Comments on: Guardian 24167/ Paul

By: Simply_simon

Simply_simon — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:00:12 +0000

I can’t find a reference either, but I remember it as a playground expression – and all it means is ‘by doing such and such, you neither appear to be a big boy, nor do you look smart’. I think it may well have been used also by parents to their children, when trying to get them not to do something or other. It’s the sort of thing that may have come as a catch phrase from some long forgotten TV show.

By: ygor

ygor — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:51:28 +0000

Can anyone illuminate me as to the origin of, “It’s not big and it’s not clever”. It’s not a common expression here in the States. I found lots of references when I googled it, some of which could be considered insulting to dwarves. But nothing suggesting whence it came.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:24:04 +0000

“Bleeding” is also “So” – in the sense of “bleeding good” being “so good”. Paul is a genius.

By: radchenko

radchenko — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:25:51 +0000

Tough puzzle, with loads of indirection in the definitions, e.g. “certainly not a” to mean CONSONANT, and “, perhaps” to mean PUNCTUATION MARK; and elsewhere, e.g. sparkler = ASTI.

Glad to see someone else found this a tough nut too, and this is the second allusion to Saturday’s Araucaria double puzzle, which was a right stinker…

By: Simply_Simon

Simply_Simon — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:03:33 +0000

Sorry I didn’t write what I meant to write – I took rest to mean a tee. I don’t know why I wrote stand.
And thanks for the explanation; I now get it.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:00:30 +0000

Re: 2 down – there’s no reference there to “stand” at all.

The cryptic bit is “take rest during drive”, and indicates “lie” inside “steer”.