Comments on: Independent 7427/Punk

By: scarpia

scarpia — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:21:07 +0000

Thanks for the link eimi.
When you say records do you mean the 12″ black vinyl things?
Does that include Matching Tie and Handkerchief with it’s notorious double groove? My copy would only play 1 of the grooves unless I started a little way in to the playing surface.

By: eimi

eimi — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:22:40 +0000

Never mind that, my lad (to be said in a John Cleese voice – I’ve seen it described both with and without the ‘dead’), I coincidentally rediscovered Monty Python’s records yesterday which brought back memories and I think this is great fun, and appropriate for people who appreciate words:

http://www.montypython.net/scripts/word-ass.php

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:51:06 +0000

A minor point. Isn’t it usually referred to as “Dead Parrot Sketch”?

By: Paul B

Paul B — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:07:30 +0000

Clueing.

By: Quixote

Quixote — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:57:16 +0000

I enjoyed this, but did think ‘Oh no, not more b***** football!’ And to think that crosswords used to be about cricket!

By: flashling

flashling — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:27:07 +0000

Struggled to get going really got CPB almost immediately, didn’t help seing bairn in the ankle biter anag, but the double answer clues soon filled up the grid. I thought wheeze was a great wheeze for a clue personally. This parrot…

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:05:15 +0000

Thanks John.
I thought this was a brilliant puzzle.O.k ,a few liberties were taken by the setter but Punk/Paul has never denied being a “libertarian”.
FURRY DICE made me laugh and 16/15,although fairly easy to solve from the enumeration was,as Eileen says,fun to work out.
I remembered Theo(Walcott) from a previos Indie puzzle(Anax I think),so didn’t have too much trouble with that one.
Also really liked DAFFODIL.
Like Sil,I must say that I don’t really notice grids – especially with a puzzle as amusing as this.
I’m in the “clueing” rather than”cluing” camp,no particular reason,it’s just the way I’ve always spelt the word.Never even considered it until I started looking at this site.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:00:24 +0000

Yeah, Eileen, good idea.
Let’s write ‘cluing’, unless the setter puts some energy in it – then we write: ‘clueing’ …..

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:50:00 +0000

“I blame Eileen for starting us all off on it.”

Hands up – you’re quite right, K’s D. This discussion has been rumbling away for quite a while now and I’ve been resisting commenting. I just wish I’d continued resisting!

You’re quite right that this is not the right place but I’ve nothing further to add to my comment 18, I think. [I shall continue to write 'cluing'. ]

By: Myrvin

Myrvin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:13:20 +0000

Ooops – wrong blog.