Interesting, that J.S.G. Boggs character. So were his bank notes Boggus?MikeM000 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:03 pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._G._BoggsHunterX wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:55 amI was going to buy a work of art by Money, but then I found out it was counterfeit.MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:58 am Greetings--we've had a few complaints over recent weeks that the contests were getting too easy, but we didn't hear that this week. We had 1372 entries, with an impressive 80% correct. A large gallery of incorrect guesses, including Picasso (43), Van Gogh (38), Grant Wood (32), Money (12), Warhol (12), and many others, including a cameo appearance by Bob Ross (5).
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MONET? -- No, definitely not, since the answer was EDGAR DEGAS. (they might have accepted "DEGAS" alone, I don't know)Bill Bovard wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:51 pm I had no chance with this one, hardly know any of those movies. However, I'm curious if they will accept just MONET. Back in February the answer was MARIE CURIE, but CURIE and other variations, which could be easily guessed, were accepted.
but back to the movies, I didn't know them either (I knew TRON), but they were laid out in the clues which I circled at some point because of the conformity:
ACROSS
"Argo" star/director Affleck
"Woo" star Pinkett Smith
"Ran" director
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Nona of "Ali"
Hacking program played by Jeff Bridges in "Tron"
The thing that caught my attention was that they were all very short movie titles (which conveniently were "framed" into other answers, I later discovered)
(34D "Whine Up" singer DeLuna threw a wrench into the scheme but it's not a picture, so that circled answer got erased after I found the other films in the grid)
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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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Would you have kept it in a cache for a change? I'm banking on that, but of course I'm the asker so you can be the teller.HunterX wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:55 amI was going to buy a work of art by Money, but then I found out it was counterfeit.MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:58 am Greetings--we've had a few complaints over recent weeks that the contests were getting too easy, but we didn't hear that this week. We had 1372 entries, with an impressive 80% correct. A large gallery of incorrect guesses, including Picasso (43), Van Gogh (38), Grant Wood (32), Money (12), Warhol (12), and many others, including a cameo appearance by Bob Ross (5).
I was not a happy cloud then...
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...I had to stop and punt a long time agogh because I was going baroque from reading your near dali postings. Even now I hear my mother whistling, meaning I have to goya to work, otherwise yesterday's supper will be my last!
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I'm just trying to keep up. It's like I'm climbing pun mountain and there you two sit at the summit, barely visible through the clouds and mist.....
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I'll deposit that nugget of wisdom in a safe place. Then I will withdraw before you counter with something that might interest me.DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:46 amWould you have kept it in a cache for a change? I'm banking on that, but of course I'm the asker so you can be the teller.HunterX wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:55 amI was going to buy a work of art by Money, but then I found out it was counterfeit.MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:58 am Greetings--we've had a few complaints over recent weeks that the contests were getting too easy, but we didn't hear that this week. We had 1372 entries, with an impressive 80% correct. A large gallery of incorrect guesses, including Picasso (43), Van Gogh (38), Grant Wood (32), Money (12), Warhol (12), and many others, including a cameo appearance by Bob Ross (5).
I was not a happy cloud then...
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I SAY IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!! Allright, get yer torches and pitchforks...WHO'S WITH ME?!?
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Kas wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:33 pmI SAY IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!! Allright, get yer torches and pitchforks...WHO'S WITH ME?!?
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So you are joining the pun crowd art thou? Well you can climb the mountain or you can just tale the Rodin, just be careful of any unexploded mines because those war holes can be treacherous and I don't know wyeth but they take forever to be fixed.anaerobe wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:59 amWow...I had to stop and punt a long time agogh because I was going baroque from reading your near dali postings. Even now I hear my mother whistling, meaning I have to goya to work, otherwise yesterday's supper will be my last!
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I'm just trying to keep up. It's like I'm climbing pun mountain and there you two sit at the summit, barely visible through the clouds and mist.....
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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Hopefully your interest will be compounded! Oh I hear that if you open a safe deposit account they will give you a mint...banking is so competitive lately they will probably vault over the counter to get to you. I mean you are going to put it in the bank aren't you, I'm just checking.HunterX wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:11 amI'll deposit that nugget of wisdom in a safe place. Then I will withdraw before you counter with something that might interest me.
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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Actually, they're not THAT bad. But they sure do seem contagious!
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Thanks but I just saw this. I'll remember next time I'm down to the wire. The upside is that now I'm getting started on Thursday nights instead of Friday.BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:56 pm It’s not too late. The deadline is midnight eastern time.
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