"Three Little Words" - August 6, 2021

[SReh26]

Ashore. Back in the country now after a month in Russia, and I must say that in general, this is much easier with access to a printer. I was a little preoccupied [then] , but Google confirmed I have the right handle.

[Then], you say?

[Note: Good muggles, let's be less specific in narrowing parameters of meta answers, please.]

[mheverson]

Ashore.

[Cosmo]

On shore! Had to make it past one little red herring but eventually I found my way!

[SReh26]

I have three little words for my nudgees in the back row:

YOU GOT THIS!!

(ie, this is doable for a newbie who still has a normal, non-meta-adapted brain)

ie, non metastasized

[higgysue]

I’m on shore. Once again, I forgot what day it was. Once again, I have never heard of this song. Fun puzzle.

[woozy]

Just to be different, I'm going to say this is the hardest meta I've ever seen and its the only one I've seen where there is utterly no sign of a mechanism at all. Utterly no visible mechanism at all.

That's what I'm going to say... whether it is true or not...

Well, I have a hunch what the answer is (the only song in the last 20 years I've ever heard of) and in idea for the mechanism but utterly *no* way at all to make it work. Not just that I can see it but it can't actually exist.... *sigh*.

[DannyWalter]

Protest! That's 50% more words than last week! This is word inflation!

But I can handle it. "Hello AGAIN, Isaac".

[Joe Ross]

I'm not asea.

[jimmyd]

Panicked for a few minutes, but took a deep breath and collected myself… floated right up onto the shore

[Tina]

On shore!

[Henry Paul]

On the beach.

Way more satisfying "Aha" than last week's. Nice to have young people at home able to identify the song.

As for the cocktail, one son had a "Last Word" so let's go with that.

A good weekend to all. Stay safe.

[sanmilton]

Hugglety, mugglety,
Three little words should be
Etymological
Pieces of cake.

Four or more words would be
Impetuosity.
Fewer than three? No, a
Mug is at stake!

[steveb]

Good puzzle - made me work for it a "little" bit, but I am now on shore, with the tiki torches helpfully illuminating my middle-of-the-night arrival.

[Miki]

Got it. This week in West Virginia.
Ready for next Friday's contest: "four little words"

[hoover]

Three little words: haven't a clue.

[lacangah]

Ashore! Surprised at making it on Thursday

[Commodore]

Late night solve.

[Cindy]

Solved. Yesterday. Forgot to post.

[Joepickett]

Got it. This week in West Virginia.
Ready for next Friday's contest: "four little words"

For me, most of the time, working the puzzle leads to "four letter words"

[SReh26]

Update: officially, confirmed ashore, with a bottle of champagne!

Cabana guy is singing “You Did It!” from Pygmalion in a key of Pickering. Thank heavens for Zoltan Karparthy. If he hadn’t been there, I’d have died of boredom... !