Let's not have too many cooks...
http://www.ochef.com/74.htm
http://www.ochef.com/74.htm
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A pinch is definitely smaller than a dash, though putting numbers to the difference is kind of out of touch with their real world use.
I usually think of pinch in terms of granular things like salt or white sugar, and dash in terms of liquids like worcestershire sauce or bitters.
But I didn't really object to the clue. I thought it was cute.
I usually think of pinch in terms of granular things like salt or white sugar, and dash in terms of liquids like worcestershire sauce or bitters.
But I didn't really object to the clue. I thought it was cute.
Wouldn't ROPEADOPE follow the verb-A-noun construct?
"Rope" and "dope" are both nouns. You are not roping your opponent (the dope). Rather you are tricking him into tiring himself using the ropes as a prop.
Ali would pretend he was exhausted and couldn't move off the ropes when in actuality he was fooling Foreman into wearing himself out, with the energy of his punches absorbed by the elasticity of the ropes and not Ali's body.
Unless "to rope" means "to fool someone into sapping his strength by allowing him to punch you while in contact with a rope" rope in "rope a dope" can't be a verb. I have never seen "to rope" defined that way. A simpler explanation is "one rope, one dope, I win."
Ali would pretend he was exhausted and couldn't move off the ropes when in actuality he was fooling Foreman into wearing himself out, with the energy of his punches absorbed by the elasticity of the ropes and not Ali's body.
Unless "to rope" means "to fool someone into sapping his strength by allowing him to punch you while in contact with a rope" rope in "rope a dope" can't be a verb. I have never seen "to rope" defined that way. A simpler explanation is "one rope, one dope, I win."
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Rhyme time. Easy Tuesday, starting with TRAVOLTA and barely slowing down to take a break. Got a kick out of DOZE and APNEA in the grid. Tried WELLBRED before WELLBORN. I see the recent outbreak of ACNE in the puzzles is still spreading.
I only disposed of my ROLODEX at work a few months ago. Recycled all the cards, but couldn't bear to throw away the device itself, so I stashed it in a drawer of one of the vacant desks on our floor, for some future archaeoprof to excavate and puzzle over its use.
I can't come up with a song title that includes any of the theme answers, but in the same vein, here's country superstar Alan Jackson with "Pop a Top," literally a "cry-in-your-beer" song. It was first a country hit for Jim Ed Brown in the 60s. Jackson brought in back in 1999.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-zduI7zcE
I only disposed of my ROLODEX at work a few months ago. Recycled all the cards, but couldn't bear to throw away the device itself, so I stashed it in a drawer of one of the vacant desks on our floor, for some future archaeoprof to excavate and puzzle over its use.
I can't come up with a song title that includes any of the theme answers, but in the same vein, here's country superstar Alan Jackson with "Pop a Top," literally a "cry-in-your-beer" song. It was first a country hit for Jim Ed Brown in the 60s. Jackson brought in back in 1999.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-zduI7zcE
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Here are some thoughts, Jimbo, if you ever retrieve it from its drawer.
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/rolodex/
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/rolodex/
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ARIL nice puzzle.
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"Rope a Dope" is a verb-a-noun. Boxing, Ali -- check it out.
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That's what I thought, but I figured I just didn't understand it.
Because boxing.
Because boxing.
Agree with others--including, apparently, the constructor--that this was more Monday than Tuesday. Still, enjoyable.
It's nice not to have to deal with ROLODEXES anymore, what with some of the cards getting all crotty from overuse, and some latching onto each other because you've stapled business cards to them, and having to take them out to make changes and put them back, possibly in the wrong place. Still, at least they didn't auto-fill the addressee's old address no matter how many times you've tried to change it.
I've never had the AEROS of which Deb speaks. I'm not likely to cross the pond again anytime soon, if ever. I feel very, very deprived.
Interesting that we have LEER AT, OGLE, CHEAP DATE, and BORDELLO on National Sleepover Day.
Fun puzzle. Thanks to all.
It's nice not to have to deal with ROLODEXES anymore, what with some of the cards getting all crotty from overuse, and some latching onto each other because you've stapled business cards to them, and having to take them out to make changes and put them back, possibly in the wrong place. Still, at least they didn't auto-fill the addressee's old address no matter how many times you've tried to change it.
I've never had the AEROS of which Deb speaks. I'm not likely to cross the pond again anytime soon, if ever. I feel very, very deprived.
Interesting that we have LEER AT, OGLE, CHEAP DATE, and BORDELLO on National Sleepover Day.
Fun puzzle. Thanks to all.
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Got rid of my metal ROLODEX when I had to clean out my office when I retired. Tossed into the metal trash can, and it went KLINK.
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Check out the British section of your local supermarket. That's where I get mine
Appalling as it may sound, a small circle of friends and I always referred to (21a) as John Revolting. The humor bests the criticism, yes? I'm sure the former North Bergenite can roll with the punch. Fwiw, the flyboy feather's his nest in OCALA these days.
Once I got the gist of today's puzzle I was surprised it didn't get political and include KILL A BILL.
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Pretty smooth going today. Like others I said to myself, "This is more like a Monday than yesterday's puzzle was."
Should we all contact Nestlés and demand equity in their candy distribution? Who decides England deserves real chocolate and the US doesn't? Can't some enterprising Canadians smuggle those Aeros and Coffee Crisps to their co-North Americans here?
Should we all contact Nestlés and demand equity in their candy distribution? Who decides England deserves real chocolate and the US doesn't? Can't some enterprising Canadians smuggle those Aeros and Coffee Crisps to their co-North Americans here?
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In La Belle Province, you'll likely hear the latter as 'Coffee Crips'.
I would often get Aeros because, if you had the discipline to maintain bite size, you'd get more bites per bar than for any other bar. The only thing that you could drag out longer were one-at-a-time Raisinettes.
I would often get Aeros because, if you had the discipline to maintain bite size, you'd get more bites per bar than for any other bar. The only thing that you could drag out longer were one-at-a-time Raisinettes.
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Gee, if I knew you were coming, I'd have BAKEd A CAKE. Let's light this candle. The decorator in the blog pic appears to be expecting someone...A puzzle with metre buries the needle on my tach. Then again, all of Peter A. Collins puzzles put the pedal to the metal...Today's twofer allows us to SNEAK A PEEK at the lyric of a heartbreaking ballad; so sad that song. To cure my blues, I GOT A SHOT of rhythmic steam from listening to the next song. Shelton Brooks WROTE A NOTE three weeks shy of a century ago that became a Tin Pan Alley standard. Here are Harry Chapin and Fats to SEAL THE DEAL.
GRAB A CAB? It all happened on a dark and stormy night in 'Frisco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3YNujI7hPk
Or was it N'awlins?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Gv8BXzm6I
GRAB A CAB? It all happened on a dark and stormy night in 'Frisco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3YNujI7hPk
Or was it N'awlins?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Gv8BXzm6I
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Hey, isn't it "petal to the medal?" or maybe "peddle to the meddle?" hee hee misunderstood
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Two Horrible Crossings
BWANA/ARIL
OCALA/ARETE
Where's the editor??
BWANA/ARIL
OCALA/ARETE
Where's the editor??
I'd venture that the editor was right there, and thought that most solvers would be familiar enough with at least one of the crossed words in each of those pairs to discern the common letter between them.
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Kind of creepy with SNEAK A PEEK, OGLE, and LEER AT. I will ECHO prior posts and say that it has a cute theme, but may have been better as a Monday puzzle. SEAL A DEAL didn't work for me because the phrase SEAL the DEAL is commonplace. Hoping for a Goldilocks Wednesday!
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18 down is just plain wrong. The koala is not a Qantas symbol, and has never been a significant part of Qantas history (statistical distortions of Google image searches aside).
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Another reason the grumpy yet captivating marsupial's sign off line in those ads was "I hate Qantas."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P03aam-9tv0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P03aam-9tv0
Stephen, that may be true in Australia, but the ad campaigns here in the U.S. linked Qantas strongly to koalas, as the Google Images search shows.
Or maybe it was just before your time? I don't recall seeing any such ads in recent years...
Or maybe it was just before your time? I don't recall seeing any such ads in recent years...
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No no no, the Aussie posters (they seem to have clustered around Rex Parker) are right - the Qantas symbol is the roo. Period. This goes in the "got it wrong" column, quite fitting in these latter days.
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SNEAK A PEEK was inconsistent with the rest of the master clues. I didn't think that was cool.
See my note below.
Hobgoblins.
Hobgoblins.
And the Sunday wars continue.... Does "OM" rhyme with "Tom"? "Laughter with "daughter"? Does consistency require both sonic and visual rhyming? Is Crosswording a visual or sonic medium? Is poetry?
Whose house that is I think I know
But he's at Starbucks having joe
He will not see me stopping here
To see if I can have a go
My little horse must think it queer
To stop where I have left no gear
My thinking he must find opaque
Not up to snuff, of lower tier
He gives his harness bells a shake
At risk of being turned to steak.
He worries I'll end like Philippe
Beheaded by a jealous sheikh
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I must look before I leap
I've much to do in dear old Ypres
So much to do dear old Ypres
Nah.
Whose house that is I think I know
But he's at Starbucks having joe
He will not see me stopping here
To see if I can have a go
My little horse must think it queer
To stop where I have left no gear
My thinking he must find opaque
Not up to snuff, of lower tier
He gives his harness bells a shake
At risk of being turned to steak.
He worries I'll end like Philippe
Beheaded by a jealous sheikh
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I must look before I leap
I've much to do in dear old Ypres
So much to do dear old Ypres
Nah.
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Deb, Chocolate bars/candy, etc. in Europe often use real chocolate while here in the US we allow the use of chocolate substitutes. Thus some brands available "across the pond" are not shipped or sold here. Try a Kit-Kat Bar in London and then eat the same product in NYC for a taste test..... and ACNE.
TACT: Not mentioning GM's acquisition and eventual shutting down of SAAB Motors while in Sweden.
Smooth solve with a gold star: woo woo!
TACT: Not mentioning GM's acquisition and eventual shutting down of SAAB Motors while in Sweden.
Smooth solve with a gold star: woo woo!
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This is why I eat All the Chocolate when I'm overseas.
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One of my erstwhile assistants had a niece who was raised on European chocolate. At the age of six, she was "treated" to a Hershey bar. She spat it out, proclaiming, "that is _not_ good chocolate!"
Hee hee USA settles
a former Saab driver - RIP any company American capitalism touches...
Hee hee USA settles
a former Saab driver - RIP any company American capitalism touches...
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Aero, Flake and other British chocolate are available on Amazon. There are enough vendors that competition keeps the cost sort of reasonable.
We who grew up on Hershey don't notice, but it is rather sour compared with European chocolate. Next time you have some, taste for sourness and you'll be surprised how easy it is to recognize once you try.
We who grew up on Hershey don't notice, but it is rather sour compared with European chocolate. Next time you have some, taste for sourness and you'll be surprised how easy it is to recognize once you try.
More ACNE.
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I haven't counted exactly but it sure seems that ACNE has been used at least eight time in the past two weeks. Certainly it has been in the puzzle lately much more often that it hasn't appeared.
Seven times since April 26.
All the theme answers except one (SNEAK_A_PEEK) are debuts in the NYT. There was a fair amount of crosswordese, which I took as a fine opportunity to review words I'm going to see again. The theme is more Monday than Tuesday to me. I did like seeing KLINK and seeing a RAMP up. Learned that SAAB is an aircraft giant.
Thank you, Peter, for keeping my solving chops warm. They are not happy when they have to take a break.
Thank you, Peter, for keeping my solving chops warm. They are not happy when they have to take a break.
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Dang it. MAKE A CAKE / MWANA instead of BAKE A CAKE / BWANA and WRITE A NOTE / KNITT instead of WROTE A NOTE / KNOTT.
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Maybe I've been doing these too long. The first things I noted when I finished the puzzle were: OMG! Four of the answers are present tense and two of them are past tense! And - SNEAKAPEEK has a spelling inconsistency! Is there a hobgoblins anonymous? Ah, well - I feel like I'm on the road to recovery.
A bit tougher for me than it appears to be for everyone else but pretty much all self-inflicted wounds. I had very little on my first pass through the across clues. I think I must have read the clue for 21a as "Saturday Night Live" and didn't fill that in. Didn't fill in any of the theme answers except for 30a, where I waffled between HAILACAB and CALLACAB and just filled in the common letters. That turned out to be trouble because when I eventually got back to it, I didn't identify it as a theme answer and kept trying to work out that little area based on my original instinct. Was eventually rescued by BORDELLOS but not until after much head-scratching and brow-furrowing.
I also hesitated filling in 4d because I was convinced that I had seen TOAD in a clue somewhere. No idea how I reached that conclusion (back-formation from NEWT, maybe?). There were a couple of others, but eventually worked it all out. Nice puzzle and a good challenge thanks to the vagaries of my brain.
My dad was a prisoner in a German POW camp during the war. I was always surprised that he was a big fan of Hogan's Heroes.
A bit tougher for me than it appears to be for everyone else but pretty much all self-inflicted wounds. I had very little on my first pass through the across clues. I think I must have read the clue for 21a as "Saturday Night Live" and didn't fill that in. Didn't fill in any of the theme answers except for 30a, where I waffled between HAILACAB and CALLACAB and just filled in the common letters. That turned out to be trouble because when I eventually got back to it, I didn't identify it as a theme answer and kept trying to work out that little area based on my original instinct. Was eventually rescued by BORDELLOS but not until after much head-scratching and brow-furrowing.
I also hesitated filling in 4d because I was convinced that I had seen TOAD in a clue somewhere. No idea how I reached that conclusion (back-formation from NEWT, maybe?). There were a couple of others, but eventually worked it all out. Nice puzzle and a good challenge thanks to the vagaries of my brain.
My dad was a prisoner in a German POW camp during the war. I was always surprised that he was a big fan of Hogan's Heroes.
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"convinced I'd seen TOAD in a puzzle somewhere."
Me too!! And we did --in Tuesday's mini!
Me too!! And we did --in Tuesday's mini!
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eljay, I meant I thought I saw in the CLUE for another answer in today's puzzle.
BTW, I didn't think about this until after the fact, but is GRABACAB really common lingo? It doesn't exactly fit, but this is what it brought to mind for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c412hqucHKw
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BTW, I didn't think about this until after the fact, but is GRABACAB really common lingo? It doesn't exactly fit, but this is what it brought to mind for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c412hqucHKw
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Yeah, GRAB A CAB is common.
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I agree with SJ that Monday and Tuesday could have been swapped. Nonetheless, very enjoyable.
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An appropriate Tuesdayish puzzle with an easily discerrnable theme.
The proper nouns were mostly well distributed, so they came out of the crosses without difficulty. Exception: DREW crossing LETO. (I see that suejean had the same problem.) It was my last open square, so I could go through the vowels with impunity. In contrast, the crossing of KEATON and KARR, did not require going through the consonants. (Shades of yesterday’s long thread on pop-cultural entries.)
The proper nouns were mostly well distributed, so they came out of the crosses without difficulty. Exception: DREW crossing LETO. (I see that suejean had the same problem.) It was my last open square, so I could go through the vowels with impunity. In contrast, the crossing of KEATON and KARR, did not require going through the consonants. (Shades of yesterday’s long thread on pop-cultural entries.)
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My apologies to Deborah KERR for misspelling her name.
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Speaking of chocolate bars that are not available in the U.S., my favorite/favourite chocolate bar is Coffee Crisp, a coffee-filled wafery milk chocolate concoction made by Nestlé that is only available in Canada.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Crisp
It's the one guilty pleasure I always buy when I'm in Canada..., well, that and ketchup potato chips
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Crisp
It's the one guilty pleasure I always buy when I'm in Canada..., well, that and ketchup potato chips
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Speaking of Canadian food not available in the U.S., some friends brought me some maple leaf-shaped, maple-flavored cookies back from their vacation, and they are the most ambrosial such items as I have ever eaten that weren't chocolate. I berated my friends for introducing me to an addiction that would require a 400-mile drive to satisfy.
And then, a miracle! Not long thereafter, the local drugstore chain started carrying a knockoff cookie. I told the manager he was going to need to order more of them, and I was right.
And then, a miracle! Not long thereafter, the local drugstore chain started carrying a knockoff cookie. I told the manager he was going to need to order more of them, and I was right.
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Oh my. I have to hunt down some Coffee Crisp.
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There's a good recipe online for those cookies, on Martha Stewart's pages. You need a maple-leaf cookie cutter (I have three different ones), and you need to roll that well-chilled dough very very very very very thin to get the right results. But it's home-makeable!
I had to go back to the puzzle to find AEROS, as I filled in this puzzle so quickly that I missed it. I think today's and yesterday's puzzles could have been switched, but not the constructors fault. Anyway a cute theme and I liked all the long vertical entries and clues. I knew all the names except TESH and LETO which is unusual. I did also wonder about KOALA, however. It will be interesting to see if that clue gets defended.
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Don't think the Qantas logo has EVER had a koala. Seems like it's always been a kangaroo. At times, the 'roo has had wings, but it's never clung to a tree. http://www.qantas.com/img/1200x800/advertising/1944-1947-logo.jpg
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The problem(?) with the clue is the word "symbol." The koala was never in the logo, but it was the "spokesanimal" for over 20 years:
For some two decades, Australia's Qantas Airways was identified with its cute and egotistical spokesanimal: the koala. The fuzzy creature was known for whining "I hate Qantas" because the airline was taking tourists Down Under to show off the Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Opera House, not him.
"Australia's biggest attraction is me," he would insist as he sat alone.
The surly one with the fuzzy ears has been off U.S. TV since 1991. But on April 11, the airline breaks three 15-second TV spots touting its upgraded business-class service, and the somewhat devilish koala will be there-enjoying the roomier seats, attentive service and improved food.
The seeds for the revival were sown in late 1995, when Aussie Peter McLaughlin arrived in southern California to run Qantas' marketing operations for North and South America.
EVERYONE REMEMBERED HIM
Wherever Mr. McLaughlin was-at the House of Blues in Los Angeles or riding a cab in New York-he learned that U.S. consumers still identified Qantas with its defunct TV icon.
"It didn't matter where you went," said Mr. McLaughlin, VP-marketing for the Americas. "Everyone seemed to remember the koala commercials."
http://adage.com/article/news/qantas-cranky-koala-returns-bask-tv-campai...
For some two decades, Australia's Qantas Airways was identified with its cute and egotistical spokesanimal: the koala. The fuzzy creature was known for whining "I hate Qantas" because the airline was taking tourists Down Under to show off the Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Opera House, not him.
"Australia's biggest attraction is me," he would insist as he sat alone.
The surly one with the fuzzy ears has been off U.S. TV since 1991. But on April 11, the airline breaks three 15-second TV spots touting its upgraded business-class service, and the somewhat devilish koala will be there-enjoying the roomier seats, attentive service and improved food.
The seeds for the revival were sown in late 1995, when Aussie Peter McLaughlin arrived in southern California to run Qantas' marketing operations for North and South America.
EVERYONE REMEMBERED HIM
Wherever Mr. McLaughlin was-at the House of Blues in Los Angeles or riding a cab in New York-he learned that U.S. consumers still identified Qantas with its defunct TV icon.
"It didn't matter where you went," said Mr. McLaughlin, VP-marketing for the Americas. "Everyone seemed to remember the koala commercials."
http://adage.com/article/news/qantas-cranky-koala-returns-bask-tv-campai...
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The Geico gecko and Aflac duck are symbols but not logos.
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The one time I visited the San Diego Zoo - with its famous Koala exhibit - and its famous "every day is sunny and 72 degrees F" - there were no Koalas to be seen. They were all huddled indoors. This was due to the fact that, no matter how much Southern Californians and other delusional types love 72 degrees F every day all the time, to Koalas that is "chilly and to be avoided." So the people like me (who enjoy seasons, variety and other charming things like that) and the koalas (who like hot hot hot hot), had nothing good to say about ol' Sandy Eggo.
Keep yer Koalas. Give me Kangaroos. Feisty. Nasty. Yep.
The Koala ads, btw, were nearly as annoying as the Gecko ads. Jus' sayin'.
Keep yer Koalas. Give me Kangaroos. Feisty. Nasty. Yep.
The Koala ads, btw, were nearly as annoying as the Gecko ads. Jus' sayin'.
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Wasn't sure how to fit "kangaroo" in 18 down. The koala hasn't been a symbol for Qantas in many many years.
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Just Google "qantas symbol koala" and see what you get under the Images tab.
The kangaroo has been the official logo of Qantas since the 1940s. The image has undergone evolution, occasionally having wings and other times not. The current modernistic version, which debuted in '07, rather resembles a velociraptor, to my eye.
otoh, the KOALA has been the Qantas mascot for decades, and their ads in the New Yorker of the 1950s--60s all featured a close-up shot of the little fellow, as I remember.
The kangaroo makes a moregraceful logo, I guess, but , for a symbol, it's hard to beat cuddly.
Eats shoots left and right
otoh, the KOALA has been the Qantas mascot for decades, and their ads in the New Yorker of the 1950s--60s all featured a close-up shot of the little fellow, as I remember.
The kangaroo makes a moregraceful logo, I guess, but , for a symbol, it's hard to beat cuddly.
Eats shoots left and right
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and Elke
Took a look at the puzzle and got a lot right off the top of my kop.
As has been noted already, Aeros are available here in Canada , just a short car ride away from the 49th parallel. I know the telephone companies consider Canada "overseas"........
The Aero bars are on the candy shelf close by the Smarties which are different here , also made by Nestle :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties
Fun puzzle, good laugh at CHEAP DATE .
Wonder what awaits us later in the week...
Took a look at the puzzle and got a lot right off the top of my kop.
As has been noted already, Aeros are available here in Canada , just a short car ride away from the 49th parallel. I know the telephone companies consider Canada "overseas"........
The Aero bars are on the candy shelf close by the Smarties which are different here , also made by Nestle :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties
Fun puzzle, good laugh at CHEAP DATE .
Wonder what awaits us later in the week...
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This is the first time I figured out the theme without help. Small progress.
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very easy. did not know aero bars without the crossing.
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Almost tricked me...Aero bars are available in Canada (Deb, not quite so far away) but I know they are not available in the U.S.
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anf Elke
A "reco" for chiming in from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Canada's "sunniest city", in the Palliser's Triangle.
Ain't the internet great ?
A "reco" for chiming in from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Canada's "sunniest city", in the Palliser's Triangle.
Ain't the internet great ?
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For fans of Trollope: I looked it up. Disappointingly, "Palliser's Triangle" has nothing to do with Planty Pal; it's named for a real person ("John Palliser, the leader of the 1857–1859 survey expedition to Canada's west," per Wikipedia).
No offense meant to that important Canadian historical person...and, the potential offens-ees being Canadians, I am pretty sure no offense will be taken! :-)
No offense meant to that important Canadian historical person...and, the potential offens-ees being Canadians, I am pretty sure no offense will be taken! :-)
OK, that settles it; I'm going to have to make a trip up north.
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Fun puzzle. I liked the rhyming theme entries. Thanks.
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46a "Pinch in a kitchen".
Answer| DASH. wrong.
A dash = 1/8 of a teaspoon. A pinch = 1/16 of a teaspoon. Totally different. 2 pinches in the kitchen might be construed as flirting in the kitchen, not a Dash. just sayin. did well on the puzzle ,tho.