after incredibly amazing sex?<br />I'D BE HONORED.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88328407303443325022018-03-15T21:53:03.438-04:002018-03-15T21:53:03.438-04:00I'm sufficiently cynical, given our carrot top...I'm sufficiently cynical, given our carrot topped czar, not to be bothered by gun names, per se. what is clueless, on the part of Shortz (or whoever), is to insert them in puzzles *at this time*. looks very much like he's rubbing our noses in it. that's as much sociopath as the carrot topped czar's nonsense.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16527527769628569802018-03-15T21:31:31.258-04:002018-03-15T21:31:31.258-04:00What a bunch of shit. People going nuts because a...What a bunch of shit. People going nuts because a clue offends them? Its a gun. They exist.<br /><br />Then equate that to truly offensive words - very poor.BobLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614228671316214824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34838569900150376382018-03-15T21:28:18.181-04:002018-03-15T21:28:18.181-04:00@ Barry, Joe has a very valid point and was able t...@ Barry, Joe has a very valid point and was able to do it with some civility. Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16778906423810398942018-03-15T21:11:22.423-04:002018-03-15T21:11:22.423-04:00@Barry Frain of East Biggs, CA --
#1. Fuck is not...@Barry Frain of East Biggs, CA --<br /><br />#1. Fuck is not an object.<br /><br />#2. People are not objects. The insulting words you cite -- I'm in awe that you know so many -- are directed by people toward other people to demean them. And, everyone would agree, they should and would never be used in a crossword puzzle.<br /><br />#3. Bren, Uzi, and AK-47 are the names of objects that exist. Because they exist, they have to be *named something*. They are not insulting names for people you don't like. There is a distinct difference.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42723872845561911532018-03-15T21:04:12.626-04:002018-03-15T21:04:12.626-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80550631332345602562018-03-15T20:22:54.524-04:002018-03-15T20:22:54.524-04:00@Joe Dipinto said: "@Z: As words -- uttered o...@Joe Dipinto said: "@Z: As words -- uttered or printed -- they are not in the same category as your supposed correlatives. Or in any 'class' of offensiveness. They are simply the names of objects that exist."<br /><br />"simply the names of objects that exist": as in some circles are "nigger," "fuck," and "cunt." As are "beaner," "fudgepacker," "porch monkey," and "catamite."<br /><br />Barry Frain<br />East Biggs, CABarry Frainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48645697859091277082018-03-15T19:53:58.186-04:002018-03-15T19:53:58.186-04:00@Z: As words -- uttered or printed -- they are not...@Z: As words -- uttered or printed -- they are not in the same category as your supposed correlatives. Or in any "class" of offensiveness. They are simply the names of objects that exist.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67418757560227570622018-03-15T18:51:57.544-04:002018-03-15T18:51:57.544-04:00Really late to the party today. Played very diffic...Really late to the party today. Played very difficult for me, but that's because I got to 23 Down and misremembered the singer of "Smooth Operator" as SlADE. That made me assume that a rebus was going down. Got to 46 A (NAThAN), and that only reinforced my belief. Wanted FrESCO instead of FEAST, or at least ThERESA, so I went looking for a rebus there, too.<br /><br />Also threw in crAnBERRY early on, which messed up the north-east real good.<br /><br />Finally saw the error of my ways, and undid my many splendored rebuses (rebi?), and picked up my speed again.<br /><br />But just could not gain much of a purchase in the SW, so finally Googled to get ELAINE MAY. Yet I still could not get it to work. Why? Because I had GAY PARis (pronounced "Paree" in French), and left it at that, with several strange-looking words that fed off it.<br /><br />Sheesh. Well, the work-out at least was good.'merican in GAY PAREEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55907324399946142062018-03-15T18:50:46.214-04:002018-03-15T18:50:46.214-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com