Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:16 pm
Yeah, the PRISM clue in the important center spot was the rabbit hole I was referring to that I couldn't shake. There was the word LIGHT(S) coming at it from the left (as we're always shown in a Prism graphic), and, looking at the title -- Variety Show -- I couldn't stop looking for ROYGBIV, or RAINBOW or the color names, or something (a show of a variety of colors). As for a 10-letter answer, I was trying to force "Refraction." It was so hard to ignore it and get Over the Rainbow. Okay, I'll leave now.
Not sure whether to listen to Judy Garland or Pink Floyd!
Muggles' posts for this puzzle were extraordinary.
CallMeShane had a post that should be referenced for years to come:
CallMeShane wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:10 am
Midnight Loo Inspiration
Not for the first time, I found inspiration while drifting off to sleep after my bazillionth trip to the loo to service my aged bladder, whose suppleness approaches boiled leather ("TMI, Shane!" I can hear the wailing ...)
I am mentally reviewing the grid when... click (what's that sound)... breadcrumb... loose thread... wascally wabbit?
Like Nero Wolfe catching the first faint whiff of motive, I examine the loose thread and keep pulling. Ten minutes of mental exercise and ...
BANGO!!!!
First instinct is to bolt upright, fill my lungs, and scream "I JUST SOLVED THE META!"
Instead, in an abundance of consideration for my beloved, long suffering wife, without whom I would soon be subsisting on beans and beer, I crept like a ninja out of bed, walked on cat's paws to the desk, fumbled silently for pen and paper, wrote the answer, and left it on the keyboard, where I found it this morning.
What makes a man leap out of the bath and run naked through the streets of Syracuse screaming "EUREKA!!!!"?
I understand Archimedes perfectly. As, I am certain, do the rest of our merry band.
Many others also induced guffaws, but Wendy had me chuckling a full two minutes, which is a long time to be giggling like an idiot. My son timed me and came in from another room to be sure that I hadn't finally, officially cracked up:
Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:57 am
But can we believe you?
DrTom, always hilarious, also had perfect timing:
DrTom wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:41 am
lacangah wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:16 am
I was in a ‘variety of languages’ box canyon for a day or two. ‘Octo-poulet-etats-pho...’ - que?
Good health and good luck (mugwise) to you all,
Oh, I was in a "variety" of languages before I finally got the solution, and I may even have uttered your last two words more than once....thankfully salvation arrived.
Al should nominated 'Grandfather of the Decade', if not the century:
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:26 am
So yeah, my "story" is going to be nothing more than a quick description of "La chasse du lapine." But I did want to mention something cool I'm doing with my grandkids (I never had grandparents, so I wasn't familiar with the whole "when I was young, my grandfather used to..." kind of thing). But I've always done mystery hunts with my kids, and now my grandkids -- you know, read a clue which leads you to another clue, etc., until you find the treasure. But this time, I'm writing a kids mystery in the style of the old Juvenile Fiction mystery books -- even using the same font and style. They are the characters -- the Adventure Kids Detective Agency -- and I mail them a chapter every week or so which, so far, sets up the story and had them solve a coded message from Mr. E who has heard of their agency, and wants to hire them to find his lost [something or other]. Eventually, it'll get out of the book phase and into the physical stage, where they'll have to solve puzzles, collect objects to use later on (e.g., they might get a blank sheet of paper and remember that they found a black light a couple of steps ago...). They're loving it, I'm loving it... and hopefully someday they'll tell their kids "when I was young, my grandfather used to..."
So many contribute their wit & warmth to help us all mentally survive these trying times. It's impossible to recognize each muggle fairly. I hope I speak for everyone in thanking all muggles for contributing to this community.
Is it Thursday, yet?