Good morning.

Okie dokie then. Most came quickly. Working on 15, 25, 26,27.🤠

Heading out to feed the horses. More thinking over breakfast.

Oh, 27 just hit me.

Woohoo, I think I have them all😀

I’ve got a few guesses for the bonus. Still mulling it over.

Fun! Don't have 25 or 26 yet, but I think I have the rest!

I'll have to come back for the puzzle. It's sunny and we're heading out to do a hike.

But a guess for the bonus jumped out at me and I'm going with it. I never get those.

I’m not certain of my answers for 25 and 27 so am going to study those more, but otherwise i think I have the rest, even the bonus (for a change!). And need to look up my answer for 26 because it looks weird.

edited to add, got 25 and am certain of it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hmm, 15, 25, 27. I’m going to put on some afternoon coffee!

Edit: got 27!

Im missing 17. 19, 25 and 26.

I'm pretty sure of everything but 25, 26 & 27. And I can come up with 3 or 4 possibilites for the bonus, but not happy with any of them. Afternoon coffee, anyone?

Rusty

I already have mine poured. :)

I can nurse a mug of coffee just like I can nurse a beer (a long time). Must be my Lutheran heritage. (oops, was that hint for something? maaaaaayyyyyyybe) It helped me get the bonus, but still working on 25. Maybe I’ll heat up this last swallow and that will do the trick?

Rusty, after i looked at the bonus again, I agree with you re the bonus. I think there could be a few different answers, or variations anyway. I did settle on my answer for 27, and I still think 26 is weird. It’s not something I had heard of, once i looked it up to confirm.

Outside, we must be thinking the same thing for 26. I hadn't heard of it either, but looked up the idea. Weird is an understatement. And I'm almost hoping I'm wrong.

Rusty

Number 26 should not be taken literally. (Unless you’re a bird)😁

It’s not what it sounds like.

I believe we have had 25 before.

25 is stumping me - I think I have all the rest, tho.

Oh, and no idea for the bonus...

19 and 25. I think I have the bonus.

15. Home Stretch

16 Strip tease

17 Blooming idiot

18 Sales tax

19 Bobolink

20 Disappearing act

21 Cross stitch

22 The Great White Hope ??

23 Panic button

24 Mental blocks

25 Pig latin

26 Diet of worms

27 Pointer Sisters

28 Thumb screws

29 Broken promise

30 Spiral notebook

And......Hold tight

Igpay Atinlay! I should have tried to describe it to the cat, I might have actually gotten it!

I can’t remember what I had for Home Stretch (I’ve slept since then) but it wasn’t that.

Great White Hope. Mom used to call our Dad The Great White Father, there must be some connection there.

I think there were quite a few choices for the bonus, so whatever we all got? Full bonus points!

Ok I’ve got to google bobolink, never did know pig latin… and had tight hold for the bonus and will accept bpath’s credit gor that!

I missed 22, didn't write my answers down this time, and don't remember what I had, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't that. Probably 'full of hope' or someting similar. I had nothing for 25. I do remember talking pig latin when we werre little kids, but I don't get how whatever that is supposed to be transcribes into it. I Googled 'worm diet' to see if that were a 'thing' or not. That brought up an article about eating tapeworms to lose weight, many years ago. That is what I meant by weird in a previous post about that answer. The bonus? Hold tight. Tight hold Hold close. Hold together.

Rusty

The Diet of Worms is where Martin Luther defended his stance against the Pope.

Porcus is Latin, maybe, for Pig — at least if I were pretending to speak Latin that’s what I would say — and it is kind of written in the chiseled Roman style. It was a toughie!

Yes, I thought we had had pig latin in these puzzles before and we had.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6163734/wednesday-s-brain-game-solution#n=50 Different graphic, but same idea. (OINKVS) ankthay ouyay Asterix Comics and Bart Simpson.

Thanks, Jasdip. Fun as usual!🤠

I did have Great White Hope but as to what context I know it from, I don't remember.

AND I got the Bonus! Finally! I got Hold Tight!

I got Twisted Sister for 27. I don't see Pointer Sisters in there at all - well except for maybe the plural.

Got the Worms diet, but not the Latin pig.

Many thanks, Jasdip - you know you can never stop posting these these now, don't you?

😄

My first answer for the bonus was Close Hold or Hold Close, but then I also saw Hold Tight. I think anything close to those answer counts!

Thanks, Jasdip for another week of fun puzzles.