There is a meating of punsters each year, they hold it at the European Headquarters of a popular computer company; Dell Monaco. You really have to be careful driving there though because though the streets are small, being the site of the Grand Prix people drive very fast and it is easy to get t-boned.HunterX wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:43 pmSeems the name "Tom" on this bboard implies an affinity for puns? You and Dr. Tom had better gird your loins for a pun-off, and hope they don't get tender. Whoever wins will be knighted Sir Loin!MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:51 pm Dr. Tom probably hasn't "herd" your response. If he has, he's be"side" himself.
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One of those unfortunate vehicles was full of tourists from Canada, all RCMP. In the capital, it was known as the mountie carload.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:35 pmThere is a meating of punsters each year, they hold it at the European Headquarters of a popular computer company; Dell Monaco. You really have to be careful driving there though because though the streets are small, being the site of the Grand Prix people drive very fast and it is easy to get t-boned.HunterX wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:43 pmSeems the name "Tom" on this bboard implies an affinity for puns? You and Dr. Tom had better gird your loins for a pun-off, and hope they don't get tender. Whoever wins will be knighted Sir Loin!MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:51 pm Dr. Tom probably hasn't "herd" your response. If he has, he's be"side" himself.
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𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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Yes but the laws there are written to protect the Principality so the rule let them off the hook which put a whole new spin on things because although they had the perpetrators they couldn't hold em. The remaining Canadians had no way to get home as I remember so they put them on the Chemin de Fer, after they carded them of course. They have talked about improving safety by having all machinery fitted for a device that would keep them aligned with a groove in the road to better insure they stayed on track, these will be called slot machines.Bird Lives wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:40 pmOne of those unfortunate vehicles was full of tourists from Canada, all RCMP. In the capital, it was known as the mountie carload.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:35 pmThere is a meating of punsters each year, they hold it at the European Headquarters of a popular computer company; Dell Monaco. You really have to be careful driving there though because though the streets are small, being the site of the Grand Prix people drive very fast and it is easy to get t-boned.
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𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
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𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
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My Catnaps usually take place in a chair rather than in the bed, but I got this one, anyway. Saw the unusual number of "Z"s right away but wondered why they were all on the left side of the grid. Counting to the right from each "Z" explained it.
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I didn’t think 11 down and 34 down were great clues
The title and the 6 Zs in the grid led me to the answer
The title and the 6 Zs in the grid led me to the answer
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Too clever for me. I submitted ZODIAC because each of those letters were in the nine o'clock position of an across and down clue embedded (in bed) in the other - but it only worked because I misspelled ZOLA as Zole - Lopez, Ontap - pant, Drruth - thru, Ipa - imapc, Apo - atop, Cpas - scraps. Anybody else see that? Thought it was topical because the winter solstice and the recent de-cyphering of one of the cryptic clues from the Zodiac killer.
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Well this week, thanks to a helpful nudge from a fellow muggle, I learned that a standard snooze time is 9 minutes (my hazy recollection was 10). I have to say, if I hadn't been told that, I still would not have been able to make sense of the "official" explanation.
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For me, all the Zees were a clear indicator that something was going on with them.
And the fact that the 3 pairs of them were all separated from each other in some sort of "super knight" chess move frustrated me for a while, but proved useless.
The only letter in any direction that the Z's shared in common was to the right, so I got "zo ze zo ze zo ze", but I guess that's more about which vowels work with z unless you're coming up "zilch".
We get it, these are all unique. It just took me a while to finally get it!
And the fact that the 3 pairs of them were all separated from each other in some sort of "super knight" chess move frustrated me for a while, but proved useless.
The only letter in any direction that the Z's shared in common was to the right, so I got "zo ze zo ze zo ze", but I guess that's more about which vowels work with z unless you're coming up "zilch".
We get it, these are all unique. It just took me a while to finally get it!
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disagree, I needed 34 down to Google the standard snooze time in order to get the puzzle.
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The iPhone borrowed the 9-minute interval from alarm clocks that preceded it. There’s a great word, which unfortunately I have forgotten, that refers to newer technology retaining features of forerunner technology although it’s unnecessary, usually because the older technology has become so familiar that users expect it. An example would be digital clocks that add sounds made by old clocks. In any case, the iPhone 9-minute snooze interval is akin to that: they could certainly choose to make it whatever they want, but mechanical clocks had it at 9 minutes, so they kept that.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1479471 ... e-minutes/
A more complete investigation into “why 9 minutes?” here:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/rea ... es-not-ten
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I finished the grid, but stayed at sea all weekend. Now that I see the solution it finally makes sense why all the Zs were on the left. Nice construction MG, and good solve to those who got it!
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I have often wondered why the snooze button adds 9 minutes and not 10, but have been too lazy - yes, I hit “snooze” every morning without fail - to Google the question for an answer. This puzzle finally got me off my butt and now I know. I’m convinced this is the reason this one came to me so easily.
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I seem to recall a note from Matt in MGWCC a week or two ago saying that a puzzle or a solution description was delayed because he overslept. I thought perhaps that was the inspiration for this one. Enjoyed it very much.
Stay well all
Stay well all
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I got the gist of theme very quickly, but I thought (and still think) that it made more sense to count the distance between each snooze (Z). So I spent a bit of time counting such as starting on the first Z to the next Z (something like 54 squares), using black squares or not, including the Z squares in the count or not, and my favorite Starting the count at box 9 because that’s when you went to bed and set the clock.
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I also got the meta from the Z's and the title as 11D meant nothing to me. I was highly distracted by the 20 O's scattered throughout the grid especially after the meta Monday braille meta last week.
And I pursued minutes both from a time sense and a longitude/latitude sense with no value. And since 11D focused on squares, FWIW there are 39 black squares in the grid.
And I pursued minutes both from a time sense and a longitude/latitude sense with no value. And since 11D focused on squares, FWIW there are 39 black squares in the grid.
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