ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ MIDDLE MAN]
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]
PROGRAM: [Java]
PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ MIDDLE MAN]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]
Just to set the record straight, the middle man in question is not the gentleman in the above picture. That would, in fact, be the latest entry in our BEQ.com Fan Du Jour. Say “hello” to Spencer Corden of Knoxville, TN. Spencer is continuing our trend of BEQ spottings overseas. Take it away, Spence:
The Guinness Storehouse was my first stop in Dublin. The museum interior is shaped like a seven story pint glass, and upon reaching the top of the glass I arrived at the Gravity Bar. There, one redeems their ticket stub for a pint. Helluva trade. After making quick work of the stout it was time to go back to the gates where the BEQ shirt was revealed to the masses. Some cheered. Some cried. Some wielded farm implements. But all agreed that it was better than Cromwell running rip-shod through their country again.Afterward, I was off to Doheny & Nesbitt Pub in St. Stephen’s Green for a pint of Bulmers Cider and BEQ Crossword #251. Time very, very well spent
I’m sure that more than a few people in Dublin know at least one “Brendan Quigley,” which is probably the reason for the cheering, crying, and farm implement wielding. We’re a weird breed. Anyway, for this display of sheer madness, Spencer gets a copy of “Diagramless.” Get yours in the store to your right. Or … you can win one with the latest contest.
CONTEST RULES: Simple enough. Solve the puzzle whose theme spells out a riddle. Send me the answer to that riddle by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, or … however else you want to send in your entry. I encourage creativity, nay, I reward it. Recall with my last contest, I started a new trend where I awarded a prize for the most creative entry, and believe me there were some creative ones. I have no doubt you shall one-up yourselves.
So, get me your entries by the end of the day on Wednesday August 25. Prizes will be awarded to one randomly selected entrant who guesses the riddle correctly, and one to the most creative contest entry. Winners get whatever they want from the BEQ gift shoppe, or something I don’t want anymore from BEQ.com HQ. I will announce the winners next Thursday.
Good luck. Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
Was confused for a bit by ACTIV (not ACTII) and TENOF not (TENTO). Got the answer but being both lazy and not really interested in swag, I won’t enter either contest. Good luck to everyone else!
Overall, an amusing solve but Terri Schuester? MOM on Glee? Must. Contain. Nerd. Rage.
This may not be the place for this topic, but Brendan did give us a link to the Lollapuzola puzzles (thank you). I tried them to get a feel for a puzzle contest as I have never been to one, and based on this experience I don’t think I would fare very well. I did them all without help in a bit over the time allowed–except for Tyler’s which took several hours. I do have some questions maybe someone out there can help me with.
Is there a summary out there about how the contests work, e.g the meaning of the time limit and “tickets” and how the scoring is done?
Regarding these puzzles (spoiler alert if you have not done them yet): In the GROUP PUZZLE, how do the 17A’s suggest the final interlocking of the puzzles and what is the significance of the circled letters? In the contest what constitutes “completing” the puzzle? In PUZZLE 3, I loved 1A but it took me a long time to parse 79A.
Hey I Before E,
Ryan & Brian explain what’s up with all the LPZ3 puzzles at the end of this week’s podcast:
http://bemoresmarter.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/17/fill-me-in-115-a-complete-success-for-the-most-part.html
I’ll show you out of order. You don’t know what out of order is, Mr. Trask, I’d show you, but I’m too old, I’m too tired, I’m too ****in’ blind, if I were the man I was five years ago, I’d take a flame thrower to this place! Out of order? Who the hell do you think you’re talkin’ to? I’ve been around, you know? There was a time I could see, and I have seen, boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off, but there is nothin’ like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is no prosthetic for that, you think you’re merely sendin’ this splendid foot solider back home to Oregen with his tail between his legs, but I say you’re executin’ his soul! And why? Because he is not a Baird man. Baird men, you hurt this boy, you’re gonna be Baird bums, the lot of you. And Harry, Jimmy, and Trent, wherever you are out there, **** you too! cheap sunglassses
I never got a chance before I left to write a blog post that I could schedule to run while I was gone. I always intend to do that, but unfortunately it rarely happens.
Now that I’m back I realize that this next week I will need to focus on helping to get my two daughters prepared to head back to college. One is going to do her study abroad semester in Florence, Italy, so she really needs to be ready.
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