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One of the great traditions on PB has been the StJohn Christmas Crossword. The has been published on most Christmas days on the site since 2007. Its creator, StJohn, is one of quite a group of PBers who have been coming here almost since the site’s foundation in 2004. This is his 2018 offering. Enjoy.
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7D Brexiting
19D Rhondda
Mercy Christmas everyone.
Ideal. One = I. Possible Brexit outcome = Deal. I + Deal = Ideal, the best.
Brexiting. About = Re. Ten = X. It's chilly = Biting. Re X, Biting outside = B (Re X) iting. Brexiting = Leaving.
Rhondda. Right = R. Honourable = Hon. David Davies heads = DD. R + Hon + DD + a = Rhondda. Rhondda = constituency.
This one's for you:
https://historyforatheists.com/2016/12/the-great-myths-2-christmas-mithras-and-paganism/
L(E FT)IES. Lefties = sinister people (left handed).
Mr. Doethur, interesting, but I thought the main aspect of coincidence was the resurrection rather than Christmas itself.
I once designed a Mithratic temple secret area on a MUD (now defunct, alas) and did a spot of research into it then. One of the seven or so ranks was Perses[sp], meaning Persian, which fits with the Indo-Iranian background.
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1077375011600678912
With any luck, the crossword will be complete before I finish food prep.
Abbas Edalat: British professor returns to UK after detention in Iran
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46679054
After letting Mike's film clip 'Brexit the Movie' run on I came across this Ted Talks by Alexander Betts and it's well worth the 15 minutes. An excellent summary of the why and how of the brexit vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwuBo4PvE0
Grandmother to grandchildren: "Don't just dump your bikes in the garden. Your mum and dad had to work hard and save up to buy them for you."
Young boy: "Oh no, it's all right. We got them from Father Christmas."
...and is 8d Denis Healey? Can’t quite see why “on vacation” would devote the first and last of “effortlessly”
I don't know what Donald Trump is doing today, but I hope he goes to church and listens very carefully for once.
May the turnips of Scotland be roasted to your perfect satisfaction.
Oh, and I hope the vegetables come out OK as well
It's a good concise summary of some medieval history.
Read a very informative article on Celtic-Roman relationships in the 100’s BCE in my grandson’s History magazine yesterday. Meanwhile the rest of the family were wasomething which appeared to be about castrating lamas. The animals, not the Tibetans.
Merry Christmas one and all.
Yorkshire tea, Yorkshire beer, Yorkshire pudding, Yorkshire everything. And now I can read about bloody Yorkshire!
Happy Christmas everybody.
If a ship has 26 sheep and 10 goats on board, how old is the ship's captain?
Researchers found that children faced with problems like these tend to manipulate the numbers till they come up with feasible answers. You can see from StJohn's explanations in this thread that cryptic crosswords can be solved the same way. First find a word that fits the grid, then see if it bears any relationship with the clue.
Any suggestions that politicians use facts in much the same way are unworthy of pb. #Brexit.
Merry Xmas all
https://stephenfollows.com/using-data-to-determine-if-die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie/
Spoiler....
Like it or not, the association between Die Hard and Christmas is fast increasing and in years to come its Christmassyness will be beyond question.
Future generations will read in wonder that Die Hard was ever thought not to be a Christmas movie and articles such as the one you’re reading now will be seen as nothing but a massive waste of everyone’s time. Imagine that!
They will also be bewildered by the unexplained disappearance of Luke, Leia and Snoke from the series.
After 12 long years, I've decided to retire it and to offer you in its place, the equally hilarious comedic masterpiece set out below:
A man joins a monastery and takes a vow of silence: he's allowed to say two words every seven years.
After the first seven years, the elders bring him in and ask for his two words. "Cold floors," he says. They nod and send him away.
Seven more years pass. They bring him back in and ask for his two words. He clears his throats and says, "Bad food." They nod and send him away.
Seven more years pass. They bring him back in and ask for his two words. He clears his throats and says, "I quit."
They nod and say: "Understood, you've been doing nothing but complain ever since you got here!"
Way, way better than you're likely to find in your Christmas cracker, you'd have to admit.
Merry Xmas.
As far as word things go I always liked word association football.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Dog now shattered from his exertions of trashing wrapping paper into confetti and sniffing millions of bottoms. Job done.
Now - let the gorging commence......
Thanks to those of who are helping to solve the puzzle. Please keep going! Back around 2pm.
Are they trying to tell us something?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/why-are-democrats-trying-to-annihilate-an-beto-campaign
Just in that gap when all there is to do is sit and watch the turkey through the oven door.
My brother in law did all of the cooking and did a cracking job.
There was even a joint of gammon to enjoy, along with the renamed Brexit Sprouts.
Wishing you a happy, prosperous and peaceful 2019.