tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post9217965375557335876..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: FRIDAY, March 27, 2009 — Spencer CordenOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-13803981054656442272009-03-27T15:47:00.000-07:002009-03-27T15:47:00.000-07:00@Norm,It's OK, I forget lots of stuff I actually w...@Norm,<BR/><BR/>It's OK, I forget lots of stuff I actually want to do, too. As long as you stumble back here every once in a while, it's cool. Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>@Orange,<BR/><BR/>Exactly.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46185546076372542352009-03-27T15:19:00.000-07:002009-03-27T15:19:00.000-07:00Okay, let me try that again. PERDU came to me fro...Okay, let me try that again. <BR/><BR/>PERDU came to me from India & harems. Why that is I do not know. Might have appeared in the The Far Pavilions? (Not great literature, but a great epic read.)<BR/><BR/>BTW, love this blog, although I keep forgetting to check it. I save the LA Times puzzles in the SF Chronicle (please do not go out of business) for the BART ride home, so I have to avoid coming here and then the evening happens and so on and so on. But, thanks to all of you.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35865780083322999182009-03-27T15:17:00.000-07:002009-03-27T15:17:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35632018760164675082009-03-27T14:55:00.000-07:002009-03-27T14:55:00.000-07:00Rex: And while you're at it, check out Leni Riefen...Rex: And while you're at it, check out Leni Riefenstahl's work. She was a top-notch filmmaker! Is it her fault that she worked for Hitler and made Nazism seem sexy? Sure, that was propaganda, but it was <I>effective</I> propaganda.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20443958660386319192009-03-27T12:35:00.000-07:002009-03-27T12:35:00.000-07:00Come, come, Rex, don't be a slave to your prejudic...Come, come, Rex, don't be a slave to your prejudices, prejudging stories before reading. Treat yourself to at least one Brer Rabit tale. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89561584625189407392009-03-27T11:58:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:58:00.000-07:00I'm not sure how difficult the LAT Fridays normall...I'm not sure how difficult the LAT Fridays normally are, but this one was pretty easy. Couldn't believe "Hippy" Gourmet was right, insisted on "Happy" for a bit, but my friend Morse saved the day. Nice how "fade" and "waned" cross. <BR/>I got the theme almost immediately, in 20A, so it helped a lot this time. Dad-blasted? Where does that come from? I like the fat lit! Pretty rough puzzles today.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-45968921537571754852009-03-27T11:35:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:35:00.000-07:00Got the theme right a way. Never heard of Hippy go...Got the theme right a way. Never heard of Hippy gourmet. Does he say et voila? oops wrong puzzle.<BR/><BR/>The home ec foto looked just like my class room back in the 50's.<BR/><BR/>I also drive a Saturn - the ION which they no longer makechefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24064285272810792252009-03-27T10:33:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:33:00.000-07:00Looks like I'm the only one so far who went AESOP ...Looks like I'm the only one so far who went AESOP for "Storytelling slave". I knew it couldn't be right ("Models" isn't going to end with a P.) but HOME EC crossed it just fine, so I hung on longer than I should have.<BR/><BR/>-MMyronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977781487816210942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-45665468120114263912009-03-27T10:01:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:01:00.000-07:00Seemed awfully easy for a Friday. My only problem ...Seemed awfully easy for a Friday. My only problem was in the NE; never heard of Hippy Gourmet or the "concealed" sense of PERDU--"lost" is all I could think of. Picked up on the theme early on, so that shortened my solving time.<BR/><BR/>Always cheered when east- and west-coasters remember that my home state (Nebraska) exists: 36A: Wyo. neighbor. And the other day, somewhere(?) in a puzzle, NEBRASKALINCOLN--my hometown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19603925198995425062009-03-27T09:52:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:52:00.000-07:00REMUS took longer than it should because I was try...REMUS took longer than it should because I was trying to remember the name of the woman who told the Arabian Nights stories. <BR/><BR/>FRUGAL Gourmet I've heard of, and isn't the GALLOPING Gourmet somebody, but HIPPY had me stumped.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for making me feel it was ok not to have heard of Jason ELAM.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503942337165432288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-12415064421778287912009-03-27T09:43:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:43:00.000-07:00HIS NIBS would have fallen faster for me if I'd re...HIS NIBS would have fallen faster for me if I'd realized Wyoming doesn't border Nevada. :)<BR/><BR/>ELOPER is worth noting, as clues for ELOPE(R/D/ING) are both common and typically quite clever. Ditto for OREO, though perhaps a touch less on the clever side, in general.Pete Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47306959001174505782009-03-27T09:41:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:41:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56439033548669232932009-03-27T09:34:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:34:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-681058570331715262009-03-27T09:31:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:31:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58909069002566754152009-03-27T08:26:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:26:00.000-07:00Yes, that Uncle Remus. Read about him here.rpYes, that Uncle Remus. Read about him <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Remus" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47313785243204074262009-03-27T08:23:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:23:00.000-07:00Uncle Remus, Isnt He the Brer Rabbit Guy?Uncle Remus, Isnt He the Brer Rabbit Guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73783111577429071952009-03-27T07:19:00.000-07:002009-03-27T07:19:00.000-07:00His NIBS is back today. I wonder how long it takes...His NIBS is back today. I wonder how long it takes new readers to figure out who the blogger-of-the-day is.<BR/><BR/>1/3 of the NYT here too.<BR/><BR/>I drive a SATURN AURA, but AURA is never clued that way, despite appearing about once a week. Today, a little love, if in reverse. Get it, reverse? Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Hey, SNEAK PREVUE.<BR/><BR/>Do you know the way to MULCT HATLO?Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-6795611561961851862009-03-27T06:27:00.000-07:002009-03-27T06:27:00.000-07:00HOMEEC is ugh-lee. Oh, right, parsing! Still, didn...HOMEEC is ugh-lee. Oh, right, parsing! Still, didn't know PERDU or HIPPY, and not sure how I knew MORSE or REMUS, so that was a thorny quadrant.<BR/><BR/>I got GET UP PRELATE first, and wasn't sure if the PREs were leading to a slurred pun theme--sounds like "pretty late". <BR/><BR/>The quartet member could have been BASS, too--they all had one. At least the boy ones did.<BR/><BR/>Same 1/3 of NYT time, but I bet not the same time...SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com