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Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:55 pm
by Cindy
BrianMac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:01 pm
I just realized I submitted the wrong answer. I think a fair number of people are going to be unpleasantly surprised tomorrow.
Did we get pageanted?
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:04 pm
by MarkL
Cindy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:55 pm
BrianMac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:01 pm
I just realized I submitted the wrong answer. I think a fair number of people are going to be unpleasantly surprised tomorrow.
Did we get pageanted?
Not a "pageant," but a potential opportunity to benefit from diligence. Saying no more.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:21 pm
by Ronaldo
MarkL wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:04 pm
Cindy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:55 pm
BrianMac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:01 pm
I just realized I submitted the wrong answer. I think a fair number of people are going to be unpleasantly surprised tomorrow.
Did we get pageanted?
Not a "pageant," but a potential opportunity to benefit from diligence. Saying no more.
Agreed
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:30 pm
by Devilbunny
On shore. Did the puzzle Thursday afternoon, saw the first step then but didn't actually bother to look seriously at the meta until today. This one was right up my alley. Sometimes that's all you need.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:38 pm
by Susan Goldberg
Phew. It took me all weekend looking and relooking at this. But I think I got it.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:43 pm
by oldjudge
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:44 am
TPS wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:14 am
This has been a strange weekend - since I finished the WSJCC on Thursday I ended up doing the Saturday puzzle on Friday - normally when I do the Sat puzzle on Fri I end up only doing half and then doing the other half on Sat but this week the Sat puzzle was so easy I ended up having it done very quickly. So I decided to attempt my first this MG puzzle in his Mental Floss book - that grid was tough and I ended up having to look up a couple answers - fortunately the meta was very obvious and I was able to see it before I finished the grid. So now I am debating on whether I want to work another of the Mental Floss puzzle’s.
I bought all the Mental Floss books and Peter Gordon's "___ingly Hard" books. They helped me *a lot*!
Funny, I started the Mental Floss book this weekend also. The first puzzle actually stumped me for a while since I wasn’t up on my fables. However, you can skip 2 and 3 (as far as I have gone). The grids are fine, but the metas are very easy.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:46 pm
by oldjudge
Cindy-I may be missing something, but I don’t see a pageant step in this one.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:58 pm
by KayW
Ruh-roh. I am now wondering if I found a) the elegant path to the correct answer b) the less elegant path to the correct answer or c) BrianMac's rabbit hole...
I'd like to think I found "a" - my answer seems 100% to me. But I am not going to ass-U-me anything. And I'm looking forward to hearing the explanation for all three!
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:02 pm
by Eric Porter
I'm also confused about the potential PAGEANT on this one. I didn't see it. You did make me double check my work and I just noticed something that makes me even more sure. I don't see any possible way my answer could be wrong.
I'll check back when the contest closes because I'm curious.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:05 pm
by TPS
If I learned one thing in law school that has kept me from having to deal with a lot of idiots who think they are funny - it’s train yourself never to use the word
KayW wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:58 pm
ass-U-me
Use the word Presume instead.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:13 pm
by KayW
TPS wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:05 pm
If I learned one thing in law school that has kept me from having to deal with a lot of idiots who think they are funny - it’s train yourself never to use the word
KayW wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:58 pm
ass-U-me
Use the word Presume instead.
I got that from my "legal education" as well. But mine was probably a different school than yours...
Felix Unger Assume
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:15 pm
by Cindy
oldjudge wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:46 pm
Cindy-I may be missing something, but I don’t see a pageant step in this one.
I now know what was submitted by some others . But I cannot say more. I am sure what I submitted was correct.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:15 pm
by MajordomoTom
LadyBird wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:10 am
eagle1279 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:53 am
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:37 pm
This week's Pick a Side, Any Side:
"Water under the bridge."
versus
"Water over the dam."
“Water under the bridge.”
(Or “Toothpaste Out of the Tube.”)
When the kids were little, we did an object lesson on how you can't take your (mean) words back. We gave them each a little tube of toothpaste and had them squeeze out as much as they wanted. Then we said we would give them $20 if they could get it all back in the tube. They tried mightily. And then the tears started. Never could get around to making the DESIRED point. But they do still remember their lost $20!
undo the crimp on the end of the tube, put the cap on, and shove it in the way it was filled.
$20 please
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:16 pm
by FrankieHeck
Cindy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:55 pm
BrianMac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:01 pm
I just realized I submitted the wrong answer. I think a fair number of people are going to be unpleasantly surprised tomorrow.
Did we get pageanted?
Maybe he got hammed.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:17 pm
by MajordomoTom
HAMER KOP'd?
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:19 pm
by BrianMac
FrankieHeck wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:16 pm
Cindy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:55 pm
BrianMac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:01 pm
I just realized I submitted the wrong answer. I think a fair number of people are going to be unpleasantly surprised tomorrow.
Did we get pageanted?
Maybe he got hammed.
I got grilled.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:26 pm
by boharr
KayW wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:58 pm
And I'm looking forward to hearing the explanation for all three!
Indeed
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:30 pm
by edot
Ashore! Fun one.
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:39 pm
by LadyBird
MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:15 pm
LadyBird wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:10 am
eagle1279 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:53 am
“Water under the bridge.”
(Or “Toothpaste Out of the Tube.”)
When the kids were little, we did an object lesson on how you can't take your (mean) words back. We gave them each a little tube of toothpaste and had them squeeze out as much as they wanted. Then we said we would give them $20 if they could get it all back in the tube. They tried mightily. And then the tears started. Never could get around to making the DESIRED point. But they do still remember their lost $20!
undo the crimp on the end of the tube, put the cap on, and shove it in the way it was filled.
$20 please
I'll pick up your tab at the bar! And I'll have to share that with the kids. LOL
Re: "Tormented Artists" - July 31, 2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:47 pm
by LadyBird
We're vacationing in the Eastern time zone and now I'm going to have to stay up until midnight (instead of my usual 11) to see if I got it right. Or if I got pageanted or grilled or hamerkop'd or....