tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5206827232823244162..comments2024-03-28T08:03:29.498-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Ally in Super Mario games / WED 4-14-21 / One-named rapper with the 2015 #1 album "The Album About Nothing" / Expensive Italian car informally / Financial guru Suze / Congressional hearing airer / Double-reeded aerophone with keysRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20695691002796888722021-05-19T17:21:30.995-04:002021-05-19T17:21:30.995-04:00Anonymous at 3:53: I suppose you also say that chi...Anonymous at 3:53: I suppose you also say that children "colored these pictures in wax"?EightAndEighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088709309871879826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66956961765165979812021-05-19T17:19:10.470-04:002021-05-19T17:19:10.470-04:00yes, yes - LAMBO is right in the center of things,...yes, yes - LAMBO is right in the center of things, as he always is during puzzle solving. So apt. And ept. <br /><br />Agree this is Tuesdayish, but I thot Tues was EZish. <br /><br />Diana, Mother of LamboDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25229014969984918142021-05-19T14:47:25.011-04:002021-05-19T14:47:25.011-04:00Actually liked doing the themeless part better tha...Actually liked doing the themeless part better than looking for the twelve SHEEP, the latter being a bit tedious. Still, liked the puzzle overall, and even enjoyed the exercise.<br /><br />[Just for the record: 6 EWEs, 4 RAMs, and 2 LAMBs.}leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43892084164058896172021-05-19T11:12:19.644-04:002021-05-19T11:12:19.644-04:00@D,LIW - your cat made the puz dead center!
I was...@D,LIW - your cat made the puz dead center!<br /><br />I was also counting aMEN raMEN MENsa orMAN flamBOYant onawHIM.<br /><br />Glad folks noticed ELIA.<br /><br />There's a CARPOD in the corners, whatever that may be.<br /><br />Ms. ALBA taken, so MAEWEST.<br /><br />Still thinking there's a Tues/Wed flip-flop.<br /><br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73876843239465495632021-05-19T11:01:42.115-04:002021-05-19T11:01:42.115-04:00@spacecraft - thought about it.@spacecraft - thought about it.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90887121346739114892021-05-19T10:58:42.261-04:002021-05-19T10:58:42.261-04:00SHEEP ORMAN?
HON, if the RAM SAYSNO,
LET the EWE ...SHEEP ORMAN?<br /><br />HON, if the RAM SAYSNO,<br />LET the EWE be LEARy,<br />that RAMPART from long AGO<br />just MAE be BONEWEARY.<br /><br />--- ELSA MENSA-ALBABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82161987536711505422021-05-19T10:48:17.629-04:002021-05-19T10:48:17.629-04:00Two parts: the solve, much like a themeless and fa...Two parts: the solve, much like a themeless and fairly easy; and then the hunt for the twelve. The EWEs stood out, but only six. Hmm, and then the RAM cluster in the (honorable mention DOD MAE) WEST. And finally, two cute LAMBS to finish it off. Plus, as just mentioned, ELIA of Lamb fame for a lagniappe.<br /><br />Yeah, the fill gets a little bent at times, but no wonder. I can live with CSPAN, even if I never watch it, but you can take PARTB and put it with SIDEB and PLANB and throw the whole package into the dumpster. I SAYSNO.<br /><br />Yes and OYE, however, to DOD Jessica ALBA. I expect @Burma to do something with 63-across. Birdie.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75020208353369190522021-05-19T10:04:13.559-04:002021-05-19T10:04:13.559-04:00RAM bam thank EWE LAMB.RAM bam thank EWE LAMB.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61825778387767611512021-04-16T23:30:54.481-04:002021-04-16T23:30:54.481-04:0040A clue: Director Kazan answer: Elia. Elia was a...40A clue: Director Kazan answer: Elia. Elia was also the pen name of Charles Lamb, late 18th-early 19th-century essayist. His Essays of Elia was a best-seller in its dayBarbara Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11503039229950545552021-04-15T22:26:41.666-04:002021-04-15T22:26:41.666-04:00Really Really Schulyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079535131724575044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23386964749358879702021-04-14T23:27:49.841-04:002021-04-14T23:27:49.841-04:00I think Monday and Wednesday got switched. I think Monday and Wednesday got switched. Edac2dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05406242564285237476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77581919134147233882021-04-14T23:07:47.139-04:002021-04-14T23:07:47.139-04:00albatross @10:10 PM, I saw the two-for-one POC yes...albatross @10:10 PM, I saw the two-for-one POC yesterday at 32D and 51A at the ends of SOFA and ERA, but totally missed the additional tie-in POC at 31A YEA<b>S</b>. Wow! That's an impressive catch on your part there, kind of like a birder sighting an Ivory Billed Woodpecker. I'm calling that an upside-down POC! I think it's customary to name a newly sighted phenomenon in honor of the first person to observe it and bring it to our attention, so I'm calling the triple POC an Albie! Thank you for that. My day is now complete.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46607036971019615642021-04-14T22:10:05.470-04:002021-04-14T22:10:05.470-04:00ONAWHIM MAEWEST TRAMPOLINE FLAMBOYANT BONEWEARY. t...ONAWHIM MAEWEST TRAMPOLINE FLAMBOYANT BONEWEARY. that's entertaining enough for me and an interesting story no matter the order.<br />@Unknown 1208pm<br />Thanks for answereing the why 12 question. Twelve is the only number to get you a dozin'.<br /><br />No it was not necessary to do the word search. I only did enough to see the 3 variations of sheep.<br /><br />I vote against the Rexit movement. Those for it can pull up posts and vote with their feet.<br /><br />@Z<br />I never do the word search puzzles. Agree with you there. I liked the sounds like its middle letter clue yesterday. I assume you did not like it cause it was not only a words are made of letters but also a words are made of sounds clue. Of course phrases, sentences, paragraphs, poems, and books are made of words which are made of sounds and letters. Tastes are tastes, joys are joys. I know.<br /><br />@Anoa<br />Yes I have noticed such plurals. Often they show up in a theme which are often phrases. In these cases I sometimes give them pass if the common theme phrase demands the plural. <br />If you look at yesterday's puzzle at 32D and the PoC at its first and last letters, I think that situation is a interesting triple PoC of sorts. Maybe it needs its own name. Or an award. The Anoa? No, you would probably prefer the albie. TriPoC?<br />31A 32D 51A.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43266741669051761852021-04-14T21:45:57.759-04:002021-04-14T21:45:57.759-04:00Wrong again z
Also. I note you donโt refute my arg...Wrong again z<br />Also. I note you donโt refute my argument. Telling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32211749481729617562021-04-14T20:38:28.534-04:002021-04-14T20:38:28.534-04:00@Bruce Fieggen (8:16 PM) ๐
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Peace ~ E...@Bruce Fieggen (8:16 PM) ๐<br />___<br /><br /><br />pg -5<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace ~</a> Empathy ~ Kindness to all ๐bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59137313003045589322021-04-14T20:22:50.968-04:002021-04-14T20:22:50.968-04:00@Barbara S. - ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ
@ESMERELDA...@Barbara S. - ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ<br /><br />@ESMERELDA - Iโm surprised they havenโt been back to accuse you of being a sock puppet. Thatโs always their next move. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26958697038224103202021-04-14T20:16:02.656-04:002021-04-14T20:16:02.656-04:00@bocamp 7:44. Reading your lyrics to the German lu...@bocamp 7:44. Reading your lyrics to the German lullaby brought this video to mind. https://youtu.be/NcxvQI88JRY<br />Even though I studied German in college, itโs hard to imagine singing my children to sleep with it. Bruce Fieggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676126412631174236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68643076458378691752021-04-14T20:06:28.719-04:002021-04-14T20:06:28.719-04:00A clue about a Mensa on the day that I finished th...A clue about a Mensa on the day that I finished the podcast My Year in Mensa... Coincidence? Yes.JFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44521420187817533402021-04-14T19:13:35.462-04:002021-04-14T19:13:35.462-04:00@anonymous 3:53 Any thoughts on the puzzle? I didn...@anonymous 3:53 Any thoughts on the puzzle? I didn't think so. You really have no idea about how people use language when speaking to each other. You need to get out of the house. ESMERELDAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89478761323074391012021-04-14T18:07:35.084-04:002021-04-14T18:07:35.084-04:00Egad, @Z (3:13 PM), the mind reels. I hope your e...Egad, @Z (3:13 PM), the mind reels. I hope your early morning calisthenics are as vigorous as hers!<br /><br />@A (3:20 PM)<br />I love all Toynbee's five-dollar words -- probably not surprising as I throw a lot of fivers into my own writing. On the other topic -- ooh, I'm just gazing at photos of Eudora Welty's home. It looks lovely. Lucky you, being so close.Barbara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17634754070567731006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77052608961383035732021-04-14T16:23:32.607-04:002021-04-14T16:23:32.607-04:00@Miss Manners (11:04) What kind of heathen am I? W...@Miss Manners (11:04) What kind of heathen am I? Why a well mannered one, of course. Which is to say I try not to dribble when I slurp my Ramen even if itโs directly from the bowl - which according to etiquette books, is technically permitted as long as you do it with both pinky fingers raised. ๐๐๐Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57017993068032620172021-04-14T16:19:42.969-04:002021-04-14T16:19:42.969-04:00@Knitwit 10:30 Donโt feel too stupid, you werenโt ...@Knitwit 10:30 Donโt feel too stupid, you werenโt alone. ๐chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39924649994616369332021-04-14T16:19:04.837-04:002021-04-14T16:19:04.837-04:00@A (3:20 PM) ty ๐
"That all of good the pas...@A (3:20 PM) ty ๐<br /><br />"That all of good the past hath had<br />Remains to make our own time glad" ๐<br /><br />~ John Greenleaf Whittier<br />___<br /><br /><br />pg -6<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace ~</a> Empathy ~ Kindness to all ๐bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85908816333184422102021-04-14T15:53:45.933-04:002021-04-14T15:53:45.933-04:00My last thought Z. You solve in ink with a pen. Yo...My last thought Z. You solve in ink with a pen. You do not solve in pen. Just one more unbelievably bad use of language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33135567242910725492021-04-14T15:37:09.789-04:002021-04-14T15:37:09.789-04:00Z,
Please. I know exactly what you meant and what...Z,<br />Please. I know exactly what you meant and what the phrase means. I was pointing how silly and inane it is. The idea that listeners to a song or solvers with a crossword puzzle have anything like ownership in the work is absurd, so silly that it really doesn't even merit much of a response. It's meaningless. No amount of fandom or interest, or obsession confers ownership. Or anything even resembling ownership. That people embrace something and hold it dear just isn't a reason to use such an inane expression. It subverts reason without any of the whimsy or beauty of poetic license. its just idiotic. I know the phrase is a popular. But it's moronic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com