For that, I sentence you to exile on the far side of the moon.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:37 pmThanks Tom, I tired to look it up but really did not get anything confirmatory. As a speaker I often "borrowed" his cartoons to add levity to a stirring discussion of say " Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents and their Effect on Renal Perfusion" which sorely needed levity.Tom Shea wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:42 pmDifferent guy, but also enjoyable.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:38 pm By the by - dis anyone do the Saturday Crossword by Gary Larson? I thought it immensely clever. The answers were of course interesting but the cluing...I assume this is the "Far Side" Gary Larson and I have always liked his rather twisted humor. But if it is NOT that Gary Larson, I like his twisted humor as well.
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I've often wondered if using one without asking was considered Larsony?
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uh, I've been shown the moon before.....ReB wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:01 amFor that, I sentence you to exile on the far side of the moon.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:37 pmThanks Tom, I tired to look it up but really did not get anything confirmatory. As a speaker I often "borrowed" his cartoons to add levity to a stirring discussion of say " Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents and their Effect on Renal Perfusion" which sorely needed levity.
abd pain.jpg
I've often wondered if using one without asking was considered Larsony?
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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It has since been overwritten with "inside" because we had different containers for our indoor and outdoor (feral) cats, but this rubbermaid lid originally said "cat fud".
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Thanks that was enough, I was down a path alongside it, but that made it click.
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The July 12, 2019 puzzle was AP CHEMISTRY, also with Peter Muller as a co-author. I remembered it as soon as I saw the title because I sometimes look through the old puzzles.
Maybe in another year and a half we can get a new subject.
Maybe in another year and a half we can get a new subject.
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Actually, the presence of asterisked clues is in itself an important clue -- it indicates that the connection between the answers in the grid that are used to form the meta cannot be adduced from the answers themselves. So rather than trying to figure out which clues have "something in common" you can go directly to other avenues (adjacencies, spatial gimmicks, etc.).mitchel674 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:19 am I'm still stuck. I dislike the puzzles with the asterisks. I feel even worse when I cannot solve the meta and the important clues have been listed for me!
But yeah, when I see this asterisks, my first thought is "what, does Mike think I'm too dumb to figure this out myself?"
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In surgery: Boing! (flying internal organ) Surgeon: Watch where that thing lands. We'll probably need it.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:37 pmThanks Tom, I tired to look it up but really did not get anything confirmatory. As a speaker I often "borrowed" his cartoons to add levity to a stirring discussion of say " Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents and their Effect on Renal Perfusion" which sorely needed levity.Tom Shea wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:42 pmDifferent guy, but also enjoyable.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:38 pm By the by - dis anyone do the Saturday Crossword by Gary Larson? I thought it immensely clever. The answers were of course interesting but the cluing...I assume this is the "Far Side" Gary Larson and I have always liked his rather twisted humor. But if it is NOT that Gary Larson, I like his twisted humor as well.
Imagine a cartoon showing a group of surgeons extracting a porcupine from the belly of a patient and saying "Well I guess that explains the abdominal pain"
CARTOON REMOVED - HEAD HUNG SHEEPISHLY - THOUGH THANKFULLY NOT FROM A PLAQUE ON THE WALL
I've often wondered if using one without asking was considered Larsony? (was alerted to comment from Gary Larson RE: "borrowed" works https://www.thefarside.com/about/48/a-l ... ary-larson)
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Huge thanks to DrTom for raising the Gary Larson question & to all who have contributed some of their favorite Far Side panels. It focused my mind and presented the obvious, perfect birthday gift for my twin sons: The Complete Far Side.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:38 pm By the by - did anyone do the Saturday Crossword by Gary Larson? I thought it immensely clever. The answers were of course interesting but the cluing...I assume this is the "Far Side" Gary Larson and I have always liked his rather twisted humor. But if it is NOT that Gary Larson, I like his twisted humor as well.
Sure, they have it memorized, but they were not allowed to take any of his books with them when they left the nest. When they welcome my grandtwerps to this world, someday, they'll receive the perfect parenting bible: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
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PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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But I had a niggling feeling about it, so I never submitted. I understood Step One, but then I went directly to my false meta - APposition. Well, perhaps APron is an apposition of sorts, but not by definition. Surely, I thought, there is a Step Two to find the 'p', 'o', etc., but I could not come up with anything. Finally, the mechanism became APparent - I had the true meta and submitted.
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My only hiccup (That caused a minor delay), was that APexes could be TOPS and APproves could be STETS.
Took a moment to realize that the clues for both didn't match, and therefore MAXES and YESES should be used.
Took a moment to realize that the clues for both didn't match, and therefore MAXES and YESES should be used.
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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One of the newbie muggles that asked me for a nudge got stuck on that also so a minor course correction put him over the goal line.
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One of the challenges I had in giving nudges is how to do step 2 without using the word "synonym". I finally gave up trying and let them have a laugh when they got the answer
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Thought this verse too much of a tell earlier
If It’s All the Same to You
In my quest for some Muggles acclaim
I’ll address my approach to this game
I employed Advanced Placement
In regard to (re:)placement
I assumed we’re all seeking the same
Loved this week’s cruise btw
If It’s All the Same to You
In my quest for some Muggles acclaim
I’ll address my approach to this game
I employed Advanced Placement
In regard to (re:)placement
I assumed we’re all seeking the same
Loved this week’s cruise btw
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My three favorites were (and this is kind of like just throwing out punch lines with no set up):Joe Ross wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:35 amHuge thanks to DrTom for raising the Gary Larson question & to all who have contributed some of their favorite Far Side panels. It focused my mind and presented the obvious, perfect birthday gift for my twin sons: The Complete Far Side.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:38 pm By the by - did anyone do the Saturday Crossword by Gary Larson? I thought it immensely clever. The answers were of course interesting but the cluing...I assume this is the "Far Side" Gary Larson and I have always liked his rather twisted humor. But if it is NOT that Gary Larson, I like his twisted humor as well.
Sure, they have it memorized, but they were not allowed to take any of his books with them when they left the nest. When they welcome my grandtwerps to this world, someday, they'll receive the perfect parenting bible: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
-- "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal"
-- "We should write that spot down"
-- "Ow! Dang, Thag hit head on -- what you call those ones that hang down?"
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I for one would never have solved without the asterisks. To find all the answers that become other words with the addition of AP, even if I’d thought of it, would’ve been daunting. So when I see asterisks, I say, “ Thank you Mike!”Mister Squawk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:44 amActually, the presence of asterisked clues is in itself an important clue -- it indicates that the connection between the answers in the grid that are used to form the meta cannot be adduced from the answers themselves. So rather than trying to figure out which clues have "something in common" you can go directly to other avenues (adjacencies, spatial gimmicks, etc.).mitchel674 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:19 am I'm still stuck. I dislike the puzzles with the asterisks. I feel even worse when I cannot solve the meta and the important clues have been listed for me!
But yeah, when I see this asterisks, my first thought is "what, does Mike think I'm too dumb to figure this out myself?"
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Indeed, another one of those you chuckle at, at least when you READ it. Relying on apocrypha/anecdote from surgeon friends of mine that can be a real "Oh CRAP!" moment. Apparently slimy, wet things in crowded spaces are not the easiest to hang onto with nitrile gloves (I don't know if latex was any easier, but I doubt there are many places that still use the evil latex, and if they do they pack them full of peanuts and probably gluten....)Tom Shea wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:30 amIn surgery: Boing! (flying internal organ) Surgeon: Watch where that thing lands. We'll probably need it.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:37 pmThanks Tom, I tired to look it up but really did not get anything confirmatory. As a speaker I often "borrowed" his cartoons to add levity to a stirring discussion of say " Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents and their Effect on Renal Perfusion" which sorely needed levity.
Imagine a cartoon showing a group of surgeons extracting a porcupine from the belly of a patient and saying "Well I guess that explains the abdominal pain"
CARTOON REMOVED - HEAD HUNG SHEEPISHLY - THOUGH THANKFULLY NOT FROM A PLAQUE ON THE WALL
I've often wondered if using one without asking was considered Larsony? (was alerted to comment from Gary Larson RE: "borrowed" works https://www.thefarside.com/about/48/a-l ... ary-larson)
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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and yet everyone who has probably lived more than 40 years on this earth is laughing uncontrollably knowing EXACTLY the cartoon.Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:22 amMy three favorites were (and this is kind of like just throwing out punch lines with no set up):Joe Ross wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:35 amHuge thanks to DrTom for raising the Gary Larson question & to all who have contributed some of their favorite Far Side panels. It focused my mind and presented the obvious, perfect birthday gift for my twin sons: The Complete Far Side.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:38 pm By the by - did anyone do the Saturday Crossword by Gary Larson? I thought it immensely clever. The answers were of course interesting but the cluing...I assume this is the "Far Side" Gary Larson and I have always liked his rather twisted humor. But if it is NOT that Gary Larson, I like his twisted humor as well.
Sure, they have it memorized, but they were not allowed to take any of his books with them when they left the nest. When they welcome my grandtwerps to this world, someday, they'll receive the perfect parenting bible: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
-- "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal"
-- "We should write that spot down"
-- "Ow! Dang, Thag hit head on -- what you call those ones that hang down?"
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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Wow, and pursuant to what we were discussing with using a GL Cartoon. Now I will admit to using them in LOTS of presentations, but none of which where I was selling a product or getting much more than an honorarium (or alternatively disdain from my students). However, if you Google "Maybe we should write that spot down", the commercial applications are prolific!
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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I noticed those too, as well as taking far too long to associate "yen" with appetite, after being initially distracted by "starve" and "ate a lot." Having enough of the other letters to expect SYNONYMS to be the answer made it compulsory to ignore those two and keep looking.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:55 amOne of the newbie muggles that asked me for a nudge got stuck on that also so a minor course correction put him over the goal line.
Wir sind zu früh alt und zu spät schlau.