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 |
9 comments:
I could not have got that answer, because I had never met that spelling of "bootee." The OED won't even allow it as an alternative spelling.
Okay, this page is displaying comments nos. "1-0 of 0". And it asks ME If I'm a robot?
For those of you AESAPs followers who may have missed it, I wrote my version of this week’s NPR puzzle two months ago. It can be found here. It is the “Specialty of the House Slice: Haberdash!”
LegoPuzzleria!
I Googled "bootie" and got something like 26 million hits, the first several pages of which were about a variety of womens boots I never heard of. Actually Google suggested I really wanted "booties" or "booty."
Henry: Perhaps the OED doesn't care for the word, but the OEDILF has this delightful limerick:
"My girlfriend was knitting a bootie,
A pink-and-blue-striped one, a beauty;
And she knitted non-stop. "A
Surprise for you, Poppa!"
I married her; that was my duty"
It is by SheilaB, a regular at The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form, oedilf.com.
I'm just curious. I assume someone got the call on Thursday. Technically, was that a bootie call?
Phil
Good stuff, Mendo Jim and Phil.
Here is a link that manages to encapsulate Will's past two puzzles: A marriage of "bootie" and googol.
LegoBootiePlex
If you can read this, you're following too invertedly.
Great find, lego!
Yes, great find! Well plated. . .Hope the driver never ends up with the car upside-down, though.
Gaahhh!
I read that at a glance.
I think the PM owes us all an apology!
I think it may be Mr. Captcha's car.
Mendo Jim
I assume the "two-word" hint was to discourage people from submitting "sock" and "jock."
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