"Front-End Alignment"

[whimsy]

Be sure you pop over to the MEOW if you want another dose of me! (luckily I am not habit forming...which in my case naturally would entail sewing a lot of black material together)

"Good one, DrTom!"

[HunterX]

I do believe I have abandoned the rabbit holes and left the couch. How did rabbits ever get into this couch and dig so many holes anyway? Serves me right for buying a couch with Down cushions off a Ship on the Water.. going backwards, I guess.... (That was too much of a stretch even for me. You may groan now.)

Awaiting confirmation.

Edit: Confirmed.

[rjy]

Be sure you pop over to the MEOW if you want another dose of me! (luckily I am not habit forming...which in my case naturally would entail sewing a lot of black material together)

I did pop over, debagged the feline and am back, likely to hang around for awhile.

So. Many. Rabbit holes.

Will be anxious to hear the post-puzzle commentary as to whether all this was intentional. But DrTom did not disappoint with his cluing

[minimuggle]

Enjoyed the puzzle. Thanks so much! I might be off the couch but waiting confirmation.

Confirmed. I am indeed happily off the couch and enjoying a sunny day here in NYC

[DrTom]

Wednesday Morning (OK, afternoon, I got busy with the MEOW, sorry) Nudges

NUDGES:
Nudge 1: Don’t think of the title as just a title. Think of it as a suggestion.

Nudge 2: The original name of this was Alpha and Omega

Nudge 3: Automobile manufacturer, where did I say automobile manufacturer?

[DrTom]

I do believe I have abandoned the rabbit holes and left the couch. How did rabbits ever get into this couch and dig so many holes anyway? Serves me right for buying a couch with Down cushions off a Ship on the Water.. going backwards, I guess.... (That was too much of a stretch even for me. You may groan now.)

Awaiting confirmation.

Edit: Confirmed.

Au contraire, that doesn't warrent a groan, you were just being bunny....

[DrTom]

Be sure you pop over to the MEOW if you want another dose of me! (luckily I am not habit forming...which in my case naturally would entail sewing a lot of black material together)

"Good one, DrTom!"
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Nun of that now Woozy.... Whimsy

(Whoops what weirdo waylaid Whimsy?)

Sorry, too much typing and I believe there is a loose nut on my keyboard.

[Dplass]

Dragged off the couch by a kind and patient Muggle. Thanks for the puzzle, and the kindness & patience @DrTom!

[MikeyG]

Nothing on the meta yet, but @DrTom is hilarious and just brightened my day!

EDIT: Took the first two nudges, but that isn't enough yet! I'll be chewing a bit more before I take the third. I have something I'm trying to shoehorn, but I don't think it's relevant. (Welcome to metas.)

[Wendy Walker]

Got the answer after the discussion during Tuesday evening's Muggle call! Thanks, Dr. Tom!

[ship4u]

Solved thanks to a very patient and helpful muggle friend. Even though we got the answer, I don't really understand the logic of the mechanism. But, heck, I'm new at this.

[BarbaraK]

I'm off the couch - unconfirmed confident due to the elegant construction.

Now need to see about that MEOW.

[DrTom]

Solved thanks to a very patient and helpful muggle friend. Even though we got the answer, I don't really understand the logic of the mechanism. But, heck, I'm new at this.

Oh heck, you may be new at it but trying to make sense of my logic has baffled many people for many years. You are in good company there, just as you are here.

As my wife once commented, "had chaos theory not already been a physics term, it probably would be co-opted to describe your thinking" - gotta love her, she puts up with me.

[DrTom]

Dragged off the couch by a kind and patient Muggle. Thanks for the puzzle, and the kindness & patience @DrTom!

No more than you have done for me in the past.

It's official, you have gotten off the couch to take the lifeboat to the shore where you crossed the moat and unleashed the cat and now you are both waiting, and making puns of a kind to pass the time, to beam up.

Did I miss any metaphors?

[DrTom]

Alrighty then...Day 2

Things are aligning up nicely, we have seven more that have left the comfort of the couch:

30 HunterX
31 minimuggle
32 Dplass
33 Laura M
34 Wendy Walker
35 ship4u
36 BarbaraK

Plus I know there are still some working on it assiduously. I'll post another nudge or two on Friday if people are still pondering. Tomorrow I'll be out most of the day so if I do not reply to your PM immediately, please don't despair. It will be pretty evident if you have the right answer.

So goodnight and good luck

[HunterX]

Solved thanks to a very patient and helpful muggle friend. Even though we got the answer, I don't really understand the logic of the mechanism. But, heck, I'm new at this.

Oh heck, you may be new at it but trying to make sense of my logic has baffled many people for many years. You are in good company there, just as you are here.

As my wife once commented, "had chaos theory not already been a physics term, it probably would be co-opted to describe your thinking" - gotta love her, she puts up with me.

I'd say your logic is "logically illogical," and in a good way. Which is to say, I get it completely.

And as for the mechanism, once I saw it, it was a 100%'er for me.

As for your wife's comment on chaos theory... I will only answer under the Cone of Silence. But if you Get Smart, and solve Maxwell's equation, then 99 times out of a hundred, I'll 86 my comments.

[HeadinHome]

Got it! Thanks to a Tuesday night zoom-room private message from Tamara. I would join in the punning now but I haven’t finished my first mug of coffee.

Now starting MEOW.

[sharkicicles]

Ha! Got it. Great puzzle.

[Bird Lives]

Great idea for the mechanism; I can't recall coming across it before.

[Wendy Walker]

Great idea for the mechanism; I can't recall coming a cross it before.

That's exactly what I thought, too!