Browncoat

@Expat in Canada They mean the pieces of glass that one finds on a beach that have been rubbed smooth by the being in the ocean — usually found in blue, green, white, and brown.

@Janine So after living in China for a while, the only way I can describe the experience of walking down the street and coming across the smell of stinky tofu is to compare it to this (something I do not recommend you try at home): cook a lot of Cayenne pepper in a skillet on something to the point where it begins to char and the kitchen fills with a smog of overwhelming vapors that settle at the roof of your mouth and flood your every breath with an inescapable intensity. The pungent smell of stinky tofu isn’t spicy but pervades (overloads?) your senses in the same way as the cayenne. It is one of the most common smells at a street market in China. I’ve had ‘never again’ versions and ‘not bad’ versions and some that were actually quite tasty — some people will tell you it, it doesn’t taste like it smells and that is definitely true depending on the chef. Here’s a really good article: <a href="https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2019/stinky-tofu-in-shaoxing" target="_blank">https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2019/stinky-tofu-in-shaoxing</a>/

@Theo They mean Leo the 1st as the start of that line of popes and Marcus Loew; he founded the Loew’s theaters — a huge movie chain in the US, and he bought then merged some companies to form MGM—the film production company (both back in the early 1900’s). I didn’t know he created MGM but his name has been used for movie related clues before.

@Andrew They mean clinking champagne flutes not the musical instrument

@Andrzej They mean classes are easy to get an A in — think of it like easy A’s. If you are not familiar with the American grading system, A is the top mark unlike, for example, how in Britain one would want to get an A* (though A’s are good too😊).

@Browncoat I was held up by the idea of calling it a competitor for BR…sure, they both sell frozen desserts but i don’t think many people in the 90s where like “I could get full fat scoop ice cream or supposedly healthier soft-serve frozen yogurt — what a conundrum!”…I suppose it’s a matter of degrees. Like saying Subway and McDonald’s are competitors— in the sense that you could eat at both and have to choose, sure. Another fast food burger joint would seem more competitive to me and so in that vein, for example, Cold Stone for BR. Do you guys remember the little plastic parfait flutes at TCBY?? They’d put the toppings in first — like civilized people!! It’s late…sorry.

@Kevin Davis I think you meant: y=x… You can just write EQUALS in the rebus; it worked in my app on iPhone

@Steve L I had just copied your joke and was going to paste it here for everyone who didn’t check the late comments yesterday! It was too good to go without.

@Crevecoeur TCBY is an old frozen yogurt chain

@Aria When Charles was crowned king, she changed from HRH as a queen consort is a ‘majesty’. <a href="https://www.royal.uk/the-queen" target="_blank">https://www.royal.uk/the-queen</a>

@Hi hi You have to read it vertically: Acting (up)

@Nina Dina Which ones weren’t real? BEEB? They just mean slang for BBC, right? So not too strange… What ones were bothering you?

@Sammy My “new” app interface shows the completion time under the yellow box/star in the blue box: Star Completion time Day of the week Does your app look different?

@Sammy Huh…I use an iPhone well