User comments: Femme_Appeal
to user page| Crossword | Date | Comment |
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| Cassette | 4 December 2024, 10:11 | Once upon a time, my grandparents had an 8-track looking device that would let you play cassettes. Which was nice back then, because the 8-tracks they had largely Neil Diamond and stuff straight outta "Hee Haw." Meanwhile I now have a device in my car, that connects to my phone's Bluetooth and broadcasts it through an FM channel of my choosing - 3 hour drives to the docs would suck without it. You gotta love the tools designed for we poor relations, to connect new tech to older vehicles. :) |
| Ice hockey | 21 November 2024, 1:36 | Hey now. Tell that to Eddie the Eagle and the Netherlands Antilles bobsled team (who arguably did quite a bit better in the '88 Olympics than Jamaica). Plus, by that logic, no place should be allowed to have pro baseball, football or soccer teams if they live too far North to easily play those games outdoors a significant portion of the year. |
| Crying Man | 21 November 2024, 1:10 | That's a great call, given that the "dark rings around the eyes" are more distinctive than you'd even expect from a someone in that situation. Plus, the slightly twisted mouth really fits how AC usually looks, when he's in makeup. |
| Quack | 17 November 2024, 17:28 | I'm so jealous of people who do get to vote in Australia. The whole universal civic duty voting and election days that feel like street parties, sounds amazing. |
| Quack | 17 November 2024, 17:23 | That's one of the ironies of English idioms. We think the phrase refers to someone selling snake oil, which is a fake homeopathic cure. Except that actual water-snake oil is good for inflammation, and was a legitimate treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. But it was introduced to the US by Chinese immigrants brought over to build the railroads, around the time when a lot of charlatans were selling fake panaceas, and they were labeled as snake-oil when they were anything but. And in some ways, the incidents that led to the term "snake oil salesmen" becoming popular, were the beginnings of the hornswoggling supplements market we're in today, where any jagoff can market a no-fail diet gummy or a miraculous new cure for memory issues, and as long as they're calling it a supplement, no one will do anything about the number of people getting ripped off unless the product is actively making people sick. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen |
| Gentle giant | 17 November 2024, 16:08 | I think you mean something mammalian. |
| Pepperoni slice | 17 November 2024, 13:46 | Hence why they invented breakfast pizza. And, regardless of brand, it seems to be the one kind of pizza that is consistently more yummy reheated than when it's fresh. |
| Pear | 17 November 2024, 13:25 | That Noid is exactly where my brain went in response to your first pun. Shows you how important TV was to my formative years. :) |
| Cherries | 17 November 2024, 13:17 | I'd have said it looks kinda alphabetical. In fact, if there are any people who go by J.J. on the site, they should consider turning this into some kind of avatar or maybe an emblem on their stationary. |
| First aid for stinkbugs | 17 November 2024, 13:08 | Well, arguably it's first aid for people who find themselves smelling like stink bugs - which can happen, if you end up stepping on one with bare feet. |
| First aid for stinkbugs | 17 November 2024, 13:06 | I agree. Especially for a tiny puzzle - which, by its very nature, is going to consist of a very simple and basic image, eliciting a simplistic and basic title most of the time. |
| Standard Bearer | 22 October 2024, 22:46 | What's really funny is that "Simple English" and "English" aren't exactly the same thing. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Which doesn't even cover Equus' point below, that there are multiple definitions for both the words "Standard" and "Bear." Or the fact that the suffix "er" is also a method of nominalizing a verb into a noun - as in "one who bears." Is it any wonder, that even native speakers can get perplexed by the English language? :D |
| Big Pumpkin | 19 August 2024, 9:49 | Fantastic use of shadows - really gave it texture and dimension. |
| Inner Peace? | 19 August 2024, 9:31 | I doubt this is what the author intended, but my instant reaction to the thumbnail was that the meditative guru is topless, wearing earrings and sporting a fu manchu-ish moustache - such that it looked like Glenn Hughes from The Village People. :D |
| Pirate ship | 19 August 2024, 9:20 | In fairness, a smart captain only was cautious about where and when they flew the Jolly Roger. But if you assume the sails actually are black, that would lean more heavily toward it being a pirate ship. That's what made this image look so cool to me. Being a B&W puzzle with implied glints at the top of each sail, to me it looked like a well structured ship with black sails - which looks kick-ass. |
| Jumpscare | 19 August 2024, 8:35 | See my reply to NancyUK above - might clarify things a bit. |
| Jumpscare | 19 August 2024, 8:35 | Imagine this notation in a script for a horror film... [quote]They neared the doorway, which was ever so slightly ajar, and their eyes darted around, each of them trying to search the dark and narrow space for any sign of life in the next room. Just as one of their hands was about to grasp the doorknob, a sliver of a face suddenly filled the entire gap in the doorway, and they both screamed and leapt backwards in shock.[/quote] Some call jump-scares a cheap form of storytelling, but it's a tried-and-true method of upping the anxiety in a scary movie/show/game - I'd argue it only cheapens when you overuse them. And it can be an excellent form of misdirection, if you set up a jump-scare moment from a character that isn't otherwise scary. This half-face might well be entirely benign, even friendly, when seen in full width. :) |
| Film cassette | 19 August 2024, 7:54 | That is interesting and exactly the kind of linguistic info that gets piques mine. Could you tell me the term, in Russian, that you mean? I'd love to do a deeper-dive on its etymology. |
| Indian | 19 August 2024, 7:43 | I would argue that no one remotely conscious of what it means would call "Caucasian" an "ethnicity." It is loosely called a "race," by some, though that's given a lot of side-eye for obvious reasons, or maybe an "ethnic background." That's why it's increasingly replaced with things like, "Caucasian/Western European" or something similar. At least that's true in the US, where the concept of "white and black" being races has been common for far too long, though I would assume the default list of ethnic backgrounds is different in other countries, especially those on other continents. |
| Indian | 19 August 2024, 7:37 | A little bit prone to gaslighting are we? :P |
| Kitty | 2 August 2024, 19:26 | I'm guessing it's meant to be a white one with a big bow wrapped around its neck - otherwise I'm struggling to define what the head. |
| We Were Here | 2 August 2024, 19:14 | You got me curious if somehow that was the result if you translated Neil Armstrong's line into another language and then translated it back into English. But I was quite surprised to find that when using online Spanish translators it didn't garble the line at all. |
| We Were Here | 2 August 2024, 19:08 | I'm not sure if this was the author's intention, but that's why I thought the title was particularly clever. Because obviously the whole reason they planted a flag when arriving was from the human-exploration tradition of saying "I was here" - also a phrase popular with people writing on the walls of bathroom stalls. But obviously there is a segment of the population who refuses to accept that humans did actually land on the moon in '69, despite the fact that there is ample evidence that it happened, including the reflectors left by Apollo 11 (among others) that have been used for years to track the expanding distance from there to here. My favorite smack down on the 'moon-landing conspiracy theorists' though, was from Stephen Fry on an episode of QI, where he pointed out that if there was ANY indication that the US had faked the landing, the Soviet Union would've found out and shouted it to the entire world. :) |
| Prince - Parade | 8 July 2024, 11:27 | An exceptional reproduction of a truly iconic image. I'm in awe. |
| Magpie | 4 June 2024, 10:12 | When writing on international websites, you should take care when and how you use the phrase "tossed off." Let's just say, in the UK, there is a reason that a "tosser" is the same basic thing as a "wanker." |
| Chihuahua | 4 June 2024, 9:09 | I'm pretty sure at least ewok made that noise in Empire. |
| Attic Residents | 4 June 2024, 8:46 | I can't help but think see a tall hat/coat stand, which always seems to be found in dusty attics in films and TV shows. Along with creepy ancient prams and extremely large, framed paintings. |
| Attic Residents | 4 June 2024, 8:45 | Then I recommend you steadfastly avoid playing any board game or video game if you hear mysterious drums when it's nearby. ;) |
| Goose | 4 June 2024, 8:40 | Well, considering the puzzle isn't labeled "Gander," and female geese are known to bend their neck in that manner to cover their nests from view, strange that you went with "he/his." |
| Standing on one leg | 4 June 2024, 7:37 | I felt the same way as I was coming up on my 40s, because I could do that as well as a somewhat passable arabesque (though never on pointe). Though I turn 49 in a few days and it's been nearly 10 years since I could stand on 2 legs for more than a few minutes without pain and fatigue sucking the wind out of me. But I have the advantage that, after the spinal surgery last year, I couldn't even safely lift 5lbs on my 48th bday. So, I get to feel accomplished by my current ability to lift a gallon of water by myself. ;) |
| Ballerina | 3 June 2024, 14:57 | I genuinely was a bit shocked at the title at first, because it looked like a closeup of someone's back and backside, effectively from just under the bust area down to the very top of the thighs. So, I momentarily thought it was meant to be a tight shot of a ballerina's back while she is arching it - which seem a bit too "creepy male gaze" a title. Was relieved to realize there's a much tamer image of stick-figure-like ballerina as well. |
| Ballerina | 3 June 2024, 14:52 | LOL at a bull being in a china "cabinet." Sure, a bull isn't that likely to wander into a china shop, as I've heard that phrase, but it's still a bit more likely than it being inside a cabinet. :) |
| Pirate Parrot | 3 June 2024, 14:22 | Actually, it's quite firmly established as an Irish tradition that other countries, including Scotland, took on eventually. They just can't say whether it happened to the historical figures that the legends of Saints Bridget and Patrick were based on, or it was an entirely invented set of folk tales. https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/leap-day-proposals-the-story-behind-the-leap-year-tradition-in-ireland/ |
| Cat | 3 June 2024, 13:44 | Probably should've been labeled as "animated cat" or the like, given that cat pupils do not look like that except when humans are deliberately anthropomorphizing them. |
| This Lady is Trouble | 12 May 2024, 8:12 | That you'd not only invoke the word "Ladies" - as if most people on this planet right now give two sh*ts about such an antiquated and elitest term - but capitalize the thing, just screams, "I'm an insecure prick who can't be bothered to even try and grasp the point that this woman is making. So, I'll say something even more prickish, hoping it shuts her up." FFS |
| Construction worker | 10 May 2024, 0:50 | My brain went to "Macho Man" instead. Though that might be because I rewatched "In & Out" a few months ago, which I hadn't seen for quite a while, and I have had random flashes of this scene in my head ever since. https://youtu.be/Y74LJxGKb6s?si=SXeqYbNnRCcsT7uq A vastly underappreciated masterpiece, that movie. :) |
| Dog in car | 3 May 2024, 6:17 | Looked like K.K. Slider to me. |
| Calculator | 30 April 2024, 9:49 | Praising an ability to use punctuation is one thing, but you have a very strange definition of "polite rapport." |
| Hedgehog | 18 April 2024, 10:24 | I didn't even realize until recently that none of the species were native to the Americas at all. I just figured they weren't local to my neck of the woods (IL/IA border). But I should've realized, given I've only ever seen them online, on TV, etc. I can't even recall having seen one in a zoo, though I've only ever been to a few of them. |
| Two legged dog | 30 March 2024, 9:39 | While such abuse would be tragic, there's really no reason to assume this would be the result of abuse. Plenty of other situations that could lead to a dog with only 2 legs. https://www.news9.com/story/5e35b84783eff40362bf35c8/twolegged-dog-walks https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/22/the-dog-that-walks-like-a-human-and-other-precocious-pets-duck-cat-parrot |
| Nirvana - Nevermind | 30 March 2024, 9:29 | There hasn't really been a trial yet, and I really doubt there ever will be one, but absurd lawsuit alleging child porn? Yup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind#Spencer_Elden_lawsuits |
| Pink Floyd - Division Bell | 30 March 2024, 7:58 | Nicely done. It's a very close approximation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_Floyd_-_Division_Bell.jpg |
| Grim Reaper | 12 March 2024, 14:36 | Absolutely NOT an inappropriate image for the day, if you're a fan of the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - or the parent of such a fan. :P |
| Rubber boots | 12 March 2024, 14:26 | Given what Nikki is referencing, you mean they are for SINGING in the rain. :P |
| Floppy Disk | 12 March 2024, 14:19 | I know I do, because I never have the nerve to toss the box when I come across it. |
| Floppy Disk | 12 March 2024, 14:18 | For my sister and I, our default joke about what an outdated and low-rent PC, is 2 cans and string attached to an Etch-a-Sketch. We actually had color screens for the programming classes I took in HS, which was nice when we were using PASCAL to create a boom box with musical notes coming out of it. But the Apple IIe's that were in the writing lab were actually attached to green screen monitors - and they used 5" and 3.5" floppies respectively. So, there really never was a time that I didn't have to operate on multiple media forms. :) |
| Construction Crane | 12 March 2024, 12:26 | I just finished this one while rewatching Wandavision again, and between the "hard light" powers of Kamala Kahn, how they are interconnected with the powers of Carol Danvers and Monica Rambeau, and the fact that passing through Wanda's Hex is how Monica was exposed to the CMBR that gave her those powers... You'll now have me referring to newborn Billy and Tommy as "light babies." :D |
| Typewriter | 9 March 2024, 10:19 | (cont.) If I'd had my present-day awareness of how absurd the whole thing I was, I would have literally laughed in his face and gone over his head. Especially since the district Superintendent at the time had been my Science and Homeroom teacher in Middle School. Instead I dropped out that day and took the GED test a few months later. The Superintendent actually handed me results and certificate himself, and gave me an amused ribbing because, despite having scores in the highest percentiles in the state in English and Math, Science was my lowest score. I just couldn't wrap my brain around a lot of physics and chemistry when I was that age. |
| Typewriter | 9 March 2024, 10:19 | I took Typing I and Typing II in high school, and I believe ours was the last class to use electric typewriters. After that, they only had a "Keyboarding" class. My graduating year was meant to be 1993. Funny(ish) story; about how my school counselor was a tool. At the start of my Jr. year I was working more than 20 hours a week at a burger place (for family reasons) and because I'd taken voluntary summer school classes after every year, I was literally half a Math credit and one PE credit from the state's legal requirements to graduate. So, I tried to get them to allow me to do some kind of testing-out of that 1.5 credits and graduate early; I didn't think it was a big ask considering I'd already taken electives like Typing, Accounting I and II, 2 different Computer Programming classes, Publishing and Interior Design. When they refused, I asked my counselor what on Earth I should waste the next year taking, his first suggestions were Metal Shop and Keyboarding... |
| Weight taken | 6 February 2024, 12:59 | Except that it looks far more like a kettlebell than a balloon. |