"Following Directions" - May 14, 2021
- mheberlingx100
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Grid was fine, but dead ends so far on meta. Maybe it will help to sleep on it.
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Well, post-inspiration works quickly. I think I have found my way to the shore.
- TMart
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Alas, GIBBERISH is a 9LW.
- Joepickett
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Ok finally got it. I'm turning in. That was exhausting.Joepickett wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 9:05 pmOk now I understand what I need to do. Post enlightenment huh?Joepickett wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 8:47 pm Lots of letters that seem to go with each other but I cannot make anything out of it.
- sharkicicles
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I actually thought of a really cool graphical nudge for this one.
- Joe Ross
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Shocked that you're shocked. In my mind, you've elevated yourself to one of this site's dozen-ish supersolvers in the last several months. I'd say muggles are used to seeing you solving quickly. Good work!
- TeaJenny
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Isaac, another round.
Got the grid; stuck on the meta.
Got the grid; stuck on the meta.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. ~C.S. Lewis
- sharkicicles
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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.MamaE wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 8:10 pmThat's Larry Bud Melman to you
I miss Dave....at his best he was amazing.
- DannyWalter
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My all time favorite was velcro night. Dave gets into a velcro suit, jumps off a trampoline and THWOCK - he's stuck to the wall. Perhaps the dumbest, greatest thing ever done on TV. I was still laughing after the commercial break. I'm laughing right now at the image of Dave trying to turn his head to the camera to go to commercial.sharkicicles wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 11:56 pmI'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.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled struggle with the meta puzzle. Film at eleven.
- jimmyd
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- DrTom
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Well up until 10 minutes ago I was as stuck as Dave Letterman. Mine wasn't velcro but a stubborn unwillingness to do what I was told. Once I took my blinders off and got started the path was as clear as any Mr. Schenk usually comes up with. Very nice puzzle with a clear AHA.
On a slightly related note, did anyone else see that the answer to the Bonus Round on WOF Wednesday was PAGEANT JUDGE. I think the contestant had the letters
_ _ G E _ N T _ _ D G E
I yelled out PAGEANT JUDGE and my wife said "how in the hell did you get that?" It took a while to fill her in, and I got my usual head shake/eye roll. 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. I had to then explain it was MUGGLES, not muggers and why we had that name. I got the same head shake/eye roll from her friend...
On a slightly related note, did anyone else see that the answer to the Bonus Round on WOF Wednesday was PAGEANT JUDGE. I think the contestant had the letters
_ _ G E _ N T _ _ D G E
I yelled out PAGEANT JUDGE and my wife said "how in the hell did you get that?" It took a while to fill her in, and I got my usual head shake/eye roll. 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. I had to then explain it was MUGGLES, not muggers and why we had that name. I got the same head shake/eye roll from her friend...
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!
- DaveKennison
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Ashore (but only after swimming in random directions for a couple of hours). Lovely puzzle, lovely meta, and I’m glad to have my weekend free to lie on the beach and veg out ... .
- DrTom
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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:
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"
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:
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"
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!
- sharkicicles
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well, if it was near the urinals, that probably would not have been the cleanest rest stop in the country.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"
- sharkicicles
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Velcro Dave was another classic. And then there were the Super Dave Osborne interviews. I only learned recently that Super Dave was actually Bob Einstein, brother of Albert Brooks. Talk about the... Einsteins of comedy.DannyWalter wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 12:33 amMy all time favorite was velcro night. Dave gets into a velcro suit, jumps off a trampoline and THWOCK - he's stuck to the wall. Perhaps the dumbest, greatest thing ever done on TV. I was still laughing after the commercial break. I'm laughing right now at the image of Dave trying to turn his head to the camera to go to commercial.sharkicicles wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 11:56 pmI'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.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled struggle with the meta puzzle. Film at eleven.
- camandsampowercouple
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Had a sudden aha moment while I was reading my book. I put the book down and spent about an hour staring at the puzzle and made another realization. Still, it feels like I am nowhere closer to an answer than I was before.
- camandsampowercouple
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Oh boy, it finally came together. That was such a fun puzzle!
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