tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post7047058134220266811..comments2024-03-07T21:45:59.348-07:00Comments on Madness...Crossword and Otherwise: Thursday, January 31 - Paula GamacheLinda Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-36832008732254821602008-03-13T12:54:00.000-06:002008-03-13T12:54:00.000-06:00here's hoping you're not kidding about the bathroo...here's hoping you're not kidding about the bathroom book. great concept, if you ask me.<BR/><BR/>and yes, of course i got a chuckle out of wits end/break wind. i'm so juvenile. :)cornbread hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044619147561532271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-75349810412219839352008-02-03T07:09:00.000-07:002008-02-03T07:09:00.000-07:00Today's anonymous (if you put a first name at the ...Today's anonymous (if you put a first name at the end of your comment, I can be a bit more personal)...thanks for the laugh this morning. That apparently wasn't known in the CAP community. I can't wait to tell my girls...they'll love it.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-41989089296672105262008-02-03T07:05:00.000-07:002008-02-03T07:05:00.000-07:00MRE stands for "Meals Ready to Eat"Alternate meani...MRE stands for "Meals Ready to Eat"<BR/><BR/>Alternate meaning "Meals Refused by Everyone"<BR/><BR/>That's the joke in the acronym.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-63922630750126588592008-01-31T20:28:00.000-07:002008-01-31T20:28:00.000-07:00Annielee, thanks for the good story...and the good...Annielee, thanks for the good story...and the good laugh.<BR/><BR/>And thank you all for your support...of me and of this blog.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-32923439318642453432008-01-31T11:02:00.000-07:002008-01-31T11:02:00.000-07:00This is the first time in months that I haven't be...This is the first time in months that I haven't been able to finish a puzzle. I must have been BRAIN DEAD last night, because I was at my WIT'S END trying to come up with the answer for these clues: short holiday?, strain, and pretense. All things I have come up with before, but not last night. No!! So I stomped about fuming like an EVIL QUEEN looking for someone to feed a poisoned APPLE TART. No apples, no one to poison, so instead I took myself off to the OPIUM DEN to soothe my sorrows. ;)<BR/><BR/>Actually a cup of apple-chamomile tea did the trick quite nicely. And at least I didn't have to Google. So it's all good.<BR/><BR/>Linda, I love your blog.MBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315707409179428435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-1544579399097614472008-01-31T06:53:00.000-07:002008-01-31T06:53:00.000-07:00Love puzzles in which the circles help me fill in ...Love puzzles in which the circles help me fill in parts where I've slowed down. Lots of nice cluing; esp. liked using the Sherlock Holmes title to clue OPIUM DEN. (Not that I knew the answer, I did not!)<BR/><BR/>RAT FINK is perhaps my favorite entry of the day, which I did get, or BRAIN DEAD, which, appropriately, I didn't! ... despite having BR and EAD. What's up with that????? <BR/><BR/>In the obscure knowledge department, IBIZA is a destination I know solely due to my love of the dearly-departed TV show Veronica Mars - one of the few shows of the past few years during which I would not answer the phone. It was named in passing in just one episode but for some reason I've never forgotten it. <BR/><BR/>Put me on the list for your bathroom book ;)wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-21521188989576365182008-01-31T06:30:00.000-07:002008-01-31T06:30:00.000-07:00I didn't mention that most of the NW section remai...I didn't mention that most of the NW section remained blank after I'd finished the rest of the puzzle. Things finally broke when I got LAVA, cleverly clued in relation to a cone. The V gave way to VIA, and pretty soon it was finished.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know ANDY either...had guessed Tony...it fit and it sounded good ; )<BR/><BR/>Coach, it's good to hear from you again...and a relief to the worry-wart in me ; )Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-32392554377579199062008-01-31T05:38:00.000-07:002008-01-31T05:38:00.000-07:00Hi Linda,I too was tempted to google; there were s...Hi Linda,<BR/>I too was tempted to google; there were several googlable clues. Got most hung up in the NW grid, but was finally able to suss it out. Good puzzle.coachjdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046857982693520443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-22361947729515672892008-01-31T05:32:00.000-07:002008-01-31T05:32:00.000-07:00Linda, don't let Rex's comment from yesterday get ...Linda, don't let Rex's comment from yesterday get to you...BRAIN DEAD is a perfectly accetable phrase..I use it to describe myself often!!! Today's puzzle was fun..it took me a while to do it but I got it done with only one mistake...ANNE rather than ANNA...I think that this puzzle also has all the letters of the alpabet tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-64909469239955243242008-01-31T00:15:00.000-07:002008-01-31T00:15:00.000-07:00I'm too slow to time myself but I do try to finish...I'm too slow to time myself but I do try to finish without resorting to references. I couldn't do it this time, so congratulations on nailing one I found tougher than usual for a Thursday. I didn't know either Mr. Ming's or Mr. Granatelli's first name. WITS END certainly made me chuckle. I wonder if there were any conversations around the editorial table with that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com