Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:11 am
Cat's out and dining happily!
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MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
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Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 6:06 am
Toonces is off the couch and driving me to the restaurant.
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:23 am
Cat's gone.
Thanks for the puzzle!
Thanks for the puzzle!
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:52 am
Funny that you should ask, Cynthia. Leave it to me to come up with something else!CPJohnson wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:41 pm Pretty sure I got it; what else could it be?
Confirmed. Thanks, Josh!
I'm blaming an encounter with a puzzle from over 6 months ago for being a bad influence in this case -- no details now as it could serve as an "anti" spoiler.
Apologies to anyone I led astray with what I was certain was the correct answer! As you say -- What else could it be?!
Time for my punishment!
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:57 am
I printed off the puzzle early in the morning yesterday so I could take it to work. The previous title was showing at that time. So, that obviously wasn't the answer. I spent a long time trying to figure out what the meta answer could possibly be. When I came back here to look at comments, I couldn't find the title I was looking for. Thought, "Well, it's happened. The cheese has fully slipped off the cracker!"madhatter5 wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:50 pm Well, as I had been informed I screwed up and had the wrong title on the URL of the puzzle which may have given away the answerIt is fixed now. So sorry about that.
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:24 am
The Cat is OUT!
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:25 pm
The cat is out of the lunch sack. Delicious meta, Josh. Thanks.
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 5:40 pm
So sorry I meant to do this but things got in the way and now I won't have my computer available for a while
EDIT: Done
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:44 pm
Submitted... 
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 3:25 pm
Any nudges coming soon?
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 3:52 pm
Yep!
P.S. I've bitten the bullet and am starting to post my old puzzles on Crosshare. Should have done it a while ago. It was funny to see some Muggles on the Github issues page
P.S. I've bitten the bullet and am starting to post my old puzzles on Crosshare. Should have done it a while ago. It was funny to see some Muggles on the Github issues page
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 1:23 pm
With the nudges, the cat has been released.
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:07 pm
Solution (courtesy of Bird Lives): McDonalds
(AU = gold, as in the Golden Arches)
(AU = gold, as in the Golden Arches)
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:34 pm
I actually solved the rather "tricky" puzzle The 5 W's last November. Obviously, I was so taken with my moment of glory that I really took the mechanism of that one to heart.whimsy wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:52 amFunny that you should ask, Cynthia. Leave it to me to come up with something else!CPJohnson wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:41 pm Pretty sure I got it; what else could it be?
Confirmed. Thanks, Josh!
I'm blaming an encounter with a puzzle from over 6 months ago for being a bad influence in this case -- no details now as it could serve as an "anti" spoiler.
So this time when I saw an A between two U's in several instances -- because all the additional A's and U's were only there for distraction, of course!
-- I knew the answer had to be --
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:44 pm
Would you have also accepted "McDowells, home of the Golden Arcs"?madhatter5 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:07 pm Solution (courtesy of Bird Lives): McDonalds
(AU = gold, as in the Golden Arches)
mcd.PNG
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:12 pm
Was The 5 W’S a madhatter puzzle?whimsy wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:34 pmI actually solved the rather "tricky" puzzle The 5 W's last November. Obviously, I was so taken with my moment of glory that I really took the mechanism of that one to heart.whimsy wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:52 amFunny that you should ask, Cynthia. Leave it to me to come up with something else!CPJohnson wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:41 pm Pretty sure I got it; what else could it be?
Confirmed. Thanks, Josh!
I'm blaming an encounter with a puzzle from over 6 months ago for being a bad influence in this case -- no details now as it could serve as an "anti" spoiler.
So this time when I saw an A between two U's in several instances -- because all the additional A's and U's were only there for distraction, of course!
I knew the answer had to be --
CaptureA&W.PNG
At least my solution also involved an equally elegant and refined dining establishment, and my classy kitty still applies!
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:17 pm
@CPJohnson No -- it was a WSJ --
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-five-w ... 1636465772
I've forgotten how to reference something within the forum, but our conversation is around November 12, 2021.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-five-w ... 1636465772
I've forgotten how to reference something within the forum, but our conversation is around November 12, 2021.
Re: MEOW #86: Expensive Taste
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:19 pm
Thanks, Joe!