"Protect UR Brand" February 24, 2023

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MaineMarge wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:40 pm BE38B0B9-F05F-4C44-AEA7-36E3BD6C4FE9.jpeg
Up here in the North Country today, it was important to protect UR SELF from these guys
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Locally pastured buffalo herd escaped and went for a jaunt this morning, as reported by all the media outlets.
3 of them galloped down the road right in front of our house
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As of this reporting, 1 of them is still at large
Looking for a buffalo spring field?
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hcbirker wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:10 pm
MaineMarge wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:40 pm BE38B0B9-F05F-4C44-AEA7-36E3BD6C4FE9.jpeg
Up here in the North Country today, it was important to protect UR SELF from these guys
4400D6D7-BFD1-4391-9B6B-F77B7592301E.jpeg
Locally pastured buffalo herd escaped and went for a jaunt this morning, as reported by all the media outlets.
3 of them galloped down the road right in front of our house
14EE4650-9612-468A-A12A-FCFCC635755B.jpeg
As of this reporting, 1 of them is still at large
Looking for a buffalo spring field?
Well THAT'S a flashback....

Well, for what it's worth, it appears they were about three years too late....March 15th, 2020 was the Bisontennial - OUCH!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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Snowcat wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:58 pm
Because the “YO” is missing from the common/correct “YOUR” in the Title! This was a hint to the mechanism I.e. to look for missing letters in the themers….
I thought the missing letter mechanism was obvious enough and UR primed me to be ready for other common texting abbreviations or meme-speak.
The common (real-world and crosswordese) abbreviations of LOL and SNL in the first trademarked entries was the one diversion I had (especially with LOLA in the grid).

Although I always shunned that abbreviation, I'm from the generation that used "Yr"; odd that "UR" ended up as text-speak to mean the same thing.
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MikeM000 wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:08 am
Snowcat wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:58 pm
Because the “YO” is missing from the common/correct “YOUR” in the Title! This was a hint to the mechanism I.e. to look for missing letters in the themers….
I thought the missing letter mechanism was obvious enough and UR primed me to be ready for other common texting abbreviations or meme-speak.
The common (real-world and crosswordese) abbreviations of LOL and SNL in the first trademarked entries was the one diversion I had (especially with LOLA in the grid).

Although I always shunned that abbreviation, I'm from the generation that used "Yr"; odd that "UR" ended up as text-speak to mean the same thing.
So you're about 300 years old? There was a fellow back then who signed off "Yr. Most Humble Obt. Servt." as in this example.
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DrTom wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:00 pm
hcbirker wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:10 pm
MaineMarge wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:40 pm Locally pastured buffalo herd escaped and went for a jaunt this morning, as reported by all the media outlets.
3 of them galloped down the road right in front of our house
Looking for a buffalo spring field?
Well THAT'S a flashback....

Well, for what it's worth, it appears they were about three years too late....March 15th, 2020 was the Bisontennial - OUCH!
Hmmm... There's something happening here. But what it is ain't exactly clear.

I think it's time we stop, children...
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HunterX wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:42 pm
DrTom wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:00 pm
hcbirker wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:10 pm

Looking for a buffalo spring field?
Well THAT'S a flashback....

Well, for what it's worth, it appears they were about three years too late....March 15th, 2020 was the Bisontennial - OUCH!
Hmmm... There's something happening here. But what it is ain't exactly clear.

I think it's time we stop, children...
What's that sound?
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MatthewL wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:45 pm
HunterX wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:42 pm
DrTom wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:00 pm
Well THAT'S a flashback....

Well, for what it's worth, it appears they were about three years too late....March 15th, 2020 was the Bisontennial - OUCH!
Hmmm... There's something happening here. But what it is ain't exactly clear.

I think it's time we stop, children...
What's that sound?
It's the sound of someone taking the advice: "Protect Ur Band."
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