tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post6860533630975324055..comments2023-12-22T06:42:08.261-05:00Comments on Sun Blocks - A Crossword Blog by Pete Mitchell: Thursday, August 21st 2008Pete Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-74414292643810079932008-08-21T20:51:00.000-04:002008-08-21T20:51:00.000-04:00I was all set to ask you all, "Hey, you all, why i...I was all set to ask you all, "Hey, you all, why is "try" the answer to "hear" at 73A"? But then I started to think ... dixit ... Latin ... legal ... oh, yeah, hear a case = try a case. Happy Thursday, all. Now back to the Olympics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-54624667247159989642008-08-21T17:24:00.000-04:002008-08-21T17:24:00.000-04:00Since your comment on Lucky Strikes appears just a...Since your comment on Lucky Strikes appears just a bit below your endorsement of raw pork consumption, this is a good time to recall the bold, yet elegant, sexual innuendo of their advertising: the full slogan was "so round, so firm, so fully packed ... so free and easy on the draw ... LSMFT, Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco."<BR/><BR/>SDSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-78573015953034245992008-08-21T15:39:00.000-04:002008-08-21T15:39:00.000-04:00p.s. Just to add another bit of Francis Bacon --"R...p.s. Just to add another bit of Francis Bacon --<BR/><BR/>"Reading maketh a full man,<BR/>Conference a ready man,<BR/>And writing an exact man."<BR/><BR/>Today he might add that crossword commentary affords an opportunity for appreciation and enjoyment of all three!ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-79871415902410930232008-08-21T12:31:00.000-04:002008-08-21T12:31:00.000-04:00For some reason I came up with the super-rich ADNA...For some reason I came up with the super-rich ADNAN okay in the NE, but never realized his last name was so funny, "cash-hoggy", until you said you'd change it. My guess is that he can afford a sense of humor about it! <BR/><BR/>As for the DIXIT, I don't get it as a stand-alone, but if not just extracted from the phrase "ipse dixit" maybe they were thinking of the the French "on dit" (they say, one says, or it's said) -- leaving out IX and also "on". Not so hot -- anyone else?<BR/><BR/>BOI, it was a GLEEful, extra-trixsy puz, ANGELS crossing the DEVIL and a GENIE, no PEAS in the whistle, and ALAI-ALI-LIES... ERUCT was icing on the cake.ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-10507783873381586902008-08-21T11:28:00.000-04:002008-08-21T11:28:00.000-04:00That sound you heard was me smacking my temple. T...That sound you heard was me smacking my temple. Thanks, Joon. I actually know what ZEBU means but I get it wrong anyway. One of the comic books I read as a kid was about a Tarzan wannabe who had a sabre-tooth tiger named Zabu, and so that's what I usually put down.<BR/>Thanks, Pete, I appreciate the compliment and all the hard work you put in here.<BR/>Ruy, no, probably not kosher but certainly the best of both worlds.Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-89509676134416460472008-08-21T10:37:00.000-04:002008-08-21T10:37:00.000-04:00you know how some whistles have a little ball insi...you know how some whistles have a little ball inside that rattles around when you blow in it? it's called a pea (i guess because it's the size and shape of a pea). some whistles are pealess.<BR/><BR/>i didn't know this either until i looked it up just now, but i did guess that's what it was when the crosses showed up.<BR/><BR/>fun puzzle. i really dig the Xness of it.<BR/><BR/>i've played ZEBU in scrabble but i didn't remember what it meant. other than tons of names i didn't know, this wasn't so hard for a thursday, i thought.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-47945543913854118802008-08-21T10:26:00.000-04:002008-08-21T10:26:00.000-04:00Fair to say that the bacon bra is definitely not k...Fair to say that the bacon bra is definitely not kosher?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-4363944264124709852008-08-21T09:45:00.000-04:002008-08-21T09:45:00.000-04:00Nice job. You had me at the bacon bra. :)Nice job. You had me at the bacon bra. :)Pete Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-36132549019461682912008-08-21T07:58:00.000-04:002008-08-21T07:58:00.000-04:00Thanks, Ellen. Actually that book I posted with t...Thanks, Ellen. Actually that book I posted with the Peter Gordon autograph is one I got from you via Bookmooch.Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-7988674983312615022008-08-21T00:36:00.000-04:002008-08-21T00:36:00.000-04:00Nice to see you back.The Oprah show that featured ...Nice to see you back.<BR/><BR/>The Oprah show that featured Will Shortz and Merl Reagle also had the founder of Spanx.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699703443886498884noreply@blogger.com