A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
DrTom wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 1:05 am
OK, my weird sense of humor had me chuckling about this for about 70 miles.
We stopped at a rest stop on the way back from the Keys. In the Men's rest room, above and to the left of the hand dryer and sink was this sign:
hands free.jpg
Now surely I cannot be the only one to have ever marveled at the irony of this and the futility of announcing that nothing there needed hands except perhaps to read the sign? I'm not being insensitive mind you, just gobstruck that this was the only information provided. What exactly would you get from reading that sign if you were not sighted?
The only thing that might be less helpful was a similar type sign on the waffle iron at a hotel breakfast that read in English and Braille "DO NOT TOUCH WAFFLE IRON IS VERY HOT" (and I'll bet you somewhere that sign exists!)
What are the dumbest signs people have seen? Given our collective senses of humor there have had to be those that made you go "WHAT"
well, if it was near the urinals, that probably would not have been the cleanest rest stop in the country.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
DrTom wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 1:05 am
OK, my weird sense of humor had me chuckling about this for about 70 miles.
We stopped at a rest stop on the way back from the Keys. In the Men's rest room, above and to the left of the hand dryer and sink was this sign:
hands free.jpg
Now surely I cannot be the only one to have ever marveled at the irony of this and the futility of announcing that nothing there needed hands except perhaps to read the sign? I'm not being insensitive mind you, just gobstruck that this was the only information provided. What exactly would you get from reading that sign if you were not sighted?
The only thing that might be less helpful was a similar type sign on the waffle iron at a hotel breakfast that read in English and Braille "DO NOT TOUCH WAFFLE IRON IS VERY HOT" (and I'll bet you somewhere that sign exists!)
What are the dumbest signs people have seen? Given our collective senses of humor there have had to be those that made you go "WHAT"
well, if it was near the urinals, that probably would not have been the cleanest rest stop in the country.
I made DrTom laugh, my job's done here for the week.
DrTom wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 12:51 am
She told one of her friends the other day that I was a part of a group of Muggers that hold weekly Zoom meetings and yell back and forth at each other.
We yell at each other?
sharkicicles wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 11:56 pm
I'm at the age where early Late Night was still a bit over my head, but my parents let me watch it anyway, and Larry Bud Melman, Stupid Pet/Human Tricks, and things getting crushed by a steamroller will always be the foundation of things I find hilarious.
KDubs wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:18 pm
Solved the grid (with only a couple of Googles, which is a big thing for us with a Shenk puzzle!), but still searching for a lead on the meta. Hubs and I are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary today (been together nine years), and crosswords were one of the first things we ever did together. I think it was about five years ago we discovered meta crossword puzzles, so it’s kinda special we have one to work on for our anniversary. We’ll keep at it and hope to solve this one to commemorate four years of marriage!
Many happy returns!
I, like you, celebrated my anniversary yesterday. But I knew better than to try to peek a glance at the puzzle until today. My better half is usually very tolerant of my interest in crossword puzzles - but I didn't want to push my luck!
I think I deserve the mug not because I solved the puzzle, but because I solved from Israel, while 7 hours ahead (1 am), in quarantine, in a war zone! Toes in sand, mostly desert sand.
KDubs wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:18 pm
Solved the grid (with only a couple of Googles, which is a big thing for us with a Shenk puzzle!), but still searching for a lead on the meta. Hubs and I are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary today (been together nine years), and crosswords were one of the first things we ever did together. I think it was about five years ago we discovered meta crossword puzzles, so it’s kinda special we have one to work on for our anniversary. We’ll keep at it and hope to solve this one to commemorate four years of marriage!
Many happy returns!
I, like you, celebrated my anniversary yesterday. But I knew better than to try to peek a glance at the puzzle until today. My better half is usually very tolerant of my interest in crossword puzzles - but I didn't want to push my luck!
I am in the same boat, May 13 anniversary, 32 years but waited until today to get started! And I am still on the boat. Congratulations to the happily married couples.
KDubs wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:18 pm
Solved the grid (with only a couple of Googles, which is a big thing for us with a Shenk puzzle!), but still searching for a lead on the meta. Hubs and I are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary today (been together nine years), and crosswords were one of the first things we ever did together. I think it was about five years ago we discovered meta crossword puzzles, so it’s kinda special we have one to work on for our anniversary. We’ll keep at it and hope to solve this one to commemorate four years of marriage!
Many happy returns!
I, like you, celebrated my anniversary yesterday. But I knew better than to try to peek a glance at the puzzle until today. My better half is usually very tolerant of my interest in crossword puzzles - but I didn't want to push my luck!
I am in the same boat, May 13 anniversary, 32 years but waited until today to get started! And I am still on the boat. Congratulations to the happily married couples.
23 years on 27 May - but we celebrate according the Hebrew calender - 2 Sivan!
KDubs wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:18 pm
Solved the grid (with only a couple of Googles, which is a big thing for us with a Shenk puzzle!), but still searching for a lead on the meta. Hubs and I are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary today (been together nine years), and crosswords were one of the first things we ever did together. I think it was about five years ago we discovered meta crossword puzzles, so it’s kinda special we have one to work on for our anniversary. We’ll keep at it and hope to solve this one to commemorate four years of marriage!
Happy anniversary! One year on our anniversary my husband took me to meet Will Shortz. Best gift ever! And most likely the cheapest.
Thank you so much! And whoa, what an anniversary gift to aspire to!
It was just an amazing coincidence. He was speaking at the Charlotte Public Library on our actual anniversary. The icing on the cake was........the audience played all sorts of word games and I was the winner! So I also got a whole stack of his crossword books - autographed. Total investment $20. Total return -priceless!
On shore! Since it’s morning, I also think a cappuccino sounds amazing.. or maybe just a shot of Baileys in my morning cup o’Joe, cause IT’S MY BIRTHDAY AND I JUST GOT THE META! Actually didn’t have time to tackle it yesterday (work, visitors), so it’ll be a double-solve day once Gaffney’s posts.
I thought this one was a great “think about it” puzzle... lots of ways to interpret the various clues and nudges in the puzzle, and a couple of minor aha moments before the big AHA moment. That’s good fun.
Someone on page one said they had seen that only 40 answers had been submitted so far at that point... where are you seeing these stats?
HeadinHome wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 9:36 am
On shore! Since it’s morning, I also think a cappuccino sounds amazing.. or maybe just a shot of Baileys in my morning cup o’Joe, cause IT’S MY BIRTHDAY AND I JUST GOT THE META! Actually didn’t have time to tackle it yesterday (work, visitors), so it’ll be a double-solve day once Gaffney’s posts.
I thought this one was a great “think about it” puzzle... lots of ways to interpret the various clues and nudges in the puzzle, and a couple of minor aha moments before the big AHA moment. That’s good fun.
Someone on page one said they had seen that only 40 answers had been submitted so far at that point... where are you seeing these stats?
HeadinHome wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 9:36 am
On shore! Since it’s morning, I also think a cappuccino sounds amazing.. or maybe just a shot of Baileys in my morning cup o’Joe, cause IT’S MY BIRTHDAY AND I JUST GOT THE META! Actually didn’t have time to tackle it yesterday (work, visitors), so it’ll be a double-solve day once Gaffney’s posts.
I thought this one was a great “think about it” puzzle... lots of ways to interpret the various clues and nudges in the puzzle, and a couple of minor aha moments before the big AHA moment. That’s good fun.
Someone on page one said they had seen that only 40 answers had been submitted so far at that point... where are you seeing these stats?
