BWhit
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Metuchen, NJ
I went for a long time being sure )I mean REALLY sure) that an Amazon wrapper was a box.
Love the EDGES on the edge.
LINE should have been accepted. When the comments section reveals that dozens and dozens of commenting solvers went down the same path, the editors owe an apology - especially since rectifying it after solving is nothing but a pure annoyance. And one leading space in one rebus would send a solver into a frenzy of fruitless proofreading. It is the very definition of not fun. The title could have been interpreted either way.
Loved this puzzle. For me it was the perfect implementation of a theme. Makes me feel clever for getting it, it helps us solve the puzzle, and thus it makes me feel the constructor's cleverness was in service of our enjoyment. As opposed to when theme is evidence of the constructor's extreme cleverness but doesn't help solve the puzzle, or actually hinders it in some way. I know there is an audience for that, it's just no fun on a Thursday for me personally . Great work!
The gracious acceptance of either PH or F here further strengthens the protestations of last Sunday's frustrated online solvers who were required to use the clunky rebus mechanism to enter a "-" over and over and over. Thanks for the tacit acknowledgement that this was a misstep on the part of the editors.
@Lewis I am not a regular Jeopardy watcher except when with parents. Lucky break, this week I'm visiting them! EDGAR and INSPO would not have crossed my mind otherwise. Also the November 23 SuperMega has been spread out on the dining room table all week. I'm in fine form.
Nitpick: Kilograms are units of mass. Newtons are units of weight.
@Ιασων Indeed! And in the middle of the night I went down that rabbit hole of units of force and the semantics buried therein. It always boils down to semantics when we pick nits, no? I guess all measures of weights are measures of force, specifically of gravity, even our beloved outdated American pounds and dry ounces. While mass is independent of any force, gravity or otherwise. In any case I will sleep better tonight I hope, with the mass of my mattress exerting a force upwards upon me that is equal to that of my weight, so as to stop me from tumbling further down any dark passages, rabbit or otherwise.
@Francis made more poingant by the fact that the mall stands on the site of Metropolitan Stadium, one time home of the Twins and Vikings (and Millers).
My only issue with rebus-es is that we haven't come up with a better name for them.
@Francis How is this danger handled in other fora?
I waited and waited and watied for a first or second cousin reference....alas
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