"Flight of Fancy" March 15, 2024

[Bonnibel]

Finally!

Yes the artist is famous.

Relieved to have solved this, if only for the sake of my Fine Arts degree.

Hot toddy please!

[Al Laubenstein]

Ashore with the help of The Shipster!

[BigPear]

Hoping for some luck of the Irish to solve this. I have a solid, boring, tried-and-true metanism and an answer, who is indeed a famous artist. It can’t be right, though. Nobody would wax rhapsodic about this process. I have never encountered this problem in a meta— if I had not read the muggle board, I would have shrugged and submitted— and then been horrified to see what I had overlooked Monday morning. Will sleep on this and stare again tomorrow…

[LittleGood]

I'm on the boat this week.

[Schmeel]

And then it was there.
Ashore!

[TMart]

On shore. Gotta love Mr. Shenk’s creativity.

[Ben B]

Ugh. Another week on the ship. But Isaac is great company.

[otlaolap]

Going to say that I am on the shore, as I have submitted an answer to the WSJ, but it is a slimy shore that I am standing on, and since this is a Mike Shenk puzzle the simeiness means that it is not the correct answer. I look forward eagerly to the 9pm California time grid showing just how swampy and remote is my locale. This has got to be a near-zero submission, but now I am free to enjoy St Pat's Day with family.

[ship4u]

An Irish Prayer

May those who love us love us.
And those that do not love us
May God turn their hearts.
And those who's hearts
He does not turn,
May He turn their ankles,
So we may know them
By their limping.

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

[clonefitz]

On the beach, hopefully there's still some green beer left here! Happy St Patty's Day everyone!

Edit: Upon doing some research, I've learned that this is the farthest into the weekend that I've ever made a correct submission (the first time ever on a Sunday.) Usually by now, I've thrown in the towel, not sure what motivated me to take one last look today, but glad I did.

[Beth Tyrpin]

🏖

[Bob cruise director]

Good Sunday morning muggles

The struggles continue as we have 20 on the ship and only 115 on the shore. If you are one who is submitting, the odds this week are going to be quite good.

We also have a new muggle @Jeff9402 . Welcome to the group

New to the shore since yesterday are

Adajeo
Katiedid
Kris Zacharias
Momo
copperriver
Jeff9402
Ben B and son
LittleGood

And making it to shore are

Beleaguered Castle
LarsCaine
Char
Cinny
b4alltime
Sheila
arecibo
hunkra
Homer
Cindy N
CPJohnson
Schmeel
otlaolap
Al Laubenstein
Bonnibel
Tmart
hoover
Miki
Beth T
clonefitz

And don't forget the 8 pm ET Last Call zoom session.

[pilsbandy]

Struggling to even see the shore from here. Could somebody offer a nudge in the direction of the beach?

[Gman]

Ashore, with help. My initial bunny was right, but his disguise was so good that I gave up chasing him.

[Andy100]

on the beach with only 10 pages so far of people saying this, doing better at them lately. Isn’t “on the beach” a really really really really depressing movie, though?

[ErikThor]

still struggling. any nudge would be appreciated.

[CopperRiver]

Still sailing in wrong direction which is likely away from beach. I’ve got some ideas but nothing is working.

[hcbirker]

Don't forget the 8 p.m. EDT Zoom tonight if you still need help!

[Laurab]

Floundering around at sea since Friday morning. Argh.

[John77]

Another week, another WAG.

Happy St Patrick's Day. I'll be pouring a Redbreast 12y or two a wee bit later.