tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4157539279281589172..comments2024-03-28T14:42:34.512-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Monday, October 20, 2014 David W. CromerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1510627615883238042014-10-21T01:09:35.901-05:002014-10-21T01:09:35.901-05:00Heh heh, good ones!
Approximately twenty-two?
Wha...Heh heh, good ones! <br />Approximately twenty-two?<br />What are you doing up so late?Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-920479721130199222014-10-21T00:59:25.407-05:002014-10-21T00:59:25.407-05:00Bill G. Seven, no? or Ten for sure. C, -TBill G. Seven, no? or Ten for sure. C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2670290146926678132014-10-21T00:49:36.256-05:002014-10-21T00:49:36.256-05:00 Greetings!
Super puzzle, David! Great write-up, ... Greetings!<br /><br />Super puzzle, David! Great write-up, Santa! Loved the theme!<br /><br />Hope the best for your spouse, Chickie!<br /><br />Friends took me to Huntington Gardens, at Huntington Library, yesterday. Really enjoyed myself, although back now killing me (from long wheelchair ride). Bought some orchids. Tsk.<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70087700003835706062014-10-21T00:41:15.818-05:002014-10-21T00:41:15.818-05:00AnonT, very excellent! When I first ran this in my...AnonT, very excellent! When I first ran this in my newspaper column, several readers had other imaginative answers such as "Eleven maybe?" Can you come up with some others?Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27624030922927024882014-10-21T00:05:18.589-05:002014-10-21T00:05:18.589-05:00OK Bill G. I've re-considered the question......OK Bill G. I've re-considered the question... The answer is four because zero has 4 letters. Do I get the SILVER?<br /><br />C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26099298135555085922014-10-20T21:07:06.954-05:002014-10-20T21:07:06.954-05:00Hahtoolah, that was a great quote today. Working i...Hahtoolah, that was a great quote today. Working is not work, if you enjoy what you are doing.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49155398659140127332014-10-20T21:04:20.423-05:002014-10-20T21:04:20.423-05:00King of the Cowboys
A good sign off tune for toda...<a href="http://youtu.be/cZgn1ts5-_g" rel="nofollow">King of the Cowboys</a><br /><br />A good sign off tune for today's theme. First time trying to link with an IThingie. Hope it works.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91607822901430006292014-10-20T21:04:11.099-05:002014-10-20T21:04:11.099-05:00Good evening all,
Yup, you've all gone to bed...Good evening all,<br /><br />Yup, you've all gone to bed.<br />Loved the theme today. I think I was a cowgirl with out a horse way too long in my youth. Spent hours on my "horse" which was a branch in our tree. When my oldest sister got too sophisticated to join us anymore, we all graduated to a higher branch that was so much more comfortable.Our double deckers were our pretend stagecoach.<br /><br />Argyle , thanks for always being here when I need to know. Today it was what MRE was.Enjoyed the link to "I've Got Rhythm."<br />Breezed thru this, but was on the wrong trail for Orkin. I kept thinking Mork from Ork.<br /><br />Chickie, hope Bill has a speedy recovery.<br /><br />JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27604879809039349652014-10-20T20:34:07.258-05:002014-10-20T20:34:07.258-05:00Hi all.
Thought the theme would be precious metal...Hi all. <br />Thought the theme would be precious metals at first. Then Tonto came into the picture.<br />Then I figured out the horses were asking the questions. <br /><br />Raised up on the old oaters, so it was easy to figure this easy.<br /><br />We make our own homemade jams our house so 1a was a gimmy. <br /><br />So bon lundi mes Ami from Cajun Country !!!!!Boo LuQuette AKA Boudreaux in Eunice, La.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09947640728272208615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55150061059318545072014-10-20T19:46:17.436-05:002014-10-20T19:46:17.436-05:00Chickie - so sorry to hear about your husband. Go...Chickie - so sorry to hear about your husband. God Speed for recovery.<br /><br />C. Moe - Yeah, yeah, real funny clip you 'ave there. Sees you seems like makin fun o me and the famly. Do I amuse you? Am I a clown to you? You plan to be a organ DONOR do yas? :-) <br /><br />Bill G. Zero? or is that a BAD IDEA?<br /><br />C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46451688929700480922014-10-20T17:22:57.947-05:002014-10-20T17:22:57.947-05:00One of the Stooges, that Victor Borge Hungarian R...One of the Stooges, that Victor Borge Hungarian Rhapsody bit is hilarious. I've played that piece. It certainly doesn't lend itself to being a duet. Thanks for the huge laugh.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71596116614212298792014-10-20T16:56:56.314-05:002014-10-20T16:56:56.314-05:00Owen @ 2:58
I must be an acrologiac then!! Yeah,...Owen @ 2:58<br /><br />I must be an acrologiac then!! Yeah, I meant anagram. Don't know WHAT my feeble mind was thinking . . . makes me recall <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY6KyCuqeoA" rel="nofollow">a funny acrological comedian</a> named Norm Crosby. Funny stuff . . .<br /><br />HG - well, glad I tried, but wish I'd chosen the correct word!! :-PChairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5214201402816449212014-10-20T16:07:16.215-05:002014-10-20T16:07:16.215-05:00Self-referential question:
“How many letters has ...Self-referential question: <br />“How many letters has the answer to this question?” (If you are more imaginative, you can probably find several answers in addition to the expected one.)Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77459787003346590932014-10-20T15:46:37.670-05:002014-10-20T15:46:37.670-05:00desper-otto @12:10
Thanks for that link. Yeah, I l...desper-otto @12:10<br />Thanks for <b>that</b> link. Yeah, I listened to it a few times.<br /><br />The Wiki Story says that the song is about Pancho <i>possibly</i> being turned into the Federales by Lefty for a reward ... that Lefty used to go back to Cleveland, Ohio.<br /><br />"Pancho met his match you know<br />On the deserts down in Mexico<br />Nobody heard his dying words<br />That's the way it goes"<br /><br />"The day they laid poor Pancho low<br />Lefty split for Ohio<br />Where he got the bread to go<br />There ain't nobody knows"<br /><br />"The poets tell how Pancho fell<br />Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel<br />The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold<br />So the story ends we're told ...<br />Pancho needs your prayers it's true,<br />But save a few for Lefty too<br /><i>He just did what he had to do</i><br />Now he's growing old"Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30474267237812284392014-10-20T15:31:09.357-05:002014-10-20T15:31:09.357-05:00Musings 2
-I thought a good title for this puzzle ...Musings 2<br />-I thought a good title for this puzzle would have been “Neigh sayers”<br />-“Who’s that guy that says he still sees George and Marian Kirby?” COSMO TOPPER<br />-Yeah, I kinda figured you’d guess that that was our new kitty Lily. She has knocked over two of my rockets up there but I’ll just reglue them. Thanks for the kind words about the new heartbeat in our, er, her house.<br />-Nice play on Lily’s name Marti. She came to us named “Smokey” but we negged that.<br />-Dang, NH not VT, Hahtoolah! I’ll bet most peeps on the east coast don’t differentiate between us “rectangularish” states either ;-)<br />-Good effort, Moe! Orange ya glad you tried? ;- )<br />-Andy was my favorite ESCAPEE because of his patience, the utter elegance of how he did it and the revenge he exacted in the process.<br />-I loved your link CED. I guess you’re a high brow when you here that music and DON’T think of “The Masked Man and his faithful companion Tonto”<br />-BTW, I wrote to Chef Wendy and she has ducked most of the hurricane from her outpost on Kauai just down the road from Ben Stiller. She too has a new kitty that showed up at their house just a month after they had to put down their 17 year old Paddy the Wonder Cat.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45286271913556421272014-10-20T15:23:35.529-05:002014-10-20T15:23:35.529-05:00We got back from Riverside this morning, so I only...We got back from Riverside this morning, so I only go to the paper and the puzzle at around noon. But what a Monday delight, David! Many thanks, and you too, Argyle, for your always fun expo.<br /><br />I fondly remember all the sweet Western programs and the horses, so that made this an especially charming ride down memory lane.<br /><br />Have a great week, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28137858038790405762014-10-20T15:17:39.833-05:002014-10-20T15:17:39.833-05:00Hola Everyone, Whizzed through this one today. I ...Hola Everyone, Whizzed through this one today. I knew after Sterling Silver and Talent Scout that I was looking for a horses name. That helped with the last two theme answers.<br /><br />Other than putting in Ethic for Ethos, then erasing when Eco popped up things were easy enough today.<br /><br />My husband was in the hospital for three days last week, so I've been a bit busy. I've done the puzzle--while waiting, and waiting some more in his hospital room, but haven't been to the blog very much.<br /><br />He is doing better. He has an ulcer on his leg and was hooked up to an antibiotic IV for three days. Now he is home taking more antibiotics. It will take a bit of time before he is healed. <br /><br />Have a good day everyone.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39057506350169844562014-10-20T14:58:53.794-05:002014-10-20T14:58:53.794-05:00Lemon, I was expecting someone would pick up on my...Lemon, I was expecting someone would pick up on my line "What type of people like art galleries, Dale?" CULTURED, BUTTERMILK.<br /><br />C.Moe: The acronym of orange would be O. An acronym is a word made up from initials. The word you wanted was anagram, a word made by rearranging the letters. Gerona, Spain, is an anagram of Orange Pains. Or maybe you meant <a href="http://www.bubblews.com/news/2154098-are-you-guilty-of-acyrologia-yule-have-to-reed-to-find-out" rel="nofollow">acyrologia</a>?OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22859537032033136272014-10-20T14:50:46.925-05:002014-10-20T14:50:46.925-05:00This was a fun and easy start to the week. Thank ...This was a fun and easy start to the week. Thank you, gentlemen.<br /><br />CED-- I watched the William Tell video and it reminds me of performances by Straight No Chaser, a mens a capella group. One of my favorites is "The 12 Days of Christmas". The group's name has to appeal to Tinbeni.<br /><br />Hope you all have a great week.<br /><br />PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4653192363743881582014-10-20T14:31:35.547-05:002014-10-20T14:31:35.547-05:00CED @ 1:45
Had forgotten how funny Victor Borge w...CED @ 1:45<br /><br />Had forgotten how funny Victor Borge was when he got "engaged" in playing the piano. I did check out a few of the side links, and this one of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-562rqZ7sKI" rel="nofollow">Hungarian Rhapsody</a> was hilarious.One of the Stoogesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67976829505292415412014-10-20T13:45:21.704-05:002014-10-20T13:45:21.704-05:00I had never heard of The White Sea before, it made...I had never heard of The White Sea before, it made me wonder <a href="http://blog.dictionary.com/yellow-sea/" rel="nofollow">how many seas are named after colors</a> & why?<br /><br />Also, it's time we quit horsing around & gave <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlsP6zZgjT8" rel="nofollow">The William Tell Overture</a> the serious attention it deserves...<br /><br />Oh what the heck, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuWUp1M-vuM" rel="nofollow">as long as we are on the subject...</a> (P.S. if you are not familiar with Victor Borge, check out the side links!)<br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86958127790316825042014-10-20T13:43:22.069-05:002014-10-20T13:43:22.069-05:00Cool puzzle.Cool puzzle.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17219613638540158482014-10-20T13:37:33.967-05:002014-10-20T13:37:33.967-05:00Argyle: Excellent write-up! I especially like your...Argyle: Excellent write-up! I especially like <b>your</b> EGG NOGS ingredients.<br /><br />Isn't <b>D-FLAT</b> an apartment in London???<br /><br />My favorite <i>ESCAPEE</i> was Steve McQueen as Capt. Virgil Hilts, the <b>"Cooler King"</b> in the movie <b><i>The Great Escape</i></b>.<br /><br />Cheers!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11150298079009744122014-10-20T13:33:48.522-05:002014-10-20T13:33:48.522-05:00Hark Y'all! Or maybe Hay Y'all! Gee, we st...Hark Y'all! Or maybe Hay Y'all! Gee, we start the week HORSin' around? Goody! Fast & fun, David! All the theme answers were gimmees.<br /><br />Did the puzzle at 3 a.m. when I woke up. Went back to bed with the Mr. Ed earworm pulsating in my brain, of course, of course.<br /><br />Didn't know VAIO PC maker = SONY but perped in before I read the clue.<br /><br />Quahog? I'd forgotten what that was. For awhile, I was thinking it was an Indian tribe. Duh!<br /><br />Thanks to Argyle and all you daily contributors for making this blog special.<br /><br />It's amazing what you learn about your adult children's lives that you never heard before when you ride for an hour in the car with them with no little kids present. Very enlightening.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9147206548211303492014-10-20T13:30:34.713-05:002014-10-20T13:30:34.713-05:00Oh, good. I thought you were losing it.
I do agree...Oh, good. I thought you were losing it.<br />I do agree in that case.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.com