![]() ![]() Another unknown to me.Ħ8A: Grow dark: LATEN. It just sounds so mysterious and enigmatic to me.ĥ5A: Storage battery type: NICAD (N ickel-Cadmium battery). And their crossword is called "mots croisés". Only knew him as Rocky.Ĥ4A: Incisive remark: MOT. I like how it intersects SPEND (34D: Use credit cards).Ĥ2A: Rocky's last name: BALBOA. I had no idea that such blind is called Venetian.ģ1A: Christian's frocks: DIORS. With V from OLIVES (8D: Drink garnish) in place, I thought of LAVAS for a fleeting second, imagining the LAVA Bombs.Ģ3A: Venetian strip: SLAT. I survived the Dole pre-bagged salad scare 3 years ago because I ate MOREL and other mushrooms often, which undeniably strengthened my immune system.Ģ1A: Stellar blasts: NOVAE. Reagan's "Slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God" Challenger speech always reminded me of Icarus' escaping of Crete.ġ5A: Pathogenic bacteria: E. Some of Greek mythologies are so tragically beautiful. Lois was right yesterday, don't ever compromise the quality of your special raincoat.ĥA: King of Crete: MINOS. It's excruciatingly boring and irksome.ġA: Rain unit: DROP. But I won't hide my disdain for this weekly quip themed puzzle. Not a bad puzzle, some of the clues are very creative. I do believe that the penis pen is mightier than the sword. I like men who have a way with words, who can combine a series of seemingly helpless words and somehow transform them into dynamic stuff. Huckabee really has a good sense of humor and is so gifted with gab. Chesterton once said that 'a true soldier fights not because he hates those who are in front of him but because he loves those who are behind him'". I also like the Chesterton line Mike Huckabee quoted last January in his Iowa victory speech: How can "humiliating" be equated as "comic"? Love the last 2 sentences though, perfect for a Sunday 21*21 grid quip, should Mr. I don't think I totally grokked this hat trick. A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a wife.". And the most comic things of all are exactly the things that are most worth doing - such as making love. It certainly is comic but man is a very comic creature, and most of the things he does are comic - eating, for instance. ".There is an idea that it is humiliating to run after one's hat and when people say it is humiliating they mean that it is comic. This is Chesterton's "On Running After One's Hat" essay: The complete quip is "Every man is important if he loses his life and every man is funny if he loses his hat and has to run after it." ![]()
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