tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post6176904859621768530..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: WEDNESDAY, January 6, 2010—Gareth BainOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-26930937323465836302010-01-07T20:37:34.787-08:002010-01-07T20:37:34.787-08:00Is this how you leave a comment?Is this how you leave a comment?Entropyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021233793082839038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-4384098965386987452010-01-07T17:06:24.827-08:002010-01-07T17:06:24.827-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46116365285711528912010-01-07T16:58:04.576-08:002010-01-07T16:58:04.576-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-10621325321639757202010-01-07T15:33:37.542-08:002010-01-07T15:33:37.542-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75839687222616858012010-01-07T12:52:38.894-08:002010-01-07T12:52:38.894-08:00@Lit.doc, don't know if you'll see this po...@Lit.doc, don't know if you'll see this post, but Shrubb5 gave us all lessons a while back. <br />Copy and paste this url into your browser. I follow the post for Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 7:26 PM. Hope this helps!<br /><br />https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8626052240584383873&postID=6176904859621768530&isPopup=true<br /><br />@Tinbeni, we are about the same age. Hard to believe we are all smaller and older than we thought! Sort of the "Yodas of the Universe." Sense does this make?<br />Happy imbibing! Of course, don't think and imbibe.....ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-55924751972160968952010-01-07T12:32:01.200-08:002010-01-07T12:32:01.200-08:00@parsan
Only one season of football, yes much bas...@parsan<br /><br />Only one season of football, yes much basketball aas well as shot put and discus; I usually joke that I'm the most football-looking guy in America who thinks FIFA, SERIE A and Barclays Leage are the real football.<br /><br />Speaking of Basketball I see that someone got around to liniking "BasketBall Jones" - the origin of "Jones-in'" for something; not sure if it was only a black/URB thing at the start, but seems likely (I believe all the above is suitably "PC".)xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-16953990328544167882010-01-07T05:46:41.370-08:002010-01-07T05:46:41.370-08:00John, "Alanna" was a spam commenting bot...John, "Alanna" was a spam commenting bot that left the same comment at other crossword blogs. Deleted!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3533001207365016282010-01-07T00:54:52.652-08:002010-01-07T00:54:52.652-08:00Welcome Alanna!Welcome Alanna!JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15501752665068268392010-01-06T21:54:04.854-08:002010-01-06T21:54:04.854-08:00@ddbmc - you are da maaaan!! Thanks so much for th...@ddbmc - you are da maaaan!! Thanks so much for that. And how in the hell do you embed that stuff?<br /><br />@Tinbeni, I'm super excited re the breaking science you've shared, thanks. Will seek out the images tomorrow.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3857242691209794762010-01-06T21:02:08.332-08:002010-01-06T21:02:08.332-08:00@ddbmc
All yesterday, last night and today ... I h...@ddbmc<br />All yesterday, last night and today ... I had a UNIVERSE Jones.<br /><br />They released Hubble images that the Astronomers say gave proof our little Universe is 1.5 BILLION years older than previously believed. You go on for 36 hours w/o sleep and realize we are all smaller yet in a wierd way "older" ... I'm thinking it makes me 1,500,000,057 yo than say Monday when I was only 57.<br /><br />I needed a BIG BANG laugh.<br /><br />Your clip of Basketball Jones was perfect!!!!!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77572050920216346302010-01-06T20:46:25.613-08:002010-01-06T20:46:25.613-08:00@Lit.doc, here you go-
Basketball Jones
I reallll...@Lit.doc, here you go-<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sib0wa5KuzU" rel="nofollow">Basketball Jones</a><br /><br />I reallllly need to go to sleep!ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-44723983293249338182010-01-06T20:14:11.306-08:002010-01-06T20:14:11.306-08:00Oh, geez, you guys have me in stitches! Before you...Oh, geez, you guys have me in stitches! Before you know it I'll be laughing my ass off.<br />Jonesing and Bogarting, what's next?<br />And I can't believe that our source for crosswords has degenerated to that Urban Dictionary. God forbid if we ever have to look up Ben Johnson in the Urban Dictionary.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-44331620457382120302010-01-06T19:37:56.247-08:002010-01-06T19:37:56.247-08:00@Rube, are you old enough to remember a wonderful ...@Rube, are you old enough to remember a wonderful Cheech & Chong song called "Basketball Jones"? Don't know html well enough yet to share it, but it's on the 'net fer sure.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84994493713569813202010-01-06T19:28:58.232-08:002010-01-06T19:28:58.232-08:00Low and behold! William Safire on "Jonesing!&...Low and behold! William Safire on "Jonesing!" May,2003, no less!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-on-language-jonesing.html?pagewanted=1" rel="nofollow">William Safire The Way We Live Now; On Jonesing</a>ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29624972920530899022010-01-06T19:20:27.990-08:002010-01-06T19:20:27.990-08:00@SethG, your def, sounds about right. I "bin...@SethG, your def, sounds about right. I "binged" instead of Googled. Came across this answer: It used to be a term that described a junkie in need of his next fix.<br /><br />So, keeping up with the Joneses-wanting whatever your neighbor has and wanting more of it, bigger and better, seems to fit. But @Gareth's use of CRAVE seems to say it all.<br />Night, all! Is it time to put the CatinDragPerson out? :) Hope no one has a thing goin' on with Mrs. Jones.ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84907428182373724582010-01-06T19:11:53.964-08:002010-01-06T19:11:53.964-08:00anon! i miss you! the blog is no good withyout you...anon! i miss you! the blog is no good withyout your imput. dont desert me!HUTCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722150630533336199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67660201994922199982010-01-06T17:35:10.915-08:002010-01-06T17:35:10.915-08:00These are also in the www.m-w.com. Merriam dates t...These are also in the www.m-w.com. Merriam dates the noun to 1965, the intransitive verb to 1974. So about 40 years seems right.<br /><br />The etymology is unknown, but it probably comes from drug slang for heroin.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25016162915434178222010-01-06T17:27:13.392-08:002010-01-06T17:27:13.392-08:00I knew have a Jones for from the early/mid 70'...I knew have a Jones for from the early/mid 70's. It was probably old by then. Generally, if you bogarted the J, a little while later you would be having a Jones for a meatball grinder, a cheese steak, a hoagie or a piece of Sicilian pizza. I, of course, never inhaled.<br /> <br />JNH Have you never seen Easy Rider? There was a song called "Don't Bogart Me."<br /><br />@Sfingi - I'm gonna be waitin' up for that Witch!<br /><br />gender confused CAT PERSONCrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70214999597205521602010-01-06T17:26:32.016-08:002010-01-06T17:26:32.016-08:00@Rube & @JNH
re: jones (crave) and bogart (t...@Rube & @JNH <br />re: jones (crave) and bogart (that joint)<br /><br />I'm 57yo have used both of these expressive words in the context discussed herein for probably, at least 40 years.<br />I've noticed at times there is slang in these puzzles I've never heard before. I google it and it pops up in the urban dictionary, and then I say to myself "Huh? WTF!"<br /><br />But like @Sfingi said, both of these are old terms, hardly unknown slang, and I've never been in 'the stir' ... though I have driven by a few.<br /><br />Ooohh ... I'm jonesin for some Scotch.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59454827883889559212010-01-06T17:23:17.798-08:002010-01-06T17:23:17.798-08:00@jnh I agree with Rube. Think it has to do with k...@jnh I agree with Rube. Think it has to do with keeping up with the Jones's. One has a craving to be better than them?chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-8341402298937254472010-01-06T17:07:48.796-08:002010-01-06T17:07:48.796-08:00@John - I said don't Bogart the weed, which me...@John - I said don't Bogart the weed, which meant don't hold it in your mouth too long, but pass it on. It's a sharing thing!<br />This is druggie talk, and I learned it in stir - in the prison. Jonesin' and Bogartin' are old already. Stir is way old.<br /><br />These are in the www.urbandictionary.com<br /><br />Thanx for the advice on stamps.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62038515866318433912010-01-06T17:06:14.342-08:002010-01-06T17:06:14.342-08:00I get the impression this is a young'n's e...I get the impression this is a young'n's espression. I've not nor has the "not so young anymore" wife heard it. It would not come up in Wiki or the Urban dictionary. However, I could find it as the firat Google reference in the French-English(!) section of WordReference.com:<br /><br />"Re: to have a jones for <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />I think it is relatively recent, used mostly by the young, and yes, you understand it correctly. I usually hear it used this way: "I'm really jonesing for..." a cigarette, for example. I don't know the origin."<br /><br />Semi-puzzle wife thinks it may have something to do with "keeping up with the Jones'".<br /><br />Sorry to raise this issue so late in your day.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-80374056973277986952010-01-06T16:53:24.917-08:002010-01-06T16:53:24.917-08:00I liked my Zeta-Jones definition of CRAVE, but all...I liked my Zeta-Jones definition of CRAVE, but all seriousness aside, I would like to also know the etymology of that strange idiom... "Have a Jones for".<br />Anyone? Anyone?<br />I looked in my American Idioms dictionary and it wasn't in there... must me a quirky British saying.<br />Someone said that I was "Bogarting" the other day and that too drew a blank from me. I guess I'm just an old fogey cuz I'm not hip to these words.<br />My dad used to say, "You dasn't use a word that ain't in the dictionary."JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85728816562734258342010-01-06T16:36:03.526-08:002010-01-06T16:36:03.526-08:00@sfingi
I am pretty new at collecting first day co...@sfingi<br />I am pretty new at collecting first day covers with cachets. There are several that I framed and put in my Route 66 museum. They fit the "Fins & Chrome" (50's cars) & Route 66 theme. All of them were bought on Ebay. When I was young I also collected mint commemorative stamps. I can't say that Ebay is the best place to sell mint commemoritive stamps though. If I were you, I would consult a reputable stamp dealer in your area for an appraisal. You may be sitting on a fortune.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51683772869167810492010-01-06T16:12:35.908-08:002010-01-06T16:12:35.908-08:00@Rube - Have a desire, and addiction. hang-up. You...@Rube - Have a desire, and addiction. hang-up. You can also say, "I'm Jonesing," meaning I'm in need of a hit of - love, smack; girl (cocaine), boy (heroin), man (man), woman (woman) - whatever gets you through the night.<br /><br />@John - I found a cache (not a cachet) of pages of new stamps, several inches deep. Apparently, my mother collected them. Are these first day covers? I want to sell! Suggestions?Sfinginoreply@blogger.com