Comments on: 88. Puzzling Thoughts… http://trickme.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/88-puzzling-thoughts/ Patrick Merrell: The puzzling art of puzzles and art Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Ashish http://trickme.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/88-puzzling-thoughts/#comment-777 Ashish Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:54:41 +0000 http://trickme.wordpress.com/?p=482#comment-777 May I be bold enough to say that the 3 year wait is what you get for re-gifting a (double?) pangram as a greeting card? ;-) I thought the puzzle was tongue-in-cheek, perfect for the April first week spirit .. Ashish • <em>Ashish, just one Q and X in the grid, but enough doubles and triples of the others to make most any name (JoJo, Kirk, Vivian, Bobby, etc.). BTW, I'm re-re-gifting it to myself for my birthday this Saturday. Reduce Reuse Recycle! — Patrick</em> May I be bold enough to say that the 3 year wait is what you get for re-gifting a (double?) pangram as a greeting card? ;-)

I thought the puzzle was tongue-in-cheek, perfect for the April first week spirit ..

Ashish

• Ashish, just one Q and X in the grid, but enough doubles and triples of the others to make most any name (JoJo, Kirk, Vivian, Bobby, etc.). BTW, I’m re-re-gifting it to myself for my birthday this Saturday. Reduce Reuse Recycle! — Patrick

]]> By: Patrick Merrell http://trickme.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/88-puzzling-thoughts/#comment-772 Patrick Merrell Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:57:40 +0000 http://trickme.wordpress.com/?p=482#comment-772 Joe — <em>Sports Illustrated</em>'s turnaround time is kind of mind-boggling. They asked me late Friday afternoon if I could do a puzzle (and put aside a page when I said I could), I submitted it early Sunday afternoon, they ran a few last questions by me Monday evening before putting it to bed, and there were copies of the magazine on newsstands this morning, Wednesday (at least there were in Manhattan when I was in the city today)! Jangler — Thanks. Perhaps you can staple two copies of the puzzle together for your friend, Xerxes. I knew a Xerxes Falstaff back in grade school. I wonder if it's the same one. Nah, couldn't be.... Joe — Sports Illustrated’s turnaround time is kind of mind-boggling. They asked me late Friday afternoon if I could do a puzzle (and put aside a page when I said I could), I submitted it early Sunday afternoon, they ran a few last questions by me Monday evening before putting it to bed, and there were copies of the magazine on newsstands this morning, Wednesday (at least there were in Manhattan when I was in the city today)!

Jangler — Thanks. Perhaps you can staple two copies of the puzzle together for your friend, Xerxes. I knew a Xerxes Falstaff back in grade school. I wonder if it’s the same one. Nah, couldn’t be….

]]> By: Jangler http://trickme.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/88-puzzling-thoughts/#comment-771 Jangler Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:41:48 +0000 http://trickme.wordpress.com/?p=482#comment-771 Neat puzzle! My friend Xerxes Falstaff has a birthday coming up, and I was trying to find a good card for him, and...oh wait :-P No, but seriously, nice puz. :) Neat puzzle! My friend Xerxes Falstaff has a birthday coming up, and I was trying to find a good card for him, and…oh wait :-P

No, but seriously, nice puz. :)

]]> By: joecab http://trickme.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/88-puzzling-thoughts/#comment-770 joecab Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:50:20 +0000 http://trickme.wordpress.com/?p=482#comment-770 Wait ... 3 days from submission to newsstand? Really? Yipes. Wait … 3 days from submission to newsstand? Really? Yipes.

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