tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3598679190117379174..comments2024-03-28T07:30:30.617-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Firday, June 16, 2017, Christopher ShawZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26684542688563809812017-07-04T13:02:19.011-05:002017-07-04T13:02:19.011-05:00This looked impossible, but I was surprised to FIR...This looked impossible, but I was surprised to FIR. Never heard of MITCH HEDBERG which pretty much took ESP. But the one-liner I was actually able to figure out along the way!<br /><br />I was thinking of something from chemistry for hydrophobia.<br /><br />I ride a UNIcycle, but I first thought of EPIcycle before getting TRIcycle.<br /><br />Never heard of BIERS, EDITH. PEDRO, APOD, TES, IONE. When I was a child in a fussy mood my father said I should stop being a PILL. Never heard it anywhere else.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85189778365281605362017-06-17T02:58:49.823-05:002017-06-17T02:58:49.823-05:00AnonT, re. the dart game. You can easily score a 1...AnonT, re. the dart game. You can easily score a 10 (two fives) or a 12 (a seven and a five). However you can't get an 11. You can't get a 13. Are there still bigger numbers that are impossible to get? Continuing like this, there is a larger number that is impossible and after that, you can get all the remaining totals. What is the largest impossible number? (Hint: It's bigger than 13 and smaller than 100.)<br /><br />CED, remind me and I'll explain the canary thingie, It's not really much of a joke but it is kind of a physics puzzle. Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14976275849633439702017-06-17T00:24:00.158-05:002017-06-17T00:24:00.158-05:00u r nowu r nowArgylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70942527122247063472017-06-17T00:22:24.214-05:002017-06-17T00:22:24.214-05:00Bill G - apparently I'm the only one still up ...Bill G - apparently I'm the only one still up (I am wrapt (not 64a!) with what I forgot to pack...). Arrrrg!<br /><br />I'm not sure I understand your game. Greatest number is ∞ -1? As for the second bit, 5a ≠ 7b ∀ values > 7? Maybe Fermat or Vidwan gets the gist of your Dart game. #DoTell<br /><br />Oh, that dang London Fog jacket; I may need that again. [and done!]<br /><br />Car to the airport here in 5hrs. Time for a little nap.<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75503134192547684322017-06-16T18:06:37.618-05:002017-06-16T18:06:37.618-05:00Lucina - I've already packed 3-pair "tren...Lucina - I've already packed 3-pair "trendy" jeans DW bought for me a year ago but still have their tags on 'em. #TAintTrendy<br /><br />CED - Loved Data/TNG clips. #SomePeopleCantTellAJoke<br /><br />HG - Dele'd earlier 'cuz I was already over 20 lines; stet; LOL Back to the Future pic. Had Anne not been part of the clue I'd have not been stuck in the 1900's and green gable mind-set.<br /><br />D-O. LOL undergarments! Reminds me when DW and I rented bikes in Monterey (I think, wherever Peable Beach is). We road our bikes around PB and saw a little isle and thought "LETS DO IT." We hopped rocks to the isle and played (and made out) for a bit. Then, when we were ready to return to our bikes, discovered the tide had come in (Mooooon!). We got soaked Splashing back and subsequently froze our bums off. We stopped at a London Fog outlet to get warm(er) clothes. #FunThingIWontDoAgain #stillHaveTheJacket<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29776567280487904532017-06-16T18:02:26.467-05:002017-06-16T18:02:26.467-05:00I started c 700 am, I skipped the NW, "I'...I started c 700 am, I skipped the NW, "I'll be back". Church, breakfast, mtg. I thought completely clearing my mind(a Misty trick*) would get me going. Nope, NW had me. <br /><br />As the song goes "I won't.. give..up". <br /><br />I finally wormed DEKALB and FLAK but stuck with OFFS. For me, the theme helped with all the other perps but as usual my brain couldn't suss MY FAKE. <br /><br />I finally had it all except POLYPS and APOD. And then TADA. It was worth all the agony. Thanks for the torture Chris.<br /><br />Lemonade, I agree with you about Daddy ISSUES. I had some for sure. Rich made a rare editing oversight, forgetting the possessive ITS has no ' .Oops. There's no possessive. IT'S is correct.<br /><br />I had to think outloud in here. <br /><br />WC<br /><br />* Misty, you also clued me into ELENA, I completely missed SCOTUS. <br /><br />PS. My KLEIN is Chuck, the NBAer. <br /><br />PPS. Owen great l'ick. And great haiku too by HAIKU-guy. Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28327958733340159662017-06-16T17:25:26.945-05:002017-06-16T17:25:26.945-05:00Oh, Also, A public service announcement about the ...Oh, Also, A public service announcement about the dangers of side links...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTM252Zffq0" rel="nofollow">That's 5, & I'm outta here...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21127878870151127062017-06-16T16:57:27.977-05:002017-06-16T16:57:27.977-05:00Ok, maybe I didn't get the canary joke, becaus...Ok, maybe I didn't get the canary joke, because it was just lame...<br /><br />but back to SciFi, <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDDETyWoVMY" rel="nofollow">It's got more guest appearances than soap opera's!</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73865866927348729172017-06-16T16:51:19.971-05:002017-06-16T16:51:19.971-05:00P.S.,
Can anyone explain the half canaries flying...P.S.,<br /><br />Can anyone explain the half canaries flying joke?<br /><br />I don't get it...CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79312501374323952762017-06-16T16:50:24.375-05:002017-06-16T16:50:24.375-05:00Oops. That should be "if it's not evident...Oops. That should be "if it's not evident"Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63399969866691132572017-06-16T16:49:46.488-05:002017-06-16T16:49:46.488-05:00CanadianEh:
With ESAS/ESOS or estas/estos I usuall...CanadianEh:<br />With ESAS/ESOS or estas/estos I usually have to wait for the cross to decide on which one. That goes for most other adjectives as well and even some names it it's not evident in the clue.<br /><br />AnonT:<br />Just last week it was still cold in Carmel. Enjoy yourself!<br /><br />CED:<br />Congratulations to your daughter on making the finals!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8601206455270225392017-06-16T16:45:50.852-05:002017-06-16T16:45:50.852-05:00I realize some of you may not be into SciFi,
but t...I realize some of you may not be into SciFi,<br />but there is a human element to it, like any story.<br />Take for instance, StarTrek Next Generation.<br />Data (The Android) wants to be human, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GL25SaeOBg" rel="nofollow">but does not understand humor...</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJsYY93FSCI" rel="nofollow">Which led to this...</a><br /><br />If you ever get the chance (Irish Miss,) you might enjoy the STNG episode<br />"Outrageous Okana." Which is just a retelling of Romeo and Juliet with<br />some stand up comedy thrown in...<br /><br />I would love to link the ending, but I cannot find it.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hra0I-w3XBY" rel="nofollow">However, I did find this bad quality clip I had never seen before...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19728708472063705382017-06-16T16:37:03.603-05:002017-06-16T16:37:03.603-05:00Anon-T, don't forget to pack underwear. Went ...Anon-T, don't forget to pack underwear. Went to Yosemite back in '95 for my 50th. Discovered that I'd forgotten to pack underwear. Further discovered that you can't buy it there. For the rest of the vacation it was wash-rinse-hang on lampshade. D'oh!desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59996097881716641822017-06-16T15:37:58.256-05:002017-06-16T15:37:58.256-05:00Hi All!
Bugger of a puzzle... Took a loooong tim...Hi All!<br /><br />Bugger of a puzzle... Took a loooong time just to get ----HH-D-E-- in the fill (with none of the quip even 1/16th perp'd (rounded up :-)]. <br />Nailed MITCH HEDBERG!!! and went back to fill in the joke. With TO WATE- in place, knew the joke and filled most in (I thought 'I didn't' @38a). Thanks Christopher for the homage to one of my Top-10 comedians!<br /><br />Thank you Lem for stopping the Ink-Bleed on my grid. After I got the joke and smatterings about I TITT and looked at your grid. Oh, OLLA, RILED, -OLYb, -LAFo, is what I had. Wanted Boor (or bore?) for 23a but knew it was wrong because of de-KAH-lb [went to NIU to take a 2-day sign-language class w/ my Mom when I was 10].<br /><br />I liked yesterday's puzzle (S'Up w/ me not posting? Sorry Brian (fever came back) - 'twas great fun that I DNF'd in the NE & West. Fun debut though; won't say I HATED it :-)<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: The theme. Like, completely-encompassing, Awesome. Like, Vote for PEDRO [1st fill in the SE!].*<br /><br />{A+}<br /><br />Argyle - thanks for the Article on DEKALB. Growing up in SPI I saw the signs every time we'd drive out to Chatham everywhere.<br /><br />D-O - be nice to IM ;-)<br /><br />CED - WOW! Fantastic for D#3 (oh, and I'm sure you're proud too).<br /><br />Happy 150 C, Eh! The Great White North has a lot to be proud of [like, you're not US now :-)]. Your values and the ones we espouse are the same; it's just peculiar (to me) that Canadians have to come to the US to hit it big. Then there's RUSH - World Class. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />I've thought abooout movin' there but it's too cold, eh?<br /><br />Oh, C.Eh!, I did read yesterday... T-30 (-ish) days to your tomatoes. BTW, I had to give away about 20 (+bananas peppers) today because they'd go bad before I return from...<br /><br />Off to SFO tomorrow at 0-dark-thirty. We'll land in SFO, drive to the pier in San ??? For lunch, stay in Carmel for a day or so. Then off to Yosemite for a day+ and then back to SFO on Wed->Sat. I'm packing jeans & sweatshirts... I remember the last coldest-winter I spent in San Francisco 'round about this time of year.<br /><br />Y'all have a great Friday afternoon; I've got packin' to do.<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*Napoleon Dynamite is a movie best watched 2x. The 1st time it seems (and is) dumb; the second-time through you're laughing your butt off. I keep trying to convince MIL but she's not Game. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1PhUAUsGuu4" rel="nofollow">Sweet Jumps scene</a>.Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90078638899868831252017-06-16T15:23:57.408-05:002017-06-16T15:23:57.408-05:00I am aware that issues are progeny, but believe th...I am aware that issues are progeny, but believe the reference was to "Daddy Issues" which was my opinion at the time I was writing. I may be wrong. Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44765812526605539712017-06-16T15:20:47.498-05:002017-06-16T15:20:47.498-05:00Back here finally. DH picked strawberries (first ...Back here finally. DH picked strawberries (first of the season for us) and I had to get them sorted and into the frig. YUM! We will enjoy them for dinner. <br />This CW took a lot of work but thanks for the fun Christopher and Lemonade. DNF for me because of the NW. I had aped not APOD, Game not MOLE (I googled and the game came up!) and a PILL is a mischief in my slang so that was not filling in either. Giant inkblot in that corner.<br /><br />Hand up for Yam before OCA and UEYS before UIES. I had ESOS for the Spanish "those" (checked out OK on Google translate) until PLEA changed it to ESAS. (Masculine and feminine Lucina??).<br /><br />My woodworker was using an Axe before an ADZ. Perhaps the Axe was a little overkill for woodworking! <br /><br />I wanted Teas before SOAP for afternoon fare. Fortunately RABIES, SIETE and MITCH HEDBERG<br />filled in with perps. I figured out the quote and smiled. (I hate fake plants and enjoy looking after and watering my real ones.)<br /><br />The only SWAHILI I know (besides Kwanzaa) is Jambo which was the common greeting, hello, during our Kenya trip.<br /><br />Daughter used a HOOP for her wedding. She had my wedding dress adapted at the top but the bottom with all its lace and tiers remained the same. Since she is shorter than I am and the ITCHY crinoline netting inside the skirt had been removed, the seamstress had her wear a bell-shaped half-slip with hoops added to it to puff the skirt out and thus make it a little shorter. Worked well and the newer hoops seem to be more flexible.<br /><br />It is getting very warm here today.<br />Enjoy the day.<br />Congrats to your daughter CED.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80042980788770927462017-06-16T14:40:34.719-05:002017-06-16T14:40:34.719-05:00Bill G, sorry I missed your Anniversary yesterday....Bill G, sorry I missed your Anniversary yesterday.<br />I had to see Daughter #3 perform in the semi finals<br /><a href="http://thewestendlounge.com/so-you-think-you-can-belt/" rel="nofollow">at this venue.</a><br />Absolutely amazing to hear these 7 semifinalists belt out Broadway Show Tunes.<br />It was like being at a Broadway play, one on one with the singer,<br />in an area about the size of my kitchen!<br />These people were Pros, auditioning for us!<br />(with remarks and tips from the Producers/Judges...)<br /><br />P.S., Daughter #3 made it to the finals!<br /><br />So, I hope you enjoyed the Italian restaurant,<br />& that they gave you one of these at the end of your meal!<br /><br />What? <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e7/75/44/e77544f46d795ccdb7f98fda8ad177a7.jpg" rel="nofollow">Buon Compleano does not mean "with our compliments?"</a><br /><br />& some Henny Youngman one liners. (5:26) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lhxg7ClZ2Y" rel="nofollow">I made it to 1:53 before bookmarking to watch later...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59864927604558884642017-06-16T13:47:55.890-05:002017-06-16T13:47:55.890-05:00DO @ 11:24 ~ You are too, too funny! 😜DO @ 11:24 ~ You are too, too funny! 😜Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9504259544872251912017-06-16T13:39:41.082-05:002017-06-16T13:39:41.082-05:00Musings
-Golf and shopping this morning
-Comic one...Musings<br />-Golf and shopping this morning<br />-Comic one-liner masters – Dangerfield and Youngman <br />-The folly of the NBA season is that CLE and GS didn’t play hard until the finals<br />-Many TE’S are more often an extra blocker than receiver<br />-NAPA was very short on rain when we travelled through there<br />-<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1433559534ra/15113230.gif" rel="nofollow">His character was famous for PLEA agreements</a> but not on this case<br />-A tentacle SQUID had to disappear<br />-Yes Argyle, <a href="http://www.markhersheyfarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Alison-filling-planter.jpg" rel="nofollow">this is what DEKALB is known for around here</a> (no silent L)<br />-If a guy brings his own two-piece cue to the table…<br />-BAIT/Switch – “Oh, you want the model in the commercial?”<br />-It cost me $192 to replace my keyless FOB<br />-<a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/r3FUIRIr2GxY4/giphy.gif" rel="nofollow">Calvin KLEIN in the movies</a><br />-ELENA, Ruth and Sonja vote the same over 90% of the time just like Clarence, Antonin and Samuel<br />-Vote For PEDRO was the t-shirt slogan du jour back when the movie was popular<br />-It appears I’m up to my three links max<br />Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3220581936275119232017-06-16T13:13:00.205-05:002017-06-16T13:13:00.205-05:00@Lemonade and Big Easy
Agree with Yellowrocks.
Lem...@Lemonade and Big Easy<br />Agree with Yellowrocks.<br />Lemonade, aren't you a lawyer? Issues are offspring, heirs, childrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25270165655945756812017-06-16T13:12:22.122-05:002017-06-16T13:12:22.122-05:00Way too hard for me, starting at the get go
with f...Way too hard for me, starting at the get go<br />with footless snakes and tentacled creepies...<br />I think I only got sloe, pool cue, sepals and resend.<br /><br />Oh well,<br /><br />I thought you cornerites would enjoy today's <a href="http://synd.imgsrv.uclick.com/comics/nq/2017/nq170616.gif" rel="nofollow">Non Sequiter.</a><br /><br />Also, I am not sure that I trust the source of today's Star Ledger Thought for Today:<br /><br />"Not to know is bad.<br />Not to want to know is worse.<br />Not to hope is unthinkable.<br />Not to care is unforgivable." - Nigerian saying.CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69682848149405829722017-06-16T12:29:46.466-05:002017-06-16T12:29:46.466-05:00I woke up at 4 in the morning and never got back t...I woke up at 4 in the morning and never got back to sleep last night. So I got up at 7, figuring a Friday puzzle would take a lot of extra time. Boy, did it ever! I got almost nothing on my first run-through except our Supreme Court justice ELENA, the ever popular Uriah HEEP, and the also ever-popular ET TU. That was it. I worked some more and finally got that little Northeast corner beginning with BLANK--and thought, Gosh, I've been drawing that all morning working on the puzzle. The endless theme blanks just made everything impossible, so I started cheating, looking up IONE, PEDRO and ZIGGY and a few other items like SWAHILI. I was embarrassed that I didn't remember EDITH at first, even though I'm a huge "Downton Abbey" fan. Then slowly, slowly that funny quip filled in, with the comedian's name last, and I ended up having fun at the end. So thanks, Christopher, and you, always, Lemonade. <br /><br />Got to get my tired day started, but I'll try to check in again later. Have a good one, everybody.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87432778302960221312017-06-16T11:51:15.607-05:002017-06-16T11:51:15.607-05:00Thanks Christopher and Lemon. This was hard for me...Thanks Christopher and Lemon. This was hard for me. I needed red letters a couple of times and, I'd never heard of Mitch Hedberg. <br /><br />Vidwan and everybody else: Here's another good little math puzzle for your pleasure:<br /><br />DARTS ANYONE?<br /><br /> I’ve got an easy dart game for you. You can throw as many darts as you want at a dart board with only two scoring areas; a seven ring and a five ring. <br /><br /> What scores could you get? You could get a five, or a seven, or a 10, or 12 and so on. What scores are impossible to get? You couldn’t get a score of one, or two, or three, or four, or eight, or 11, etc. <br />1) What is the largest score that’s impossible to get?<br />2) (Harder question.) If the scoring rings are a and b, what’s an expression for the largest impossible score?Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27754133483973297762017-06-16T11:50:55.188-05:002017-06-16T11:50:55.188-05:00Though I've never heard of MITCHHEDBERG the pe...Though I've never heard of MITCHHEDBERG the perps came through and with the quip as well. This is my very least favorite kind of puzzle but working around the unknowns was fun. That is, until the NW where I drew a BLANK. DEKALB would not have occurred to me in a month of Sundays so had to look it up. <br /><br />I'm always grateful for a little Spanish in the puzzle. And I recalled IONE from previous puzzles. I knew I'd seen hydrophobia but couldn't recall it until RABIES came into view.<br /><br />My daughter and granddaughter persuaded me to watch Napoleon Dynamite. It's worth some laughs just for it's quirkiness.<br /><br />Thank you, Christopher Shaw for a good Friday challenge; and thank you, Lemonade, for your always erudite commentary.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day, everyone!<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-92047174835544565672017-06-16T11:31:32.632-05:002017-06-16T11:31:32.632-05:00Thanks, Christopher, for a rare quotation puzzle. ...Thanks, Christopher, for a rare quotation puzzle. Well done, even though I've never heard of Mitch, was able to get through perps. Fav clue was "Bad thing to draw during a test" (BLANK). <br /><br />Thanks, Lemonade, for a very nice write-up. <br /><br />Have a great weekend!C6D6 Pegnoreply@blogger.com