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Joe Ross
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#21
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by Joe Ross » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:41 pm
Meg wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:37 pm
Late start. Puppy duty. On the board. # 111! Wondering what the WSJ Saturday variety puzzle will be.....
Meg,
Rule Number One of puppy ownership is that you must bore the shinola out of everyone with whom you come in contact with photos of the wretched thing.
Do your job!
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#22
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by ricky » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:47 pm
On the board. Solve time 15m total. Probably helped to have MG's WSJ meta as a warmup. I liked this one overall.
Meg
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#23
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by Meg » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:48 pm
Joe Ross wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:41 pm
Meg wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:37 pm
Late start. Puppy duty. On the board. # 111! Wondering what the WSJ Saturday variety puzzle will be.....
Meg,
Rule Number One of puppy ownership is that you must bore the shinola out of everyone with whom you come in contact with photos of the wretched thing.
Do your job!
Is this what you wanted?
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Bob cruise director
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#24
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by Bob cruise director » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:48 pm
When I look at my phone apps, I have only 50 apps of which 9 have two words. And my suspicion that my photography apps and similar others do not fall into the category of "well known". This may be a struggle.
Bob Stevens
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oldjudge
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#25
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by oldjudge » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:53 pm
I think I know what Yogi Berra would have said if he did metas.
MajordomoTom
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by MajordomoTom » Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:05 pm
And now I'm beamed up (confirmed), so heading to the 1A bar.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
MikeM000
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Location: Metro Detroit
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by MikeM000 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:17 pm
Beamed...another one without a strong click but I'm on the board so *shrugs*.
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#28
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by joequavis » Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:27 pm
Requesting transport. Preparing for snow!!
JordanianTomlinson
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#29
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by JordanianTomlinson » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:00 pm
My favorite apps are the ones before my entrรฉe.
-Liz Lemon
Also beam me up
MikeM000
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Location: Metro Detroit
#31
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by MikeM000 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:44 pm
JordanianTomlinson wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:00 pm
My favorite apps are the ones before my entrรฉe.
-Liz Lemon
Also beam me up
"I'm still not embarrassed that a question in a '30 Under 30' interview I did asked my favorite app and I replied 'potato skins'".
-Katie Nolan
Dplass
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#32
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by Dplass » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:45 pm
Not a super solid click but I submitted something. Still don't know how someone can solve this in 1 minute. Props to them.
Dplass
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#33
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by Dplass » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:56 pm
oldjudge wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:53 pm
I think I know what Yogi Berra would have said if he did metas.
When you get to the fork in the road, take it?
oldjudge
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Location: Pasadena, CA
#34
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by oldjudge » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:23 pm
Dplass wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:56 pm
oldjudge wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:53 pm
I think I know what Yogi Berra would have said if he did metas.
When you get to the fork in the road, take it?
No, nor is it: โNobody goes there any more; itโs too crowdedโ
Jeremy Smith
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#35
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by Jeremy Smith » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:40 pm
I finally had the courage to submit my original answer, and I am now beamed up. I had this answer only minutes after completing the grid, but the lack of a definitive aha moment made this play somewhat more difficult than a week 1 for me. Nevertheless, I did enjoy this meta.
Jeremy Smith
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#36
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by Jeremy Smith » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:42 pm
Dplass wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:56 pm
oldjudge wrote: โ Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:53 pm
I think I know what Yogi Berra would have said if he did metas.
When you get to the fork in the road, take it?
Nope. But I know which one it is.
lbray53
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#37
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by lbray53 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:16 pm
Solved and submitted. Based on the chatter on here I think I am correct, so once again I am saying, "Beam Me Up and I hope I end up in the transporter room instead of scattered throughout the universe".
EDIT: Safely aboard!
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lbray53 on Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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ky-mike
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#38
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by ky-mike » Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:28 pm
Beamed up!
Dplass
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#39
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by Dplass » Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:39 pm
Beamed up
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#40
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by MikeyG » Fri Mar 12, 2021 6:00 pm
Curious on the comparison between this and last week, both of which seem Week 2-ey. Number of correct entries might be close for both.
If you don't get this one right away, it's a pain in the app.