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Mar 4, 2013

Monday March 4, 2013 Peter Koetters

Theme: WANTED: Nursery Rhyme Characters (All Males)

 17A. WANTED: Dimwitted loiterer, for pie-tasting without intent to buy : SIMPLE SIMON

 23A. WANTED: Boy on the run, for unwanted kissing : GEORGIE PORGIE

 35A. WANTED: Delinquent minor, for breaking curfew and inappropriate dress : WEE WILLIE WINKIE

 49A. WANTED: Musical shepherd, for sleeping on the job : LITTLE BOY BLUE

 58A. WANTED: Merry monarch, for smoke pollution with his pipe : OLD KING COLE

C.C. here, giving Argyle a break. I had thought Cruciverb might experience their monthly no-new puzzle glitch again.

Five theme entries (63 squares) is a lot for a Monday, or any day of the week. But as I mentioned before, filling is trickier for Monday/Tuesday puzzles as constructors can't have difficult words in the grid.

This grid is just perfect.
 
Across:

1. Rebounding sound : ECHO. Easy start.

5. Early newspaper magnate : HEARST. "Citizen Kane"!

11. "So-o-o cute!" sounds : AWS

14. Vietnam neighbor : LAOS

15. List of printing mistakes : ERRATA

16. Game, __, match : SET

19. __ urchin : SEA

20. Año Nuevo month : ENERO

21. Popular exercise choice : JOGGING

27. Fun and games : PLAY. So I was reading Whitey Bulger's bio earlier. Was surprised that he talked, in the end.

29. Uncle's mate : AUNT

30. Singles : ONES

31. Dart thrower's asset : AIM

32. Turn off, as the lights : KILL. Never used this expression before. Kill time, yes.

33. Crime lab evidence, briefly : DNA

41. Isn't missing : HAS

42. Bump into : MEET. Who's the famous person you've ever met?

43. __ sequitur: illogical conclusion : NON

44. Church recess : APSE

47. Up to the task : ABLE

48. Do bar work : TEND

53. Harrison Ford's "Star Wars" role : HAN SOLO. And 44. "Java" trumpeter : AL HIRT. All full names. They appear often due to their friendly letter combo. Ed Asner is another one. (Thanks for the correction, Misty!)

54. Dispenser of theater programs : USHER

57. Pasta suffix : INI. Like Rotini. Speaking of food, I've never baked those pre-made steamed buns, Pas de Chat. I suppose you could give it a try. As for Jayce's Fish ball yesterday, Irish Miss, I think the key ingredient is Kao Fu (wheat gluten), then they add fish flavor. Mock meat is normally made of either wheat gluten or Tofu.

62. Mythical giant bird : ROC

63. Takes care of : SEES TO

64. Charity donations : ALMS

65. "For shame!" : TSK

66. Came next : ENSUED

67. Digs made of twigs : NEST

Down:

1. Otherwise : ELSE

2. Brother of Abel : CAIN

3. Dodger Stadium contest, to the Dodgers : HOME GAME. Peter must be a Dodgers' fan, like Bill. 

4. Fish hawk : OSPREY

5. Half a giggle : HEE

6. "Thinking, thinking ..." sounds : ERs

7. Onassis nickname : ARI. I think Maria Callas really loved him.

8. Type of missile engine : RAMJET

9. Small, raised porch in front of a door : STOOP

10. Dramatic ballroom dance : TANGO

11. Designate, as a seat : ASSIGN

12. Hot dog : WEENIE. I never acquired the taste for hot dogs or sausages.

13. Oater transports : STAGES

18. Lav in Leeds : LOO

22. "Ouch!" relative, in response to a pun : GROAN

24. Train tracks : RAILS

25. Noisy shorebird : GULL

26. Left hanging : IN LIMBO

27. Tiger's foot : PAW

28. Untruth : LIE

32. Sorento automaker : KIA

33. Nerd : DWEEB

34. Picayune point to pick : NIT. Triple alliteration.

36. Sharpens, as a knife : WHETS

37. Wriggly : EELY

38. Space under a desk : KNEEHOLE


39. Electrified particle : ION

40. Finish : END

45. Baby grands, e.g. : PIANOS

46. Jolly old Xmas visitor : ST NICK

47. Homes : ABODES

48. Florence native, for one : TUSCAN. Qli liked "Under the Tuscan Sun".

50. Free from restraint : LOOSE

51. Funny DeGeneres : ELLEN. Love her. So authentic.

52. Haul : LUG

55. Big shade trees : ELMS

56. Break at the office : REST

59. Sunflower St. school : KSU (Kansas State University). The Wildcats. Kent State is also known as KSU, right?

60. Suffix with Israel : ITE

61. Silently assent : NOD



C.C.

108 comments:

Barry G. said...

Morning, all!

Had no idea what all the "WANTED" clues were about, so I just skipped the theme answers on my first pass through the acrosses. By the time I finished the downs, the theme answers were mostly filled in and obvious. A little disappointing, to be honest, since I was expecting some sort of word play to make the answers sound like criminals [OLD KING CROOK, perhaps? I dunno, it's early on a Monday...]

Anyway, the rest of the puzzle was typical Monday smoothness with little hesitation. Had a minor bump when I put in ONI instead of INI and stared at AL HORT for a few seconds as a result...

[meoryjo or maybe mearyjo]

Anonymous said...

Thanks CC for blogging today. I wanted rocket for the engine so that slowed me don. Enjoyed the clue for NEST. Nice puzzle from Peter. THANKS!

Hahtoolah said...

Good Morning, C.C., and friends. This was a fun, speedy Monday. I loved all the nursery rhyme "criminals."

My only error was to think that SOOO Cute Sounds was Ahs instead of AWs. My initial choice gave me Heenie for Hot Dog. What!

The Times-Picayune is no longer a daily newspaper. That is a major NIT.

Still very cold here. It isn't supposed to be near freezing in March!

QOD: Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. ~ Khaled Hosseini (March 4, 1965).

[tedsst]

Blue Iris said...

Thanks Peter for a fun, relaxing Monday puzzle. Fills came easily though a perp was needed now and then. ENSUED was my last fill.

CC, thanks for doing double duty. Hope Argyle is well.

My son will be a senior at KSU next year.

The most famous person I've met was Johnny Weissmuller, who played Tarzan. He came to a small amusement park and signed autographs. I was too young to be impressed.

Well, I've been awake all night , so hope I will sleep now. Good day everyone!

Anonymous said...

[kkccosucer or maybe kkcciidler]

desper-otto said...

Good morning!

This one seemed pretty easy, even for a Monday. Super fast, as well. My newspaper failed to appear this morning, so I had to work it online. Don't like that nearly so much as ink on paper.

Came across an interesting tidbit in today's AWAD. Did you know there's a name for that little plastic thingie that secures the end of the bread wrapper or plastic potato bag? It's called an occlupanid. It's even got it's own research group! Who knew?

Lemonade714 said...

Monday and all that themeage , very Impresive. Ramjet was my only hesitation. The picture of JFK and John John brings back memories. Have a great week all.

Middletown Bomber said...

nice monday I really dislike the chicago tribune's/ latimes format is this puzzle in the old form some where. Please let me know. Otherewise this is a nice puzzle from peter and a great write up by C.C.

Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel said...

Bomber,
I just discovered this one.

Hope the above link works. It's from the American MENSA website.

thehondohurricane said...

Good morning everyone,

It's difficult to mess up a Monday puzzle, but I must admit to succeeding at it today. Like Hahtoolah, 12D messed me up. I spelled WEENEE Weinee. I originally had Weiner until 30A ONES emerged. And I was left wondering what a SIA Urchin was?

No other problems, just a pleasant Monday start to the week.

Maybe someone in the corner can help out, but I've always heard Kansas State U referred to as K ST. While KSU is certainly correct, don't recall ever hearing it. I did get the KSU fill correct though!

HeartRx said...

Good morning C.C. et al.

I breezed through this one, and like Barry, I was looking for some kind of play on words. But the straightforward nursery rhyme characters is more appropriate for a Monday, I guess. Impressive themage, and nary a clunker in the fill. Not NITs from me!

C.C., "The most famous person I ever met?" I almost rear-ended Tony Curtis in Hollywood. We were both pulling up in front of the Magic Castle, and he had stopped short. He jumped out of his car and ran over and apologized to me! I always loved him for that...

I have used the term "Kill the lights," especially when preparing to do a presentation using Power Point or slides in front of an audience.

Happy Monday, everyone!

Barry G. said...

I just discovered this one.

Hope the above link works. It's from the American MENSA website.


Bless your soul, C.C.! That link works fine for me and its great to have the old format available again (with no ads!)

Who's the famous person you've ever met?

Nobody, nobody, nobody... and then I attended the premier of the 1998 American Godzilla movie at Madison Square Garden and got to meet a bunch of actors (including Chow Yun Fat and Nick Nolte). And then nobody since then.

Mari said...

Good morning everybody, off to another week.

Great puzzle. It reminded me of how many fairy tales are being made into movies these days. This weekend Jack the Giant Slayer came out. I didn't see it, did you? On another note I believe the prequel to Wizard of Oz comes out next week.

I've met quite a few famous people, but not by accident. DH enjoys going to movie conventions and sometimes I come along to be his photographer. Most recently he met Jamie Lee Curtis.

I was unfamilar with the word ERRATA.

Have a great week! More snow headed for Chicago over the next few days.

Dennis said...

Good morning, gang, from chilly Orlando. I really feel for the families here on vacation with a gaggle of kids - temperatures in the 40s-50s, strong winds -- can't be a fun time. From the hotel room, the water parks look pretty deserted.

As to the puzzle, it was as much a speed run as possible without having a clue about the theme. Like Barry, I kept looking for a twist on the names. Nicely done puzzle, though, with a fair amount of fresh cluing for a Monday. desper-otto, I agree -- much prefer pen and paper over online for solving.

I forgot all about the Mensa site; hardly ever go there anymore. The occasional puzzles in their newsletter (which they still sent once in a while even though I stopped paying dues about twenty years ago) are waaay beyond my grasp.

Most famous for me -- probably George H.W. Bush, back when he was head of the CIA.

Off to Largo (near Tampa) later today to visit an old friend. Hope it's a fun day for everyone.

LaLaLinda said...

Hi All ~~

A quick, enjoyable puzzle ~ fun theme entries. Thanks for filling-in today, C.C. and for your reminder about how difficult it can be to construct the early week puzzles.

~ One write-over - 'Knee room' before KNEE HOLE ~ love that picture of JFK. Needed perps for RAMJET.

~ I don't think I've ever heard anyone use "ER" when hesitating ~ more like Uh and Um.

~ Thought of Bill G. with 51D - ELLEN.

~ Hondo - I, too, have heard only "K-State" when referring to the KSU in the puzzle.

~ desper-otto ~ 'occlupanid' - huh ~ fun fact!

~ Blue Iris ~ I've been thinking about the sad situation with your daughter and the poor dog. I hope it's been resolved.

~ C.C. ~ I've never met a famous person but I'd love to meet Yaz!

Sfingi said...

Most famous person I ever met:
Buckminster Fuller. Talked to him for a while, as he was a guest of the philosophy dept. at Skidmore College. The head of the department didn't care for him. Early '60s.

Kill the lights - my mother used to say, "Douse the glim."

I think the nursery rhymes are examples of bad behavior which could be on its way to criminality.

Yellowrocks said...

WEES
QLI, I liked Under the Tuscan Sun. too.
My favorite book so far this year is The Warmth of Other Suns. It is a well researcehed book about the great Migration of blacks from the South to the North. It follows the lives of three families and draws sociological implications. It is a nonfiction book that is a page turner.It makes poignant the effects of Jum Crow and the problems of getting established in the north where there was a different kind of discrimination.
Now I am reading Maeve Binchey's Lough Glass. Her characters are so real. I am waitng to read Maeve's last book until I can get it on Kindle free of cost or my name comes to the top for the print version.

Spitzboov said...

Good morning everyone. My eyes a little blurry so I didn't realize C.C. did the intro until my second time through. Thanks.

No NITS today. Remembered the nursery rhymes so I must have paid attention in 1st grade.
On KILL the lights I agree with HeartRx. Have also used 'douse', as Sfingi infers. (We had kerosene lanterns until after WWII when rural electrification made it out to our ABODE). I can see using 'kill' in an emergency situation - analogous to 'kill' the power.
Very easy one today; Have we had Mr Koetters before? Sounds like a Dutch name.

Have a great day..

AnnieB8491 said...

Morning all - Thanks Peter for an easy start to the week. Great write-up as always C.C.
I also prefer a paper puzzle to on-line, unless it's a cw like yesterday's - I got as far as I could go, and had 20 or so blanks, then went on-line to finish with least amount of help.
'occlupanid' - such an educational blog. :)
When I read C.C.'s write-up, I realized there were a lot of clues I never even read - hence an ALHIRT mistake. Had I read the 'pasta' clue I would have realized that ..HURT was wrong.
Favorite fill-in was JOGGING - an exercise I just took up 1 1/2 yrs. ago. Working on trying to increase my distance to 8K for a race in 2 weeks.
No problem with the themes - had enough filled in to come up with the first one pretty easily, giving a hint to the rest of them. I'm a simple person, looked for the simple fill-ins. This is why I have problems with the 'word play' answers.
Most famous person.... Well, I didn't 'meet' him, but Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones stayed in the same hotel as our class did when we went on our 8th grade trip to Quebec. I was in the lobby when they passed thru.
I scratched my eye yesterday - not sure how. Hope it feesl better soon. I have a Ken Follet book to read and a needlepoint project I'm working on.

Have a good Monday everyone!

levainis

Yellowrocks said...

Sorry, Maeve Binchey's book is actually titled The Glass Lake, although it is about Lough Glass.

jilldinCA said...

As a 12 year old in 1959 my grandparents took me to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. We stayed in a typical Route 66 motel with little individual cabins, and in the morning when we came out who should be standing in the gravel parking lot but Pat Boone, white bucks and all. He was there filming "Journey to the Center of the Earth" I almost fainted, as of course then he was a real heart throb! He was very very very handsome....SIGH! I was totally tongue tied but managed to ask for his autograph, which he happily provided. I was in such awe that to this day I don't remember a word he said, but you can bet I saw that movie at least 5 times!

Quick and fun puzzle today. Thanks to Peter K and to C.C. for being the DH for Argyle.

desper-otto said...

QR, how do you pronounce that town. Is it like fluff or bough or loo or something completely different?

desper-otto said...

Oops, meant YR!

Tinbeni said...

C.C. Nice PINCH-hitting for our ST.NICK, Argyle.

Peter: Thank you for a FUN, easy, straight-forward Monday puzzle.

John Young. Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan, at a Kennedy Space Center reception, back in 2000.

A "toast" to all at Sunset.
Cheers !!!

Anony Mouse said...

Thank you Peter Koetters for a nice and easy puzzle, and thank you C.C. for a very nice blog. The central themes were so easy, I filled them in right away and I was done before I knew it. Too bad, Argyle missed his namesake, St. Nick. I hope he is well - I sometimes worry about him, since he probably lives all alone, in a small, rural town, far away from the cutting edge medical care centers commonly found in the big cities.

When I was studying in college, many of the textbooks, in India, were reprinted (with permission and royalties ) from their expensive western edition publishers, mostly McGraw Hill. Unfortunately, the local proof reading was not very good. So, the first thing we students had to do, once we bought a new book, was to read the first 3 pages, before even the title page, and note the typo errors from the 'errata' pages, and manually write them down in the body of the text of the textbook, itself. I haven't done that in the last 40 years.

D-Otto, I would like to think that the Society for Occuplanids would be able to design the twistee-like contraption, big enough, so tots wouldn't be able to swallow it. Seems like too many parents, who ought to know better, remove the plastic twist disk, on their loaves, and replace it with a wire coated twistee - and leave the original disk/tabs on the table or the floor where the tots can reach and swallow them. Its probably the economics of the issue - when the profit margin for a loaf of bread is 12 cents, a more expensive twistee could make you lose your shirt.

TTP said...

Thank you Peter Koetters and thank you CC. You are an exceptional pinch hitter. Like Paul Molitor later in his career. Argyle, we hope all is well.

Mari, yes 6 t0 10 inches expected by Wed morning. Must get gas for the snow blower. It's beating a path down from Fargo, through the Twin Cities, across LaCrosse, not missing Madison either, and then down to NE IL. My sister in Central Texas called this AM to let me know that their forecast for today was 85. She likes to rub it in.

Am I the only 33D that wanted to write in ORACLE for Java trumpeter ? Steve, fess up. (Not that you are a 33D.)

CC, you are the most famous person I've met.

After you, maybe Mr Cub (Ernie Banks). I've had a few short conversations with him. My wife ceremoniously teed off on the first hole for him one day. She is long off the tee. I think he was impressed. He is a wonderful man.

Must get back to work. Have a great day all !

usesmo

Avg Joe said...

Fun puzzle. Meaty enough that it was no speed run, but still no major stumbles. The names were all easy enough to grasp with no more that a few perps. Thanks for the excellent substitution, C.C. Hope Argyle is just tired, not ill or injured.

The most famous person I've met who's name most would recognize is Tom Osborne. Then a list of politicians that most Nebraskans may know, but not many others: Chris Beutler, Dave Landis, Bob Kerrey, Ben Nelson, Ed Zorinsky, Hal Daub, Doug Bereuter and Bill Avery. Jennie Robak even asked me to dance once :-)

The closest I ever came to meeting a rock star was Mark Andes...Bassist for Firefall at the time, later with Heart. And the closest to a sports star was Franco Harris's sister.

Misty said...

What a fun speed romp this morning--many thanks, Peter, I really enjoyed it! And C.C., it's great to get your take on the constructing challenges of a puzzle like this. Only question, I'm guessing you meant Ed Asner?

Like LaLaLinda, thought KNEE ROOM instead of KNEE HOLE initially.

Ironically I thought of John Kennedy because of ARI, while doing the puzzle. Then came the question about the most famous person met. I heard John F. Kennedy give a campaign speech in the town square when I was in high school. Didn't actually meet him, but saw him. Was surprised how red his hair was.

I did get to have lunch with the Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan once. She was participating in a conference I helped organize.

Have a great Monday, everybody!

Spitzboov said...

Re: Famous people.

Had the pleasure of meeting Alan Shepard in Buffalo in the '70's. Also met Sen. McCain's dad, Adm McCain after he had retired from CinCPac.

Met Sec. of State George Shultz in the '80's at a reception in Washington.

Sat at a table near Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in the Russian Tea Room in NYC in 1984. (Don't know if this counts.)

desper-otto said...

I got to meet quite a few famous people back when I was in the radio biz: John Denver, Peter Paul & Mary, Sonny & Cher (before they were famous), Dottie West, Bill Anderson, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Tanya Tucker, just to name a few. And perhaps most famous of all, Orville Redenbacher!

Husker Gary said...

Our paper has just started to run ratings for these puzzles and this was 1 on a scale of 1 – 4 and it was certainly that easy. I certainly agree with CC’s assessment paragraph.

Musings
-HEARST is often called the father of yellow journalism and is accused of stirring up sentiment for the Spanish-American War to increase readership
-JOGGING? My spirit is willing but my knees are weak. Let’s walk really fast.
-Doesn’t everyone have a favorite and a dingbat AUNT?
-Kripke brought a fistful of ONES to Howard’s bachelor party and then found out there was no stripper
-I have that AIM asset; I just don’t have that “hit it” ability
-Get the right lawyers, experts and judge and all the Crime Lab Evidence in the world doesn’t matter
-All the famous people I have met are NASA employees including the last one that worked for Hitler. I sat next to Tom Osborne last week at St. Mark’s in Lincoln. He had preached the week before. Looking for a role model?
-Did that HAN SOLO guy ever have some other good roles ;-)? I’m looking for the Indiana Jones trilogy set.
-When I USHER at mass, it helps mitigate some of the tedium
-There’s a world of difference between a HOME Dodger GAME in Chavez Ravine and Ebbets’ Field
-When I blamed my brother for starting a fight, Mom always said, “It takes two to TANGO.”
-Hasn’t every teacher had to ASSIGN a seat to “that kid”?
-The movie STAGEcoach definitely stands the test of time. Very interesting trailer!
-Sea World had to put up screens to keep GULLS from swooping in to get food on patios
-Our guide in Rome, “I am first a Florentine, then a TUSCAN and then an Italian.”
-This KSU Department is well respected

Abejo said...

Good morning, folks. Thank you, Peter Koetters, for a swell Monday puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for the swell review.

Mr. Argyle, hope are feeling better soon.

Famous Person. I remember meeting Claude Aikens in a hotel in the City of Industry, CA, a long time ago while I was working on a PABX in that hotel. I said "Hi, Mr Aikens." He said "Hi" back to me. As I recall he was pretty tall.

Hahtoolah: Who is the Khaled Hosseini with the quote? I feel I should know that name.

The puzzle zipped right along. My only slow area was the NE. Could not think of STAGES right off the bat. AWS was slow in coming, but eventually it fell.

The theme was easy and enjoyable. Great job!

HEARST was easy for 5A. I remember visiting the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. That was quite an experience. My wife and I still talk about that place.

Just got back from my doctor visit. He was happy. I'll see him again in six months.

See you tomorrow.

Abejo

(omoceen)

Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel said...

Misty,
I've corrected my error. Xie Xie.

CrossEyedDave said...

Fun Monday puzzle. Unfortunately I am having trouble finding any funny links for the mentioned nursery rhymes. The funny images for Georgie Porgie were downright obscene! Oh Well,,,

Re: meeting famous people? In 5th grade at PS59 in Manhattan one of my classmates was Nicolette, daughter of Robert Goulet. I just Googled her & was bummed to discover she passed away in 2008.

TTP & Downton Abbey, Re: yesterday, Blogger ProfileEmail Link broken... I reached a dead end trying to change "handlers" (see browser/tools/advanced settings)because i use an external email program provided by my cable company, & there is nothing on my PC to link the link to. The point is moot anyway because I discovered that if I hover my mouse cursor over the blue email link & right click, I get an option to copy the entire email address, which I can then easily paste into my email program.

Peripatetic Pedant said...

Abejo, just in case Hahtoolah is offline, Khaled Hosseini is the Afghan-born, American writer and physician, author of 'The Kite runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'.


BTW, the board in front of the desk, covering the 'knee hole' was called the 'modesty panel', back in the days when women wore (short ? ) skirts and dresses.

CrossEyedDave said...

,,,occlupanids? I hate those things! I always end up tearing a hole in the bag & the bread goes stale!

Warning: unrelated trivia & cute stuff:

things not to say to your wife song

man cuddles with wild Wombat?

friendship between man & 38 lions?

Irish Miss said...

Good morning:

A very pleasant Monday offering with nary a misstep. Thanks, Peter, for a cute and clever theme and thanks, CC, for your always enlightening expo. Hope Argyle is okay.

I don't think I have formally met anyone famous but Inhave had these experiences:

Had fourth row seats at a speech President Obama gave at our local community college. Jill Biden also spoke.

Passed by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in the lobby of the Boca Raton Hotel. (Remember those piercing eyes?)

Sat next to Mike Ditka at a country club bar. (His hands were the size of a small ham!)

Saw Liberace up close when he visited someone at our condo complex. He gave us a big smile and a wave.

And I once screened a phone call from Cary Grant, my favorite leading man!

Has anyone heard from Kazie? It seems forever since we've heard from her.

Have a great Monday.

buckeye bob said...

@CC: "Who's the famous person you've ever met?"

Bob Feller. I was sitting in the stands at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, watching an Indians game. Mr. Feller came up to speak to someone sitting near me. I asked him to autograph my program, which he kindly did. But I've lost it somehow over the years.

Argyle said...

Just to clear things up: We were worried that Cuciverb might be ill last night so C.C. agreed to do the write-up. My health is fine, thank you for your concern though.

Oh, and Cruciverb was ok too, but I wasn't missing a chance for a day off. I'm bad.

Lucina said...

Hello, Allia. Thank you, C.C. for subbing for Argyle who I hope is okay.

You do a splendid job. And BTW, you are the most famous person I've ever met.

What a cute puzzle. Luckily reading nursery rhymes to my daughter and granddaughters has left them permanently etched in my brain so I filled them all before anything else.

Digs made of twigs, NEST was new and refreshing.

Dennis, Lemonade, Tinbeni and all you Floridians I am really worried about you with all those sinkholes. Do you live in safe areas or is there such a thing?

I miss Kazie, too, and believe she must be off visiting her new grandchild.

Have a fantastic Monday, everyone!

:) MaryLou:) said...

Totally love your comments, been reading them for years, feel like I know you all!!
I finally had to write and say THANK YOU FOR THE MENSA LINK.
I missed the old format.
:)Mary Lou

Husker Gary said...

Meeting famous people – You may never have heard of Maroon 5 but your kids probably have and I’ll guarantee your grandkids have. They played in Omaha last night and one of the members, James Valentine, is a grad of Lincoln Southeast High School and a former band student of my daughter’s boyfriend. Granddaughter Emma got backstage passes and gave James a LSE baseball shirt. Emma and James.

CanadianEh! said...

Filled in this puzzle like Barry G and also wanted some word play - had Old King Coal at first thinking about pollution.
Like Hahtoolah @6:06 I wanted AHS.
Hand up for KNEEROOM
Wanted BEND for bar work. Must have been thinking of TINBENI!
Did anyone else think HAS for ISN'T MISSING was weak??

JD said...

Good morning C.C. and all,

C.C., thanks for that Mensa website; it IS the old format, and I shall switch over tomorrow..no commercial.

Enjoyed your write up.Had never heard of ramjet, but it easily filled, as did the 2nd 1/2 of kneeHOLE. Cute picture.Thanks for writing out KSU. Most abbreviations still slow me down.

Cute easy theme. Thought I must be missing something hidden in them... guess not.

Grew up around many famous people, and at the time I really didn't know they were famous. Went to grade school with Mia Farrow, and other actors' children.Rosemary Clooney always drew a lot of attention when she picked up her nieces/nephews, but not because she was famous. Kids loved her.
At some point, when I knew people were famous, I guess it would have been John Wayne. My sister(3 yrs older) dated his son , Pat, for a long time. Her good friend was his daughter, Melinda, who was also my confirmation sponsor.

Chilly. CA day

john28man said...

CC: Thank you for the MENSA link.

hondohuuricane: One of my sons went to Kent State and it was called KSU. Maybe that's the reason Kansas State is K-State.

My wife almost ran over David Letterman long before he had the CBS Late Night Show. He was jogging on our narrow roads.

I was once delayed at Nashville Airport because of weather in the New York area for a AA flight to LGA. A few minutes later they brought in Bill CLinton (He was Governor of Arkansas then.) He was delayed getting to DCA. He is an extremely personable person.

thehondohurricane said...


Had the pleasure of spending roughly 1/2 hour with Bobby Thomson at a card show a few years ago. Like my wife, Bobby was raised on Staten Island.

Met Ben Rich at the roll out for the last F-117 Stealth fighter. Would really have liked to spend time with him.

Chickie said...

John Madden was a guest at a New Year's Day party given by a friend. He is a really big person. I felt like a shrimp next to him and I'm NO shrimp!

I hate those little plastic "occlupanids". Didn't know they had a name. They are hard to get off the bread wrapper and impossible to get back on. The only thing they were good for was for sorting and classifying different kinds in my first grade math groups!!!

Sfingi said...

My husband got Louis Prima's signature. He wrote, on an album, "To a fellow civilian." Was asked to write "To a fellow Sicilian."

Less/more? exciting, he was next to Glen Campbell at a row of urinals.

My son had a conversation with Moon Unit Zappa.

I'd like to know who the most famous person Ms. Michaels met was. She must be laughing at all of us.

Jazzbumpa said...

Hi gang -

Worked this while watching the Tiger's pre-season game on TV. Porcello was scheduled to pitch 3 innings, but was so efficient, they left him for a 4th. Now up 4-1 over the Astros in the 5th.

Easy but fun puzzle. Theme answers gave away a bit too much, with 5 long fill. Saw some surprises in the write-up, since there were clues I never read.

Now off to read comments.

Cool regards!
JzB

Chickie said...

ola Everyone, Once Simple Simon was filled in, I knew that we were looking for Nursery Rhyme Characters. I was able to fill in the rest of the theme answers with little trouble. The puzzle came together quickly after that.

Thanks C.C. for your writeup today. It was good to see you during the week.

My downfall today was putting in Y for I in Wee Will(Y)Winkie, and an E in H(E)rt. That gave me Lymbo and eni for a type of Pasta. After saying Pasta names the I was changed in Hirt, but the Y stayed in L(y)mbo. It looked ok!!!

The famous person I've met is Brian Donlevy. Probably no one else has even heard of him. He was a movie star, popular in the late '40's. My Uncle was the Fire Chief of the small town of Larkspur, CA and they raised funds for the fire department by holding dances at an outdoor pavilian and inviting "famous" people to attend. I got Donavan's autograph and still have it here somewhere.

Have a great day, everyone.

Jazzbumpa said...

Famous people -

Many years ago I sat next to Allan Trammel at a Pistons game. I've had lunch with Arnold Palmer and Kirk Gibson. To be completely honest, these were two separate events, and in each case the famous person was sitting across the restaurant at a different table, totally oblivious to my humble existence. But, hey - we did have lunch together.

I've also met Bill Watrous and Jiggs Whigham, but that might not mean much to you non-trombonists.

Having Wayne Bergeron as our guest artist two years ago was a real treat.

Cheers!
JzB

Chickie said...

Oops, Donlevy's autograph. I put in the wrong name once, repaired the entry, but didn't fix the second entry. He was so famous, I couldn't even remember his name!! LOL!

Yellowrocks said...

D.O. In re Lough Glass: I think it is pronounced LOCH, like Loch Ness, with a guttural CH sound similar to the German ICH or ACH. A lough is an Irish lake.

He HAS all his marbles. He ISN’T MISSING any.

In re Perapatetic Pedant at 10:30,one of my all time favorite books was The Kite Runner. I read it twice and also enjoyed the movie.

The closest I ever came to a famous person was spotting Ronan Tyman, the famous Irish Tenor, ahead of me in the boarding queue for a flight to Ireland. I could not mistake the ears. I love this group. What a glorious sound.
Link Irish Tenors

Spitzboov said...

Chickie @ 1353. If you twist the 'oral hooks' opposite from each other about 30º, there is plenty of room for the twisted bread wrap neck to fit thru the opening into the 'oral groove'. I twist the left oral hook by dragging it on the bread wrap itself while twisting the right oral hook with thumb and index finger. Voilà.

CrossEyedDave said...

Re: have you ever met anyone famous?

Hmm, the more i think about, I guess i have. Back in the late 60's I used to play with this kid who lived in the penthouse of my building. His name was Fraser Clarke Heston, & I did not know it at the time, but he played the baby Moses in the 10 commandments. (His Father played the grown Moses)

I also met Robby Benson as a kid. At the time he was only famous for doing commercials. He lived on the West Side high up in an apartment complex that had outdoor patios. He locked me out on the patio about 30 stories up, & told me that the patios were held up with electromagnets, & at lunchtime every day you were not allowed on them because they turned off the electricity for maintenance, & they could fall. ( I OWE YOU ONE ROBBY! )

But with 3 daughters 4 years apart, that have been in every high school play for the past 10 years, I can tell you that i have seen an amazing array of talent! They may not be famous yet, but I know they will be!

Blue Iris said...

LaLaLinda, Jill, etal who have shown concern for my daughter's dog, Addie. She found an humane society who agreed to put Addie out of her misery for $25.00. Addie is sleeping a lot now. We mailed my daughter a check today.

I had forgotten that when I was the University nurse at a private Christian college I saw many famous Christian leaders. Radio's Paul Harvey, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Norma Zimmer( Lawrence Welk's singer), and others not as well known.

Anyway, I'm awake and up, but not for long probably.

thehondohurricane said...


YR,

Thanks for the link to the Tenors. Voices of such high quality. Link is bookmarked.

Irish Miss said...

Sfingi @ 1:55 - Your post struck my funny bone so hard that I am still laughing. Who is Ms. Michaels, BTW.

Chickie @ 2:54 - Your post started me laughing all over again.

Sometimes the least little innocent comment just strikes me so funny, I lose it!

Got some very good news today. After a 3 years-long property reassessment project by the city, my yearly property/school tax bill has been reduced by $3200.00.

Speaking of money, based on the four different emails I received in the past week, I have inherited about $25 million dollars, which I will receive when I send all sorts of personal information to 3 sources in Nigeria and one in the Ivory Coast. I guess this is just the "Luck of the Irish!" (-:

Lucina said...

Re: occuplanid
Sometime ago I was surprised to learn that a patent exists for it and also the twist ties! The article did mention twist ties by name but not occuplanids.

Jazz:
Fantastic music. Thank you.

desper-otto said...

Chickie, I remember Brian Donlevy. He had an old B&W TV series Dangerous Assignment. I think that must have been in the early 50's...about the same time as Mr. District Attorney and I Led Three Lives.

Lemonade714 said...

I have been fortunate to meet many famous people, rather amazing for a kid from a town of 2,000; but my favorite was when Muhammed Ali almost ran over me outside LAX as I was walking in a crosswalk. He was driving his Rolls convertible. Also, riding the elevator at the Continental Hyatt (Riot) House with John Lennon.

Anonymous said...

What a fun puzzle! I think this is the fastest I've solved a LAT puzzle. Thank you Mr. Koetters for the fun "run". C.C., thanks for the entertaining expo and for filling in for Argyle.

Same as Hahtoolah, I had AHS for cute sounds and wondered what a hEENIE is/was. An easy fix.

We actually had sunshine today. Got to use the sunglasses. That hasn't happened for several days. Tomorrow we're supposed to get rain changing over to snow/ice tomorrow night. I'd rather have 6" of all snow.

Pat

psysism A psychological disorder?

Pookie said...

Very late today.
Thank you C.C. for the shoutout.
Found a link yesterday for steamed bun, says you can steam or brush butter on top and bake.

BUN RECIPE

Watched Bill G's cute animal video from last night..evoked lotsa "AWS"

JazzB: I know your 3 famous people.
DH recorded with Jiggs.
Add Slide Hampton to my list.

I've been a musician all my life. In Boston, played the Shubert Theater and summers at Cohassett Music tent. I won't list them all, but the most famous was Elizabeth Taylor. Shubert, 1983 before they went to N.Y. Orchestra was piano, trumpet, violin and bass. At one show the scenery wouldn't move, so we had to "wing it" with as many 30's type tunes we could think of.
Ms. Taylor was staying at the Ritz-Carlton. She invited everyone from the show, "Private Lives" (ex-husband Richard Burton co-starred)to her suite on Monday night when the Oscars were televised. She was gracious and spent quite a lot of time talking to me. And yes, her eyes really are violet. She had her pet parrot there. Food galore! And the press criticized her for buying all that food herself. They didn't know about her generosity or that the food was for her many guests.

Anonymous said...

I met Ghandi

[imadork]

Ree said...

Fun Monday puzzle, loved the straight nursery rhyme answers ! Re : famous people , my husband met Lucie Arnaz / Robert Klein when they were performing on Broadway, Paul Newman, when he was on a political trip in our hometown , I met Tony Bennett in an airport & we both met Jim Rice at Fenway Park & got his autograph right after he entered the Hall of Fame ! It's fun to read everyone's answers ! Thank you !

Argyle said...

Saw Arlo at his church one day and stopped to ask him about an album, "Washington County", but it wasn't my Washington County.

Anonymous said...

Famous people: Several years ago I attended a luncheon and Nick Clooney was the speaker. I sat at the table with him (and 8 other people) for lunch. Unfortunately he didn't bring his son with him.

Pat

Avg Joe said...

I sang 3-part harmony with Arlo to Alice's Restaurant. Of course this was at FarmAid III, so I didn't exactly "meet" him:-)

Husker Gary said...

-I remember Brian Donlevy as the shady fixer being asked to delay workers from the movie Union Pacific (3:11 clip)
-I hope Chefwen drops by to tell the story about the celebrity that found her dog at his house north of her on Kauai! I have seen the picture of her family, his family and her dog!
-Argyle, my hometown is in Washington County Nebraska and they call that town of Arlington Arlo. Seeing Arlo and Washington County definitely caught my attention.
-Does anyone else eschew twist ties for simply folding the wrap back under the loaf and setting it on the shelf?

Chickie said...

Spitzbov, I'll try your technique. I've struggled with those little things forever!

Bill G. said...

I can't find anything to contribute to the puzzle solution that hasn't been said twice already. So I'm getting desperate...

Gary, your bread bag solution is elegant in its simplicity. About eschewing the ties though, do they come in flavors like gum?

Jayce said...

Avg Joe @ 5:33 PM last night:
"Jayce, that Shanghai place sounds great. Is the place you linked in Cupertino the actual reastaurant? If so I'll turn my CA son onto it. He's a serious foodie and it's not too far from where he lives."

Yes, it's a real place in Cupertino, in a strip mall at the southwest corner of the intersection of Homestead Road and Hollenbeck Ave.

Irish Miss @ 5:00 PM last night:
"Bill G @ 2:33 - That was definitely a NYT and I remember Jace complaining about it. I can't wait to hear his comments about the NYT that his paper published today. (It was in my paper last week, and it was a BEAR.) Their puzzles have gotten so gimmicky, I am almost ready to give up doing them."

I didn't really like it much, the fact that the fill was backwards, from right to left and then turned the corner to complete the last few letters downward.

"Jace @ 2:19 - Could you describe the ingredients in that Shanghai Rice Cake?"

Sure. The rice cakes are exactly that, disk shaped slightly larger than a nickel. The vegetable is, in Cantonese gau choi, in Mandarin ji cai, which in English I think is called Chinese broccoli. The meat is pork, either diced small or ground. I don't know what the seasoning is, but at home we just use salt and a little ginger finely minced.

Chickie said...

Irish Miss, I got the same information about an inheritance. Must be our long lost uncles!

Hsker, I do twist the bread wrapper and then fold it down over the rest of the loaf. However, if you've only used one or two slices, then there isn't enought to fold down, yet. Twistie ties work in this case. LOL.

Husker Gary said...

No females huh?

WANTED – female juvenile for breaking and entering, consuming porridge, breaking furniture and loitering! Description - She’s not too tall and not too short.

WANTED – mother for abuse who had so many children who were malnourished and later “whipped soundly”. Leather housing was also reportedly sub-standard.

WANTED - craggy, elderly woman for dispensing poisoned coma-inducing fruit. Handsome Princes required for rescue mission.

Others?

Jayce said...

Most famous person I've ever met? That would be Candace Bergen, in Eugene, Oregon, during the filming there of the movie Getting Straight with Elliot Gould. My wife and I were walking by while she was apparently taking a break between shots; we chatted briefly and she asked us if we were students at the university. She struck us as a very nice person, pleasant to talk to.

Maybe Eugene Ormandy, the long-time conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, could be considered more famous. A small group of us met him back stage after a concert and got his autograph. He was in a foul mood, insulted each and every one of us, and complained about how bad the pen was that we lent him to sign autographs with. probably just a bad day for him, but he was a real jerk. Totally deflated my admiration and respect for him.

Jayce said...

The most exciting person I ever met, albeit not particularly famous, was the principal bass player of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, back in 1964. I was seated at the bar at a bar in Denver, the name of which I forget, listening to a jazz quartet playing there. When they took a break, the bass player sat next to me at the bar and we struck up a conversation. It turns out he plays jazz with a quartet (him plus a drummer, pianist, and saxophone player, just like the Dave Brubeck quartet) at various venues in Denver when he's not playing in the orchestra. He was a heck of a nice guy. I regret I cannot remember his name.

Seldom Seen said...

Fun puzzle and write-up.

Great question C.C..

Like Lemon, I've been lucky enough to meet many famous people. I was a limo driver for The hotel in Dayton for a couple years. Told Mark Russell that "my grandmother loves you",(ouch!). Naively grabbed Isaac Stern's Strati off the back seat before he could, only to see him have a mild panic attack. Had a great conversation and interaction with a drunk Joe Walsh. Alabama stiffed me, knowingly, cheap bast...s and many, many more. Had several stars ask me to take them to various places and they jumped in the front seat with me...good people. Had several wait for me to open their door also. Lots of stories, thanks for the memories, C.C..

Best memory, though, was meeting Sugar Ray Leonard at The Mirage during the weekend that Buster Douglas defended his title against Evander Holyfield. Totally random and another good story.

aka thelma said...

Late as usual... thank you Peter Koetters for a fun puzzle and C.C. for your always pleasant and informative write up...... Argyle very glad to hear you are not under the weather....

Mari.. I saw Jack the Giant Slayer the other night.... I am not a movie critic nor a great movie fan... I went because my son and grandson wanted me to go... :) I would not see it a second time... :) tho I didn't dislike it... :) and that is only my opinion... :)

Famous people ? or celebrities ? :) I have met a few.... Kevin Millar - baseball - and my son played ball together..... he lived next door... I trick or treated with John Savage, The Onion Field.... his kids and my son were about the same age.... watched football from Georgia Frontiere's box a couple of times... :) was kissed by Kris Kristopherson... :) and drank with Cal Tjader... :) Showed Weird Al an apartment... and cashed a check for Wilt Chamberlain... :) just fun stuff to remember... :)

Thelma

TTP said...

A friend and I got yelled at by Steve Miserak during a round of golf on Doral's Blue Monster. He was in the group ahead. Best shot my friend hit all day, and probably ever. Played a game of 9 ball with Miserak that evening. I didn't need to chalk my cue. He broke and the game was over in a couple of minutes. Remember this commercial ?

Irish Miss and Chickie, please don't forget your friends on the Corner when you claim your new found inheritance. ;>)

CED, glad you found the workaround. Default url:mailto on Windows to Outlook has been that way since at least Win 95 if I recall correctly. It can be changed on Windows 8. You just have to associate the mailto to your email program. That will set it globally for all browsers you use. Some browsers, like Firefox, make it easy to change the mailto application. If you want to pursue it, you have to get to Control Panel, Folder Options, and change the association for the File Type mailto so that it points to your email program and not Outlook.

Seldom Seen said...

I should have typed "the weekend that Douglas TRIED to defend his titla aginst Holyfield".

downtonabbey said...

Nice Monday level puzzle. I was only sorry it was over. Thanks C.C. and Peter. Hope you enjoyed your day off Argyle. I much prefer pen and paper to the online solve. Bill, I really liked the animal video last night.

Blue iris I am glad your daughter found a place to help the dog. Also happy you were able to get some rest.

Have a good evening.

Avg Joe said...

It really has been interesting reading all the responses to the question of the day. It's probably more interesting that the question was so simple and really had little to do with the actual clue. Part of the fun of being a member of this club.

Reticent Recluse said...

One of the most important people I met and shook hands with, was George W. Bush ( the son), when he was the general partner of the Spectrum Oil and Gas partnership. His father, George H. W. was then Veep, in 1982. He gave a short speech, to a group of select investors, in our town, on how the partnership would treat 'new capital Limited partners'. ( the older partners, would continue to dominate and benefit handsomely, from the existing partnership, because of the existing productive oil wells that had already been discovered, etc.).

I did not invest in the 'new' partnership, which did not do as well, but, because of the similarity of his name, I did ask a non-relevant question. I asked him if he was related to the VP of the US. He said,'Yes, George H.W. Bush, is my father.'

When everybody then got all excited, and then asked him why he did not mention that relationship earlier, during his main speech, he said,'Because my father is not involved in this partnership or the new partnership, and my relationship ( to him ) has nothing to do with this proposal.' I never ever dreamed he would eventually become Governor of Texas, and a 2 term President, but I did vote for him, both times, for his candor and honesty on that very day.

In case, we forget, in 1981, the price of oil had fallen to $ 11 to 19 per barrel, and oil producers were really hurting. The city of Houston was thinking of declaring bankruptcy. Dubya may not have been very eloquent, made his share of mistakes ( who doesn't ??) and many, many times had a poor choice and pronunciation of words but they pale into nothingness in comparison with his steadfast vision, and I believe future historians will treat him better, than the current ones.

Lucina said...

Irish Miss and Chickie:
Hey! I have some of those uncles, too. Most are in Africa but one recently wrote from the UK and some aunts, as well. Oh, I'm going to be very rich!! LOL

Marge said...

Hi all,
Even though it is a Monday puzzle I had a few problems. It was fun, though, and once I got Georgie Porgie,I got the rest of them. Thanks C.C.and Peter.

I liked the picture of Pres. Kennedy and John John in the Oval office.

The most famous people I met were when we were with our son as he was photographing people at a concert. We visited with the Oak Ridge Boys several times. Last year we met Amy Grant and Vince Gill in Atlanta after their concert. My son buys used guitars, gets them into good shape, then has them autographed by the celebrities and then sells them and the money goes to a chairity. He also introduced me to Robin Meade of HLN.

Sorry this is so late. Hoping you all a good evening.
Marge

Marge said...

PS
I meant to comment on Kansas State. It is usually listed as K ST. The University of Kansas is usually called KU.
Marge

Finically Factual ? said...

1. The Occluplanids and Twistees are merely to keep, say, a bread from dehydrating into a crusty brittle lump.

2. They do NOT extend the life of the loaf, or delay or prevent mildew or bacterial or mold formation. Some of the common bacteria and molds are, believe it or not, actually 'good' for you, like penicillin etc. !# (Try eating a moldy bread slice, and post your stomach and body experiences on the blog. That way, we'll all know whether its safe for the rest of us. ) ;-))

3. A bread will 'last' just as long, whether it is in a bread box, or drawer, at room temperature, OR safely lodged in the 'deep recesses', in your fridge. The bacteria and mold keep growing, feeding on the excess sugars and yeast at ANY of those temperatures UNLESS you freeze the loaf.

4. And if you freeze the loaf, good luck with the thawing.

5. The name 'Occluplanid' probably has a root derivation from 'occlude' - meaning to close, stifle, shut or obstruct and 'planid' , which is not actually a word, but could indicate a 'plane', as in geometry, a 2 dimensional form. Just my WAG.

Bill G. said...

I guess it's not that important but the CW puzzle I thought was so clever was definitely not a NYT puzzle. I got it from Cruciverb about nine months ago and it originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education as I said the first time. It did use the gimmick of two letters in one square for eight of the answers. But the final theme answer came from decoding the name in the squares with the cipher to reveal the real name of the person to whom the puzzle was dedicated. For those of you who like very clever CW puzzles, this is one of the best I've ever seen. If anyone is seriously interested, I'm guessing we can go to the Chronicle of Higher Educations website and find it in their archive. Let me know if you are interested and need my help in finding it.

TTP, yes I remember that commercial!

I came across the Oscar-winning movie, "The Apartment" with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon on cable a couple of nights ago. Great movie! In terms of the most attractive women I've ever seen, a young Shirley MacLaine would definitely be in my top five. She looked adorable and had a personality to match. Her first movie was Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry," an odd little movie. You ought to consider adding "The Apartment" to your Netflix queue or DVD collection.

Oil Field Trash said...

Fact Check.

The Saudis flooded the market in 81, but oil was still at $32. Refineries and all down field related industries in Houston were flying high and the Houston SMSA was still growing by leaps and bounds.

The oil barrel hit bottom in 1986, not 1981.

Production was not the issue in the 80s.

The city of Houston never considered bankruptcy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_oil_glut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_world_oil_market_events_%281970-2005%29

Pookie said...

CED: @10:40
Hilarious link about things not to say to your wife!!!
Great clips @wombat and lions too.
Thank you all for your stories about meeting famous people. Very interesting stories.
AND "Thank you" C.C. for starting the thread that unites us all in more ways than you can imagine.
C.C. Who did you meet up with?

Pinto said...

C.C., you're the hostess with the mostess!

61Rampy said...

Only issue today was having KNEEroom instead of KNEEHOLE. Perps fixed that. Good Maundy puzzle today.
Most famous person would be Nicholas Cage when he donated his $$$$ Ford GT to the school where I teach. Incredibly cool car, Nick is a nice guy.
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Lemonade714 said...

Aka Thelma, so are you one of the 3 women with whom Wilt did not have sex? How exciting

Bill G. said...

I was trying to think of anybody somewhat famous that I've met. Hmm...

I walked backstage once at a little club at a Josh White concert years ago to request a song. Someone pointed me upstairs and through a door. There sat Josh White, happy to take my request for "Miss Otis Regrets." Barbara was very envious.

Fifty or so years ago I was in the Hollywood area shopping in an upscale department store for a Christmas present for Barbara. Next to me, also shopping, was Jack Palance. We chatted for about 30 seconds.

chefwen said...

Sfingi - All this time I thought you were a female. Don't know why.

C.C. thank you for the link to Mensa, those ads were getting annoying.

Husker Gary mentioned my little guy Toby (old avatar) He ran after my husband's car one evening while he raced out of here to get to the post office. Problem was the husband went south and Toby went north. After hours of looking for him we gave up and decided in the A.M. we would start again or just look for road kill. He was micro chipped but didn't have tags. He was, however, wearing a Green Bay Packer collar. Called the Humane Society after it opened the next morning. No Toby! Mentioned the collar and they recalled that somebody had called to report a picked up dog wearing a Packer collar (I'm sure it's the only one on this rock) Got the contact information and my husband told me to come along as Toby was being housed in the "high rent" district. We got to their house or should I say mansion. The family who rescued him had fallen in love with the little guy and wanted to meet us. We walked in and standing there was Ben Stiller and his lovely wife Christine Taylor. Toby was down by the pool on a chaise lounge being fed treats by their kids. Needless to say I don't think he was too crazy to come home.

HUTCH said...

I'VE GOT YOU ALL BEAT. While tending traffic as a Capitol Policeman, Mike Palm waved me over and said-" Shake hands with my friend!' I did And then Mike said"Youve just shook hands with Jim Thorpe" The greatest American Indian athlete from Carlyle. Later Mr. Thorpe showed up at the bar nand shook hands with all the regulars.

JD said...

chefwen, loved your Toby story.

Here are 10 reuses for those awful bread tags.I recently found some terrific little cylinder gadgets that pinch the bread bag. Wish I knew where I got them!!

Misty said...

Wow, Hutch! I just talked about Jim Thorpe to my Senior Center class where I was giving a lecture on the great American poet, Marianne Moore. She taught Jim Thorpe at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania back back in the nineteens! I can't believe you met him! Awesome! They did restore his Oympic medals posthumously, didn't they?

Peter said...

Peter Koetters here, the puzzle's constructor. Thanks for all the kind words. Didn't get a chance to pipe in today until now.

Not much to say except I think the most famous people I've ever met were Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. As a kid in the 1970's, my father used to get tickets several times a year to his company's box seats at Dodger Stadium, and Matthau especially sat next to us there a lot, and sometimes Lemmon. Not sure who owned the seats. People in the box would address Matthau as "coach" after The Bad News Bears. Fond memories.

Yes, I am a big Dodger fan to this day, but the reference to Dodger Stadium in the clues came from Rich!

JD said...

Found them! OXO Good Grip Bag Cinch

Pookie said...

Hi Peter, Guess we got side-tracked with C.C.'s question. Thank you SO much for your enjoyable and FUN puzzle and for stopping by the Corner
I really enjoyed guessing the nursery rhymes...needed perps for a couple,had to jog my memory for a few. All in all made perfect sense and brought back fond memories Thank you!

Lucina said...

Well! It appears that I shall get to meet Steve Harvey. My nieces just received word that they were accepted to be on Family Feud! They are really excited and so am I as I plan to be in the audience.

Peter Koetter, thank you for stopping at the Corner. I enjoyed your puzzle and look forward to the next one.

Bill G. said...

A very brave kitten vs. two scary things. Brave kitten!
Lucina, where will the show be recorded from?

fermatprime said...

Hello all!

Really a fun puzzle! Thanks so much, Peter and CC!

Not famous in the conventional sense, but I met many, many world-famous mathematicians while at Caltech. Also, famous musicians, conductors, composers when in Peter Meremblum's Calif. Jr. Symphony.

A grad student of mine brought Rafer Johnson as a date to my home many years ago. When I was very young, Claude Jarman, Jr., star of the The Yearling, briefly visited my family's living room in Rancho Part. What a ghastly little monster!

Chickie: really liked Brian Donlevy! (You do not have a monopoly on "old" here!)

Cheers!

aka thelma said...

Lemonade714..... :) :) nope, wasn't one of them... :) :) hehe

thelma

Pookie said...

Bill G: You never disappoint.
ROTFLMAO
Granny Smith APPLES????!!!
And Goldsmith score?
PURR....FECT

Lucina said...

BillG:
Family Feud is filmed in Atlanta, GA. They received alternate dates so as soon as they select one I'll make my reservations. It sounds like fun

Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel said...

Thelma et al,
Thanks for the fun stories. Great read.

Pas de chat,
I was part of the team providing Bill Gates security service when he visited Guangzhou in 1995.