tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2018115127364190690..comments2024-03-28T13:21:09.326-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, May 25th, 2013, Steven J. St. JohnZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42464452601393770242013-05-25T22:56:29.300-05:002013-05-25T22:56:29.300-05:00PK, I thought the use of that word would get atten...PK, I thought the use of that word would get attention from the boys, and they responded on cue.<br /><br />desper-otto, I'm glad you IDed your perpetrator.<br /><br />Bill G., DF was coined by Dennis many years ago to signify something DisFunctional (but you probably knew that). There's several terms that are unique to this blog. It's one of the charming facets of the corner and the reason I've been lurking here for so long.<br /><br />Lonesome Menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67205893567887293022013-05-25T22:32:48.916-05:002013-05-25T22:32:48.916-05:00A man walks in on his wife and another man in bed....A man walks in on his wife and another man in bed.<br /><br />What are you doing?! says the husband<br /><br />The wife tells lover ,I told you he was stupidPatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40145519612610088942013-05-25T22:20:34.823-05:002013-05-25T22:20:34.823-05:00Manac and PK, you guys have DF minds, reading all ...Manac and PK, you guys have DF minds, reading all that stuff into my little comment about trees.<br /><br />BTW, I had never heard the term DF used to mean something off-color until I joined into the hilarity around here. I just thought it meant not functioning normally. But I see from online sources that it can also mean: "Deviating from the norms of social behavior in a way regarded as bad." I don't think I'd ever heard it used that way before Crossword Corner.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49389864304215091672013-05-25T21:49:09.244-05:002013-05-25T21:49:09.244-05:00I figured if I used that word, it would get you bo...I figured if I used that word, it would get you boys excited even if it was about a tree!PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72777512677700822632013-05-25T21:33:33.825-05:002013-05-25T21:33:33.825-05:00Bill, LMAO on the woodie joke and the others. can&...Bill, LMAO on the woodie joke and the others. can't top them tonight so I offer this for last place.<br /><br /> This 60 year old woman is naked, jumping up and down on her bed laughing and singing. Her husband walks into the bedroom and sees her. He watches her awhile then says, "You look ridiculous, what on earth are you doing?" She says, "I just got my checkup and my doctor says I have the breasts of an eighteen-year-old." She starts laughing and jumping again. He says, "Yeah, right. And what did he say about your 60 year-old ass?" She says, "Well, your name never came up."Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60756594048285763982013-05-25T20:11:46.240-05:002013-05-25T20:11:46.240-05:00Oh, now I remember about the 'puzzlement.'...Oh, now I remember about the 'puzzlement.' I knew I had seen it but couldn't remember last night or today. It was a good one too. I feel like such an ass...<br /><br />Erect trees? Of course. Is that where the expression 'woodie' comes from?<br /><br />Reverend Ole was the pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was the minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road. I saw them yesterday standing by the road, pounding a sign into the ground, that reads: Da End iss Near!<br />Turn Yourself Aroundt Now! Before It’s Too Late!<br />As a car sped past them, the driver leaned out his window and yelled, “Leave us alone, you religious nuts!”<br />From the curve we heard screeching tires and a big splash… Rev. Ole turns to Pastor Sven and asks, “Do ya tink maybe da sign should yust say ‘Bridge Out’?”<br /><br />A young priest was talking to a group of four- and five-year-old boys. He asked them what they know about the Resurrection. One bright five-year-old replied 'If your resurrection lasts more then four hours, you should call your doctor'.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21346200964935116192013-05-25T19:54:23.059-05:002013-05-25T19:54:23.059-05:00Definition of a
Husband: a man who buys his footb...Definition of a <br />Husband: a man who buys his football tickets four months in advance and waits until December 24 to do his Christmas shopping.<br /><br />Guilty!Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78237979613010113132013-05-25T18:48:59.919-05:002013-05-25T18:48:59.919-05:00PK, erect is good. Even with trees.PK, erect is good. Even with trees.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75920267748265408672013-05-25T18:40:26.713-05:002013-05-25T18:40:26.713-05:00PK @ 5:33.
You really opened yourself up to some D...PK @ 5:33.<br />You really opened yourself up to some DF comments, but I won't go there. <br /><br />After all.. I'm a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDEithRsJF4" rel="nofollow">Married </a> Man ;~)Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35059395786943711892013-05-25T18:12:47.753-05:002013-05-25T18:12:47.753-05:00CED, I saw all the jokes last night. Good stuff. (...CED, I saw all the jokes last night. Good stuff. (Oops! I just went back to look and yours at 11:57 seems to have disappeared into ether oblivion. <br /><br />PARIS<br />IN THE<br />THE SPRING<br /><br />Manac promises more blog-quality jokes. I'm like the cat who ate some strong-smelling cheese and lay next to the mousetrap with baited breath.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10119395442102135762013-05-25T17:33:45.910-05:002013-05-25T17:33:45.910-05:00C.C., There were times I wished my husband had mor...C.C., There were times I wished my husband had more than one wife with all that was expected of me on the farm. LOL! I've never been the jealous type, but I don't really think I could have stood another woman in my house. The Chinese history was very interesting.<br /><br />My power went out the other night too. Nice weather, but a tree in the neighborhood fell down. Two very nice gentlemen used my yard as the best access to the power line in back. This area has a lot of very big old cottonwoods. This is the second time in ten years that one has come down in nice weather and cut our power. One guy was so concerned that he had two big trees removed so they wouldn't wipe out his house, then complained about how hot his house was without the leafy shade barrier. I have some big old maples in my yard that I pray will stay erect.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69230723777498162462013-05-25T17:30:37.900-05:002013-05-25T17:30:37.900-05:00Thanks for the research, Jerome and Yellowrocks. ...Thanks for the research, Jerome and Yellowrocks. I may have to edit Wikipedia... Actually, I mostly want to make sure everyone knows how I define Psychology... Which tends to be what I do in the first 2 weeks of every course I teach. As my students know (if they get the exam question right), psychology is "the scientific study of behavior and mental processes." I'm actually not sure what a definition of Humanities might be, but I suspect they are fields which rarely rely on the scientific method.Steven J. St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637269940859854578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31344435462576839252013-05-25T17:09:43.951-05:002013-05-25T17:09:43.951-05:00Bill & Dave, I had more Blog Caliber Jokes lin...Bill & Dave, I had more Blog Caliber Jokes lined up for last night then...<br />ARRRGH, I lost power! Couldn't have been an omen. <br />Try, try again :~)Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36927618893333226092013-05-25T16:49:09.119-05:002013-05-25T16:49:09.119-05:00Will there ever be a Pope Sixtus VI? Maybe that wi...Will there ever be a Pope Sixtus VI? Maybe that will signal Judgement Day. Needs one more 6.<br /><br />Kind of agree with The Hondo. <br />One thing for sure, in the 1940's, when govts had to chide people not to be road hogs, they meant people who drove down the middle of the road, thus hogging the whole road, both lanes. Probably many people right off the farm. <br /><br />Never heard of AIR TAXI, so I'm semi-rural.<br /><br />Just noticed our statue of Gen. Steuben in Utica has spurs.<br /><br />@Yellowrocks - Psych is a soft science, kinda floppy like.<br /><br />@C.C. - Some of my husband's uncles had 2 "wives" and families. Seems awfully expensive, especially when everyone had to have 3 refrigerators. He's Sicilian. Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84288363350605392512013-05-25T16:40:02.415-05:002013-05-25T16:40:02.415-05:00Bill G. @2:27PM
The awful comment was just a tie-...Bill G. @2:27PM<br /><br />The awful comment was just a tie-in to the video joke I posted @11:57am titled "a puzzlement this morning."<br /><br />If you had seen it, you would have known it is up to the caliber we expect on the blog....CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29684495910864552182013-05-25T16:11:38.951-05:002013-05-25T16:11:38.951-05:00On the one hand, all the squares in my newspaper p...On the one hand, all the squares in my newspaper puzzle are filled in- correctly. On the other hand, it took 2 visits online (one for the Enya song), and a phone call to my 88 yr old mom to get them filled in. Does anyone actually listen to any Enya songs???<br />My first fill in was F TROOP. Like Lucina, I immediately thought of ARIZONANS. Wanted CARRIE, which led to CEDAR, neither of which were right.<br />From the time I was a kid, I knew of pope JOHN XXIII, but I wanted POPE JOHN. <br />Pretty much WEES about other entries.<br />61Rampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11208117849059402835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31894192920121715562013-05-25T15:51:35.515-05:002013-05-25T15:51:35.515-05:00Jerome, interesting about Sixtus. Thanks.
I can&#...Jerome, interesting about Sixtus. Thanks. <br />I can't link on my tablet. Please Google "Has psychology become one of the humanities?" Good article. In my research it varies from college to college whether it is included in the humanities, more no than yes. Some articles say it is a matter methodology. I wish I could show you. We have discussed this here before.<br /><br />In further research the winds in an orchestra definitely include woodwinds AND brass. Asking the winds to replay a passage would likely exclude only the percussionists.<br /><br />Aren't those coons resourceful? When we rent a cottage in WV we secure our garbage can in ingenious ways, turn off the lights, and watch the raccoons overcome every obstacle to a good meal.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57386272538434788632013-05-25T15:22:21.954-05:002013-05-25T15:22:21.954-05:00Hello, weekend warriors! Great stuff, Splynter, es...Hello, weekend warriors! Great stuff, Splynter, especially your serial continuations. Thanks.<br /><br />Well, when I saw Mesa natives I immediately lit into ARIZONANS like that eagle on fish (super video).<br /><br />Then was amazed at the number of z's that followed and so I PUZZLED OVER cell after cell, was interrupted by two very lengthy phone calls, almost finished, but oh, no, had ROTEL instead of ROWEL, a word I know!<br /><br />I confidently wrote NO ONE IN until TONES forced a change and TEHRANI made its appearance. Thank you, SJSJ; I would have finished much earlier but for the interruptions noted above.<br /><br />Thank you, Yellowrocks, Irish Miss and Misty. I feel better today but weakened from being unable to eat much. That will soon change, I'm sure!<br /><br />I hope you are all enjoying this holiday weekend!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14468472601615445952013-05-25T15:16:57.598-05:002013-05-25T15:16:57.598-05:00Steve- In a Wikipedia article Psychology is define...Steve- In a Wikipedia article Psychology is defined as one of the "Humanities that are also social sciences" Perhaps some colleges take a different view...?<br />It also wouldn't be the last time Wiki is not quite correct. <br /><br />Also from Wiki- Sixtus is a Roman name but it's Greek for "polished" and Latinized as Xystus and not to be confused with the Roman Sextus which means "sixth". About as clear as "Who's on first"Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44405133142086398992013-05-25T14:27:10.197-05:002013-05-25T14:27:10.197-05:00That sure was a struggle; too much so to be fun fo...That sure was a struggle; too much so to be fun for me. <br /><br />CED, awful jokes last night??? They were at least the usual high quality that we've come to expect on the Crossword Corner.<br /><br />More geography: <br />a) What are the northern-most, southern-most, eastern-most and western-most points in the entire 50 United States? <br /><br />b) Solid geometry and geography; What is the probability that three points chosen at random on the surface of the earth (sphere) lie in the same half of the earth? (Not any particular half, just the same half.)Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36914662690035376942013-05-25T13:51:03.733-05:002013-05-25T13:51:03.733-05:00I have to admit that Saturdays are beyond me. I ca...I have to admit that Saturdays are beyond me. I can do pretty good if I use red letters and scroll though the letters at right or bottom letters to get a toehold. In this manner, I did it in under 20 minutes.john28manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650453284994460688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66593486980670320722013-05-25T13:36:15.912-05:002013-05-25T13:36:15.912-05:00A DNF because I settled for CONSOUT (whatever that...A DNF because I settled for CONSOUT (whatever that was supposed to mean) instead of CONSORT. <br /><br />And the rest was fairly nasty too. Although I *thought* I had finished (discounting the failure above), I was taking SANAA on faith, and I was very slow to crack the mid section. That was because I had a hard time bringing myself to accept SIZING as a reasonable response to the "once-over." That gerund seemed inelegant; it just didn't feel right. <br /><br />But there it was. Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74920762537642798472013-05-25T13:04:43.811-05:002013-05-25T13:04:43.811-05:00Pitiful start. Figured I'd try the computer wi...Pitiful start. Figured I'd try the computer with red letter help.<br />(Never tried it before)<br />45 minutes later, after umpteen WAGs, I finished. <br />T'weren't easy.<br />I hope "Situation when the first pitch is thrown" was NOT SJSJ's clue. <br />"No one on" can happen at any point in the game. <br />And as to yesterday's puzzle....<br />Conductor: There's a problem at bar 134. Can I hear the aerophones there? LOL<br />JazzB?Pookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189128607399171184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52457892884047843132013-05-25T11:56:49.408-05:002013-05-25T11:56:49.408-05:00Well,,, after missing yesterdays puzzle (just too ...Well,,, after missing yesterdays puzzle (just too darn busy) I was eager to sit down with pen & paper for some Saturday puzzlement.<br /><br />I got Troop/Atra, Ido, & Eros...<br /><br />That's it!<br /><br />Never mind understanding the answers, I am still trying to understand the clues! Thank goodness I never got to 2D nooneon, that would have twisted my brain...<br /><br />Sorry I missed out chiming in on those awful jokes late last night, but I did find <a href="http://biggeekdad.com/2013/04/how-italians-tell-time/" rel="nofollow">a puzzlement this morning</a> that was right up my alley.CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13003117650315550082013-05-25T11:23:34.550-05:002013-05-25T11:23:34.550-05:00D-O:
Good shot of the bandit. Good luck.
AbejoD-O:<br /><br />Good shot of the bandit. Good luck.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.com