The clue at 1D today was Midwest city known as the “Capital of Route 66” and it’s TULSA. Who knew? Remember The Byrds?
JL Cauvin is my favorite Trump impersonator. Does that give him special insight? Who knows? Here’s his take on you know what.
Jason Kelce, Travis’s brother, was at the Penn State game last Saturday as an analyst for ESPN and was accosted by a homophobic fan. The fan said: “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a fa**ot for dating Taylor Swift?”
First, as to the premise, will someone please explain to me — like I’m a three-year old — how sleeping with one of the most beautiful women on the planet makes an NFL superstar gay? What am I missing?
But let’s put that aside. Jason “reasoned” with the young man by grabbing his phone out of his hands, smashing it to the ground, and asking him “Who’s the fa**ot now?” As you may recall, Jason was an offensive lineman for the Eagles for twelve years. In a collision with a truck, I would not put my money on the truck. That fellow is lucky he can still move his limbs.
Jason later apologized for, and feels terrible about, his use of the slur, even in a “flinging it back in your face” context. “Listen, I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it. In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing. I really don’t. I don’t think it leads to discourse and is the right way to go about things.”
He also explained that he’s always been taught to live life “by the Golden Rule,” adding, “I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I’m gonna keep doing that moving forward, even though I fell short this week. I’m gonna do that moving forward and continue to do that.”
Taylor and Travis remain firmly entrenched in Jason’s corner, as are we here at OC. The guy’s just a big teddy bear without a hateful bone in his body.
Philly! What do you have on Tay for this story?
Yowch. We can use that. Thanks.
At 69A, the clue was “Shaky start?” and the answer was SEISMO. It’s a prefix like for a seismograph, which measures tremors. Get it? A prefix (start) that is “shaky.” Rex was having none of it:
SEISMO is perhaps the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen in the grid. I exaggerate, but not by much. Certainly the stupidest-looking standalone prefix. SEISMO sounds like the name of the mascot at a seismology convention. Imagine someone running around in a furry cartoonish Richter scale costume, trying to get the seismologists hyped about their jobs—that’s SEISMO! “Oh, SEISMO, you lovable scamp! You make my knees shake and my heart tremble!”
At 41D the clue was “One might require a higher prescription,” and the answer was BAD EYE.
Commenter Anony Mouse 1 asked: Can someone please explain to me what “Bad Eye” is? I’m stumped.
Anony Mouse 2 replied: It’s just the one of your two eyes that has worse vision than the other.
I felt compelled to chime in with this clarification: It’s not related to the Evil Eye which must be respected and feared.
Here is a hamsa — a charm that will ward off the evil eye.
As a goodwill gesture towards the incoming administration, Owl Chatter proposes that outgoing Pres. Biden preemptively pardon all of the Jan. 6 patriots that have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. We’re also having George look into which local sport stadiums and arenas can best serve as temporary alien deportation centers until permanent concentration camps are up and running. Met Life Stadium, where both the Jets and Giants play, should be available at the close of the regular season (before inauguration). Neither team has a snowball’s chance in Amarillo of making it into the playoffs. (Might wanna get that flag out of there.)
Bitter? Moi?
Russ Morgan posted this photo in the Dull Men’s Club (UK) today with the note: Now I know how it feels to win the lottery.
It made no sense to me until I read the comments. Apparently, it is impossible to open these packages without implements and a struggle.
James Barton: Nope. Not possible.
Nigel Cad: What sorcery is this?
Dave Budd: Don’t overthink it. Just wallow in your glory.
Isabelle Shelley: That is as rare as rocking horse shit.
Russ Morgan later noted: I didn’t eat any, I’m still in shock from being able to open it without a chainsaw.
Here’s Russ:
Godric Wilkie posted a note to the band The Clash that must have been percolating for him for 42 years.
The Clash – and I’m addressing you collectively – in your 1982 hit you delivered, with great gusto, it must be said, the famous interrogative:
“Should I stay, or should I go now?
Should I stay, or should I go now?
If I go, there will be trouble
And if I stay, it will be double
So come on and let me know:
I believe I may have answers to your conundrum:
If it is the intention of all concerned to reduce trouble to a minimum, then by your lights you should go since to remain will double the quantity of trouble, defeating the object of the exercise.
If, on the other hand, one enjoys a bit of trouble, then surely, the recommendation must be that you remain.
Comments:
Michael Clare: This indecision’s bugging me.
Paul Moorhouse: I find that if I go, no one really cares.
Debbie Mackay: See ya.
Martin Lacey: They also sang ‘let fury have the hour, anger can be power’ so I’m guessing they probably would have stuck around.
Robbie Robb: Joe went.
Bryan Crosby: I like cheese. [What??]
Shaun Gisbey: Double Gloucester?
Turn it up.
See you next time!
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