"That's A Plus" - November 8, 2019
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DaveKennison
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As others have said, the Saturday WSJ is (IMESHO) a masterpiece! As I just said on another site, it reminded me of the first time I ever saw a Rubik’s cube and said to myself, “How is that even possible?!”.
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lusophile
- Posts: 29
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:20 am
Slept on my pageant concerns, decided what the heck, and swam to shore. If incorrect I'll have plenty of company.
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Susan Goldberg
- Posts: 447
- Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:16 pm
- Location: Wellesley, MA
Got to the puzzle late this week, having been away. But, happy to report pretty quickly on shore with what I’m sure will be ridiculous odds on the mug!
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ky-mike
- Posts: 2623
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:22 pm
- Location: Near Louisville Ky
Count me on shore as well. Had an answer Thursday evening, but just wanted to think about it some more. Nothing new has come to me, so I guess that my original answer is what Matt is looking for this week.
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Bob cruise director
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- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:38 pm
- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Good Sunday morning muggles. We have had a steady stream of muggles getting to shore and a steady stream of limericks (and great cartoon Bird Lives)
At present we have two muggles keeping Isaac company until they depart for the shore and 125 on the shore with various levels of trepidation.
On the ship contemplating whether this is another Pageant (and yes we are all scarred from the experience a couple of years ago) are KTWhitaker and Tom S
Making their way to the shore since yesterday are
MajorDomoTom
lusophile
ccmac
Barbara K
Kay who was there but I missed her and got limericked
Gwyneth
DrTom
spotter
Kas
ky-mike
and Susan G
more to come ashore as the afternoon goes on I am sure
At present we have two muggles keeping Isaac company until they depart for the shore and 125 on the shore with various levels of trepidation.
On the ship contemplating whether this is another Pageant (and yes we are all scarred from the experience a couple of years ago) are KTWhitaker and Tom S
Making their way to the shore since yesterday are
MajorDomoTom
lusophile
ccmac
Barbara K
Kay who was there but I missed her and got limericked
Gwyneth
DrTom
spotter
Kas
ky-mike
and Susan G
more to come ashore as the afternoon goes on I am sure
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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Jeff S
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After two weeks enjoying Isaac's company, I'm declaring myself onshore, despite my unease with the fact that the simple answer we're finding lacks the usual elegance and symmetry we've come to expect. As the French say, à suivre...
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jag
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- Joined: Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:02 am
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Richard
- Posts: 376
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I have out of the country and only had an iPhone so missed a couple of weeks.
Got in today, totally jet lagged and still see what I think must be the answer.
When they look this squeezy, then I am usually wrong.
Count me on shore anyway.
Richard
Got in today, totally jet lagged and still see what I think must be the answer.
When they look this squeezy, then I am usually wrong.
Count me on shore anyway.
Richard
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MajordomoTom
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- Location: St. Louis, MO
the "symmetry" you seek is in the puzzle answers themselves - look closer and you'll no longer be "non-plussed".
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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rexthree
- Posts: 149
- Joined: Sun Nov 10, 2019 6:49 pm
discovered this forum a few weeks ago and have enjoyed the comments and banter, so decided to come aboard and join the fun.
struggled last week but happy to be on shore this week.
--- rex
struggled last week but happy to be on shore this week.
--- rex
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BarbaraK
- Posts: 2970
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:37 pm
- Location: Virginia
Welcome! Always great to have more muggles!rexthree wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:18 pm discovered this forum a few weeks ago and have enjoyed the comments and banter, so decided to come aboard and join the fun.
struggled last week but happy to be on shore this week.
--- rex
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Bob cruise director
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- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Welcome to the clan. Good luck winning the mug and getting metas in the futurerexthree wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:18 pm discovered this forum a few weeks ago and have enjoyed the comments and banter, so decided to come aboard and join the fun.
struggled last week but happy to be on shore this week.
--- rex
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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MaineMarge
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Good night and sleep tight Muggles. We all gave it our best pageant shot, so now it’s in the emcee Mike Miller’s hands to announce the winner. Good luck to all. 
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Louwers
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Safely ashore with the easiest swim I can remember... just hope I am on the correct island!
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Tom Shea
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- Location: Freedonia, NH/VT/HI/Earth
Swam to the crowded shore.
Still not convinced we're not all at the mythical Pageant Island. Where you can check in, but never win.
Still not convinced we're not all at the mythical Pageant Island. Where you can check in, but never win.
Rufus T. Firefly
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Bob cruise director
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Our final count is 131 on the shore. Close to the record but no cigar (sorry Rufus T Firefly)
Also we have our 498th muggle - rexthree
Since noon jag, Jeff S, Richard, rex, Louwers and Tom S have made it to the shore.
Only a couple more hours to find out if the contest was squeezy and we are paranoid or we got pageanted once again
Also we have our 498th muggle - rexthree
Since noon jag, Jeff S, Richard, rex, Louwers and Tom S have made it to the shore.
Only a couple more hours to find out if the contest was squeezy and we are paranoid or we got pageanted once again
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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sphorning
- Posts: 118
- Joined: Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:24 pm
- Location: Steamboat Springs, CO
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Jeremy Smith
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- Location: Tampa Bay area
If we find that this was a pageant,
And our answer was just not what Matt meant;
We’ll take solace in knowing
That OUR beach was overflowing
With all the fun muggles that went.
And our answer was just not what Matt meant;
We’ll take solace in knowing
That OUR beach was overflowing
With all the fun muggles that went.
Last edited by Jeremy Smith on Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:28 am, edited 1 time in total.
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MajordomoTom
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- Location: St. Louis, MO
Sweetbreads are truly awful
and they are also offal
muggles don't eat them
and they don't like them
the shore is getting all full
and they are also offal
muggles don't eat them
and they don't like them
the shore is getting all full
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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FrankH
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