Interesting. He was posed with certain books, but I couldn’t read what they were, even with magnification. Makes you wonder what was important at that time to send as a message with the picture.
Poisonous is one of those words, like “healthy”, that have been subverted to apply to human health, and not the subject’s own qualities….. humans being the center, or one might say the ego-center, of the universe.
Your vegetables aren’t healthy… well, I hope they are, but for their sakes, not yours.
For that matter, exercise isn’t “healthy”, either, but at least it can’t be unhealthy, AFAIK.
I’ve never heard of exercise catching a cold.
Snakes aren’t poisonous if you leave them alone, and you won’t get poisoned if they leave you alone…
Poisonous is not a quality of the snake itself, unless, as you note, its flesh is toxic to something that eats it.
Don’t get me started on “organic”.
Humans have a very hard time digesting or getting energy from inorganic food.
I won’t take advice from a source that can’t distinguish between venomous and poisonous. This screams “I didn’t do any research beyond my own experience”.
I think it was later on the same day as the puzzle, but it might have been the next day.
I replied with an objection or two, because it makes no sense.
I’m not sure what day…. So….
C makes “farrier”, but it also makes “Ferrari”. The answer is supposed to be that Ferrari and “Lambo”(!) are both sports cars, and “tiger” is not.
I replied that most puzzles exclude proper nouns, so I assumed this one did, and who the heck calls a Lamborghini a Lambo, anyway?
As for your solution… Sorry, but “blamo” isn’t a word. If you mean the cartoon sound effect, it’s “blammo”… but I think most puzzles still wouldn’t accept it.
And farriers are blacksmiths… kind of a stretch IMHO to associate with fur.
Oops, I thought farriers treated furs for the production of clothes… my bad. However they aren’t blacksmiths either. Turns out that they are specialists in the care of horses hooves. They may shoe a horse, but they typically wouldn’t make the shoe. They also trim the hoof.
I once got to visit a full size replica of one of Columbus’ ships.
( I think it was the Santa Maria, and I think it was in Oxnard, CA… but I’m not certain. )
Seeing how tiny it was, and how simply built, and knowing there was no communication in those days with land or other ships, unless maybe you were close enough to wave a flag…
It makes you wonder how they could dare to set off across vast oceans, especially with no idea of the route or what they might encounter.
Many of them believed they might fall off the edge of the world, or be eaten by giant sea monsters, not to mention the very real possibility of running out of food or water, while crammed into tiny, smelly quarters.
The Santa Maria was the largest of his ships, but had poor seakeeping qualities. It only made a one-way voyage. I toured a replica of “Columbus’s favorite”, the Niña. The Pinta and Niña were not the real names of his ships; they were nicknames. I agree about the cramped size in the vast ocean. I also toured replicas of the English ships that established Jamestown; the Discovery makes Columbus’s ships seem roomy.
I haven’t had much internet trouble since switching ISPs last summer when wireless Internet became available in my neighborhood… and any minor glitches have been momentary.
But last night I was in the middle of posting here when T-Mobile, provider of both my cell phone and Internet service, completely went down, for hours.
I was surprised by how disconnected and vulnerable I felt… Especially since I still have a landline.
I felt very glad I kept that.
It was all back today…. Whew!
The T-Mobile website says there have been no outages in the last week.
Uh huh.
The universal dog language way to say, “wanna play?”.
I know and love that look.
The use of the “Stay-Puft” Marshmallow Man was outstanding.
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Interesting. He was posed with certain books, but I couldn’t read what they were, even with magnification. Makes you wonder what was important at that time to send as a message with the picture.
That he could read?
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Someone’s got a bear behind!
Someone looks like he’s about to be lunch!
Back when cigarettes were good for you…
Just ask your “Doctor” what brand he (always he) recommends.
From olden days, when every car had a cigarette lighter and an ashtray on the console.
Well, we always liked candy cigarettes when I was a kid!
Chocolate ones!
I tawt I taw a puddy tat!
I give to you, and you give to me
True love, true love.
His name is Pawly.
I refuse to lift any critters tail, much less a snake.
I don’t intend to get close enough to check out the eyes, never mind the tail!
Long and thinning: non-venomous.
But I wouldn’t want to encounter a large python either…
They probably mean venomous and non-venomous, unless this is from a recipe book.
Most mushrooms keep perfectly still.
Good point.
Poisonous is one of those words, like “healthy”, that have been subverted to apply to human health, and not the subject’s own qualities….. humans being the center, or one might say the ego-center, of the universe.
Your vegetables aren’t healthy… well, I hope they are, but for their sakes, not yours.
For that matter, exercise isn’t “healthy”, either, but at least it can’t be unhealthy, AFAIK.
I’ve never heard of exercise catching a cold.
Snakes aren’t poisonous if you leave them alone, and you won’t get poisoned if they leave you alone…
Poisonous is not a quality of the snake itself, unless, as you note, its flesh is toxic to something that eats it.
Don’t get me started on “organic”.
Humans have a very hard time digesting or getting energy from inorganic food.
Organic chemistry = hydrocarbon chemistry. It includes petrochemicals.
Yes, I know.
I only said we couldn’t eat inorganic food.
I never said we could eat everything that’s organic.
In theory, one day our bodies might be able to derive some sort of energy by consuming a new form of ultra processed hydrocarbons from petroleum…
But rocks and metal… or anything with no carbon in it…. not a chance.
I won’t take advice from a source that can’t distinguish between venomous and poisonous. This screams “I didn’t do any research beyond my own experience”.
,,.
You can escape the forest floor, or escape a (larger) predator, but you can’t escape your family. Nobody chooses their parents.
Or siblings. I was just darned lucky.
Does it make any more sense this time round?
oops!
I just happened to look right at him right away.
Same here.
I found the pig
I thought they were all pigs at first.
Nighthawks posted the “official” answer.
I think it was later on the same day as the puzzle, but it might have been the next day.
I replied with an objection or two, because it makes no sense.
C makes “farrier”, but it also makes “Ferrari”. The answer is supposed to be that Ferrari and “Lambo”(!) are both sports cars, and “tiger” is not.
I replied that most puzzles exclude proper nouns, so I assumed this one did, and who the heck calls a Lamborghini a Lambo, anyway?
As for your solution… Sorry, but “blamo” isn’t a word. If you mean the cartoon sound effect, it’s “blammo”… but I think most puzzles still wouldn’t accept it.
And farriers are blacksmiths… kind of a stretch IMHO to associate with fur.
Oops, I thought farriers treated furs for the production of clothes… my bad. However they aren’t blacksmiths either. Turns out that they are specialists in the care of horses hooves. They may shoe a horse, but they typically wouldn’t make the shoe. They also trim the hoof.
Meanwhile the dog is thinking “no way you are putting this on me, kid. Don’t even try.”
He did put it on the dog… But the ink, not the blame😁
Are we sure he (or one of his contemporaries) didn’t make it to the Americas?
We think he did.
Not only from their written history, but natives had stories about the encounters.
And the Vikings made it to the other side.
Columbus had great press agents.
Not as good as Amerigo Vespucci…
All Christopher wanted was traveling to India by ship…
I once got to visit a full size replica of one of Columbus’ ships.
( I think it was the Santa Maria, and I think it was in Oxnard, CA… but I’m not certain. )
Seeing how tiny it was, and how simply built, and knowing there was no communication in those days with land or other ships, unless maybe you were close enough to wave a flag…
It makes you wonder how they could dare to set off across vast oceans, especially with no idea of the route or what they might encounter.
Many of them believed they might fall off the edge of the world, or be eaten by giant sea monsters, not to mention the very real possibility of running out of food or water, while crammed into tiny, smelly quarters.
The Santa Maria was the largest of his ships, but had poor seakeeping qualities. It only made a one-way voyage. I toured a replica of “Columbus’s favorite”, the Niña. The Pinta and Niña were not the real names of his ships; they were nicknames.
I agree about the cramped size in the vast ocean. I also toured replicas of the English ships that established Jamestown; the Discovery makes Columbus’s ships seem roomy.
Actually now that you say it… It may have been the Niña I toured.
It was visiting many ports, not a permanent installation… so quite probably the same ship you were on.
This insane.
NUTS
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I’m glad some people can do that. I couldn’t.
I’m not glad they actually DID it, unless he’s wearing safety equipment I can’t see.
Much smarter and safer NOT to do it, and hopefully, nowadays they’re buckled up.
All of which has nothing to do with why I can’t do it…
Not even with a safety harness, a person on each side of me, and maybe functional wings…
I’d be too terrified to breathe, much less walk or relax.
I thought they had safety harnesses by then!
I haven’t had much internet trouble since switching ISPs last summer when wireless Internet became available in my neighborhood… and any minor glitches have been momentary.
But last night I was in the middle of posting here when T-Mobile, provider of both my cell phone and Internet service, completely went down, for hours.
I was surprised by how disconnected and vulnerable I felt… Especially since I still have a landline.
I felt very glad I kept that.
It was all back today…. Whew!
The T-Mobile website says there have been no outages in the last week.
Uh huh.