Prevailing Wind February 24 Share February 24 One, no asterisk. Bummer. I'm gonna go cuddle the cat to make us both feel better. 2 1 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter February 24 Share February 24 4 hours ago, Clanstarling said: 116. CANADIAN MEDICINE - Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this (cough[ing]) 117. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - He's the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor (Al Gore) Week 24: 1/5 Monday (coughing) Tuesday I was one of us who said Gore but then changed it to McCain. 3 2 Link to comment
Bliss February 24 Share February 24 2/5 * for cough and a lucky guess. Having been there helped. If the TOC is any indication, I'll be at the zero table next week. Didn't have a sniff for Friday's FJ. 4 Link to comment
Mindthinkr February 24 Share February 24 I’m at the very popular table for one. No * 1/5 4 1 Link to comment
SoMuchTV February 25 Share February 25 Table for one as well. I’ll try to cover my coughs. 4 1 Link to comment
DXD526 February 25 Share February 25 Another at the crowded table for 1, and with no *. 4 1 Link to comment
30 Helens February 25 Share February 25 2/5, Cough and Gore. That could be either a comedy team or the symptoms of a very unpleasant disease. I’ll bring some chicken noodle soup, heated by a hole in the ozone layer. And while that simmers, I’ll go ahead and stock up on donuts, because I have a feeling I’ll be needing plenty of those in the next few weeks. 6 1 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling February 25 Author Share February 25 20 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said: One, no asterisk. Bummer. I'm gonna go cuddle the cat to make us both feel better. Now, a table for one with attendant kitties would be awesome! At this moment, Tfor1 is hosting nearly 50 percent of the participants. It was a difficult week, people! I'm curious to see if we'll top 50% 4 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane February 25 Share February 25 2/5, no *. Can someone please stop the theme song of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from going through my mind? It hasn’t stopped since Wednesday! 7 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 25 Share February 25 7 minutes ago, Good Queen Jane said: 2/5, no *. Can someone please stop the theme song of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from going through my mind? It hasn’t stopped since Wednesday! Try "Rawhide." Head 'em up; move 'em out. 1 6 Link to comment
ams1001 February 25 Share February 25 24 minutes ago, Good Queen Jane said: 2/5, no *. Can someone please stop the theme song of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from going through my mind? It hasn’t stopped since Wednesday! 4 Link to comment
Driad February 25 Share February 25 1 hour ago, Good Queen Jane said: Can someone please stop the theme song of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from going through my mind? It hasn’t stopped since Wednesday! Playing a song you like better, or a song you hate even more, sometimes helps. Try "Winchester Cathedral." Once I got the 1812 Overture stuck in my head: church bells, cannons, and all. For hours, not days, but I had the most awful headache by the time it went away. 2 1 1 Link to comment
zoey1996 February 26 Share February 26 20 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said: 2/5, no *. Can someone please stop the theme song of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from going through my mind? It hasn’t stopped since Wednesday! Try the theme to Tombstone Territory. Mr. Zoey watches two episodes every weekday. "Whistle me up a memory Whistle me back where I want to be Whistle a tune that will carry me To Tombstone Territory If your past has run afoul of the law It's a handy place to be cause your future's just as good as your draw In Tombstone Territory Whistle me up a memory Whistle me back where I want to be Whistle a tune that will carry me To Tombstone Territory" source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/tombstoneterritorylyrics.html 2 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane February 26 Share February 26 I tried all your suggestions but unfortunately now I have earworm which is a mashup of Wyatt Earp and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm doomed!😉 8 Link to comment
Clanstarling February 26 Author Share February 26 21 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said: Try "Rawhide." Head 'em up; move 'em out. Awww, man. I was earwormless - and look what you did! 🤣 1 6 Link to comment
Grundoon59 February 26 Share February 26 3/5 with one *. Thanks to fellow W&Mer, Thomas Jefferson, Monticello popped into my head as a lucky guess. I also got cough (probably because I stopped on the way home Monday to buy some cough syrup) and Gore. I went with Doc Holliday instead of Wyatt Earp and couldn't wrap my very congested head around Friday's clue enough to form an answer. I have an earworm too @Good Queen Jane but mine is "Pick a little, talk a little" from Music Man - Chaucer, Rabelais, Balzac....... 2 3 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 26 Share February 26 I've got The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly playing on my mental jukebox. I've been on a Clint Eastwood binge lately, starting with Rawhide. I only WISH it were Edmund Fitzgerald. 2 1 Link to comment
Trey February 26 Share February 26 (edited) 4 hours ago, zoey1996 said: Try the theme to Tombstone Territory. Mr. Zoey watches two episodes every weekday. "Whistle me up a memory Whistle me back where I want to be Whistle a tune that will carry me To Tombstone Territory If your past has run afoul of the law It's a handy place to be cause your future's just as good as your draw In Tombstone Territory Whistle me up a memory Whistle me back where I want to be Whistle a tune that will carry me To Tombstone Territory" source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/tombstoneterritorylyrics.html I always loved that theme song. I also liked the Ballad of Palladin theme song from Have Gun Will Travel. Ballad of Palladin Edited February 26 by Trey 2 1 2 Link to comment
ams1001 February 26 Share February 26 1 hour ago, Trey said: I also liked the Ballad of Palladin theme song from Have Gun Will Travel. Ballad of Palladin That always makes me think of the movie Stand By Me. 2 1 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 27 Share February 27 Did you know Johnny Western sued the "Stand By Me" production for unauthorized use of his "Paladin" song? I think Rob Reiner thought the thing was probably in the public domain by then and didn't check. LOL I've been watching Have Gun - Will Travel on PlutoTV and they edited the theme song, Half of it's missing. Actually makes no sense, as it streams without commercials - it's not like they need the extra time for ads. 2 1 Link to comment
ams1001 February 27 Share February 27 6 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said: Did you know Johnny Western sued the "Stand By Me" production for unauthorized use of his "Paladin" song? I think Rob Reiner thought the thing was probably in the public domain by then and didn't check. LOL I did not know that! 3 Link to comment
theartandsound February 27 Share February 27 WEEK 24 (19 FEB): 1/5, no *. In my (and I'm sure many of us on here's) defense, the wording of the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS category made it really confusing to know what they were asking for. I know "official" is supposed to be the word you hang onto, but man that clue needed reworking. Poor, pathetic week. But hey, this week started with ART HISTORY, and this art historian nailed that shit. In the voice and delightful mannerisms of Sam Buttrey, and in honor of him being in the audience tonight, in terms of the rest of this week (which culminates in my 39th birthday on Friday), "BRING IT!" 2 2 Link to comment
dankesean February 27 Share February 27 Week 24: ow, bad week. 0/5. I'm... just gonna sit over here with a glass of ice water and think about what I've done. 4 Link to comment
Clanstarling February 27 Author Share February 27 18 hours ago, Trey said: I always loved that theme song. I also liked the Ballad of Palladin theme song from Have Gun Will Travel. Ballad of Palladin Well that brings back some happy, early (very) childhood memories. 2 Link to comment
30 Helens February 29 Share February 29 On 2/26/2024 at 5:42 PM, ams1001 said: That always makes me think of the movie Stand By Me. Aw, did you have to bring up Stand By Me? My brain just did three choruses of “Lollipop”, complete with mouth pop. 2 3 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling March 1 Author Share March 1 21 hours ago, 30 Helens said: Aw, did you have to bring up Stand By Me? My brain just did three choruses of “Lollipop”, complete with mouth pop. and...you passed it on. LOL. Fortunately, I don't mind having lollipop in my mind. 3 1 2 Link to comment
ams1001 March 2 Share March 2 Week 25: 0/5 YTD: 64/125 (51%) with 5* I will bring... 7 2 Link to comment
SoMuchTV March 2 Share March 2 Another seat at the donut table. I’ll try to come back with more detailed stats when I’m at my desktop. 2 2 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling March 2 Author Share March 2 Week 25 – Feb 26 – TOC Week One – Two Asterisks 121. ART HISTORY - The Royal Academy of Arts has this man's "La Fornarina" & in the 1800s the RAA's love of him made some artists retreat to an earlier style (Raphael) 122. MILITARY HISTORY - A prototype of this craft was deployed in August 1955; it made headlines in May 1960 (the U-2) 123. *1950s POLITICS - In 1959 Bob Bartlett & Hiram Fong each won a coin flip to gain this alliterative title (senior senator) 124. WORLD TRAVEL - The name of this service that began Nov. 14, 1994 echoes the Étoile du Nord, which linked Paris, Brussels & Amsterdam from 1927 (Eurostar) 125. *COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD - Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country's people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands (Suriname) 4 Link to comment
shapeshifter March 2 Share March 2 Week 25: 0/5 The closest I got was “Something Star” for Thursday. But maybe it's just as well, superstitiously speaking, that I got a zero this week, because last week I got 1/5 for “Coughing,” and I've been coughing all week. Just an annoying, dry cough, but it was weird when I went to enter this week's score and saw “Coughing” for last week. It also snowed here, so I will serve (round) steaming bowls of Trader Joe's Chicken Noodle Soup: 6 1 Link to comment
Mindthinkr March 2 Share March 2 1/5 for the Eurostar. I’ll make some chocolate eclairs to share. 3 1 1 2 Link to comment
shapeshifter March 2 Share March 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mindthinkr said: 1/5 for the Eurostar. I’ll make some chocolate eclairs to share. One of my earliest (age 3) fond memories. The delightful surprise of the creamy filling was equivalent to my getting a FJ correct, LOL — which eventually I will again achieve. Edited March 2 by shapeshifter 7 Link to comment
Bliss March 2 Share March 2 The week started poorly for me... I had visions of many donuts... and then my trips to Europe paid off - Eurostar! Jetpunk helped with Suriname. Final score: 2/5 * Bringing freshly tapped maple syrup to drizzle over donuts, pretzels, whatever. 2 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling March 2 Author Share March 2 0/5 This week's chart (excepting a few smarties) is looking like binary code at the moment. 😆 1 6 Link to comment
DXD526 March 2 Share March 2 A donut week is never fun, but at least there's lots of company this time around! 0/5 😦 5 Link to comment
secnarf March 2 Share March 2 0/5 this week. I should have known U2, but didn’t get there in time :( 2 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind March 3 Share March 3 When I took a cruise with my mom back in 92, they served eclairs stuffed with vanilla ice cream. They called them "Frozen Smiles." 4 1 Link to comment
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