Bootie Pasta, Anyone?

Here's this week's NPR Sunday Puzzle:

Name something that might be worn on the foot. Change one letter in it without changing the order of the other letters. The result will name something one might wear on the upper part of the body. What is it? Here's a hint: The thing on the upper part of the body is a two-word phrase.

Intended answer (we think): BOOTIE => BOW TIE

Guess what the words are for today's photo section? You got it! (Is it me, or have we seen the Pikachu bow tie before? Anyone remember the context? Oh, wait, I found it: Tae Bo becoming Bow Tie, blogged and pictured here.)













Time for

Here are this week's picks:

Zero and fewer     1 - 50  51 - 100 101 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 250 -- Natasha 251 - 300 -- Ross 301 - 350 -- Maggie Strasser 351 - 400 -- Curtis 401 - 450 -- legolambda 451 - 500 -- Paul 501 - 550 -- Margaret G. 551 - 600 -- Magdalen 601 - 650 -- Joe Kupe 651 - 700 701 - 750 751 - 800 801 - 850 851 - 900 901 - 950 951 - 1,000 -- David

1,001 - 1,050 -- Jan 1,051 - 1,100 -- Henry BW 1,101 - 1,150 1,151 - 1,200 1,201 - 1,250 -- Word Woman 1,251 - 1,300 1,301 - 1,350 1,351 - 1,400 1,401 - 1,450 1,451 - 1,500 1,501 - 1,550 1,551 - 1,600 -- B. Haven 1,601 - 1,650 1,651 - 1,700 1,701 - 1,750 1,751 - 1,800 1,801 - 1,850 1,851 - 1,900 1,901 - 1,950 1,951 - 2,000

2,001 - 2,050 2,051 - 2,100 2,101 - 2,150 2,151 - 2,200 2,201 - 2,250 2,251 - 2,300 2,301 - 2,350 2,351 - 2,400 2,401 - 2,450 2,451 - 2,500 2,501 - 2,750 2,751 - 3,000 3,001 - 3,250 3,251 - 3,500 3,501 - 4,000 4,001 - 4,500 4,501 - 5,000  > 5,000  > 5,000 + new record

Our tie-break rule:   In the event that a single round number is announced with a qualifier such as "about" or "around" (e.g., "We received around 1,200 entries."), AND two separate people picked the ranges of numbers just before and just after that round number, the prize will be awarded to whichever entrant had not already won a prize, or in the event that both entrants had won a prize already or neither had, then to the earlier of the two entries on the famous judicial principle of "First Come First Serve," (or in technical legal jargon, "You Snooze, You Lose").  As of July 2012, this rule is officially no longer obsolete (and also I still just like having fine print).