OT: Test 422B

[wire chief]

14..Dilbert's coffee fiend colleague?

15.."Her ? her ? her ? her ? are 2nd nature to me now.

16..The US Post Office is newly honoring a bball legend(?).

17..In '44 US troops crack the _________ Line near Aachen.

18..Thanksgiving as the last Thursday in November was decided by..?

19..An avian nickname for this populace or fruit?

20..The 4 SEC teams not in the conference in '90?

21..Germany's 6th Army under F. M. ______ is defeated at Stalingrad.

22.."How can a loser ever win? Please help __ ____ __ ______ _____ and let me live again." Who?

23..How are Balkan/Mideast bullfights different from those of Spain?

24..The Tontou Macoutes terrified this citizenry.

25..Which 5-0 college team is lowest ranked of all the 5-0 teams in both polls (AP/UP)

I have it on good authority that you especially function well on Tuesdays. Prove me right.

 

[geordi]

17. Seigfried
21. Paulus ????
24. Haiti - under our friend Papa Doc

 

[rbny1]

15. "Her smiles, her frowns, her ups, downs" - "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from My Fair Lady.

 

[pinotbear]

14. Wally
22. me mend my broken heart, da BeeGees

 

[JRRRJ]

14..Wally
15.."Her smiles, her frowns, her up, her downs" I've grown accustomed to her face
17..Siegfried Line near Aachen.
18..Turkeys wanting a few more days.
21..Paulos
24..Filipinos
25..Notre Dame?

 

[Zorro]

15 smiles, frowns, ups, downs.

17 Sigfried

22 me mend this broken heart

tu24..Haiti, under Papa Doc. Graham Greene's "The Comedians" paints a chilling picture.

 

[k9fanatic]

18. I think it was FDR that made it official.
22. me mend this broken heart
24. Haiti

 

[ed4ourgirls]

16. Wilt Chamberlain is on a new stamp.
19. Kiwi
20. A&M, Mizzou, Arkansas, South Carolina
25. TCU?

 

[UConnChapette]

22. Others have filled in the words, but did not identify the artist(s). BeeGees - or Brothers Gibb

 

[VAUConnFan]

17. Maginot
18. No one, it is the fourth Thursday in November
20. West Virginia, Texas A&M, South Carolina, ???
22. Please help me mend my broken heart - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Originally the Bee Gees and covered nicely by a number of artists, notably Al Green.
24. Haiti

 

[lne001]

25. Marshall

 

[RadyLady]

22. Others have filled in the words, but did not identify the artist(s). BeeGees - or Brothers Gibb

Pinot had it

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

18. Lincoln

25. I can't answer because I looked it up - I was afraid it was my current team, but it isn't.

 

[meyers7]

18. I believe Abraham Lincoln set the date in Nov. But it wasn't til later that they made it the 4th Thursday, right? Like Roosevelt era?
20. Texas A&M and Mizzou for sure.
25. That's AP and USA Today Coaches Poll. (UP?) I think I remember seeing Georgia Tech at 5-0.

 

[wire chief]

23..Well, nothing dies, but that's not the whole answer.

 

[OneTrickPony]

14. Wally
22. me mend this broken heart
23. the bull can be freed...?
25. Georgia Tech

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

18. I believe Abraham Lincoln set the date in Nov. But it wasn't til later that they made it the 4th Thursday, right? Like Roosevelt era?

That's what I was getting at. Lincoln set it the last Thursday in November and FDR moved it to the 4th Thursday - supposedly to extend the Christmas shopping season. Two comments -
- my memory could be, and often is, faulty
- Now, the Christmas shopping season appsears to run from late summer through December 25th. Out here in what is still "early" October, the Halloween displays have been shrunk to half size to accommodate the influx of Christmas decorations.

 

[wire chief]

14.. Pinot, pony & JR, guys who can't get their noses out of the funnies.

15..Yes, Rex Harrison having a hissy fit, revealed by rbny, JR & zorro.

16..How you get a 7-footer onto a postage stamp eludes me, but ed4 is the only one reading the ribbon
underneath our girls playing FIBA bball.

17..Geordi, JR and zorro crossing the Siegried Line, and their ears still ring today.

18..Forget all that, the most intriguing part is the cancellation of Thanksgiving by William Howard Taft, cause he wanted
all the birds for his plate.

19..The New Zealand Kiwis, ed4 as the lone person of the group who sees the connection.

20..Ark, SC, Tx A&M, Mo. Ed4 again as most complete.

21..Paulus is the guy turning tail, with geordi & JR running right behind him.

22..Pinot, K9 and a gaggle of others dealing with wounded organs.

23..It's a battle between bulls, no toreodores need apply.

24..These guys under Papa & Baby Doc terrorized Haitians. A zorro quartet as eyewitnesses.

25..The Ramblin'Wrecks are not only a hell of an engineer, but can play some football. Pony & Meyers
have elected to keep us informed of their later fate.

I'm tickled to see just about all our regulars licking their pencil points and digging in.