Oh, monkey puzzle. I see. That's quite clever.

[whatho]

Araucaria, the fiendish Guardian crossword compiler, is an 87 year old priest. I had no idea.

I'm going to watch the dancing tonight. John Sergeant's doing the tango. I love John Sergeant. And I love Kristina the dancer about the same amount as I love John Sergeant. She's just very sweet with him and a bit brilliant at working out what he has that no-one else in the competition has (darlingness) and figuring out how best to show that off. Nonetheless, it's very unlikely John Sergeant will win the competition when there are lither and younger and fitter and bendier and quicker dancers to pick from. That's mostly because people, as in judges, keep mistaking it for a dancing competition, which it isn't really. It's a learning-to-dance competition. Which mostly makes all the difference. There's no reason on earth John Sergeant and Lovely Kristina shouldn't win a learning-to-dance competition.

I love Don Warrington as well. I love his voice and his face and his eyes and his brain and his terror. He says the only things that worry him are the steps. Other than that he's fine with dancing. I'm a bit scared he might go out. Luckily there's Gary to cushion him.

Comments

[jekesta]

I LOVE THE THINGS IN THIS POST. Mostly John, but also Araucaria. If I went to the shop I could buy a guardian as well as an apple.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

An apple and the Guardian would be GREAT things to have. That's a good plan. Araucaria doesn't rhyme today, and also he deigns to number his clues. He's still a fiend though. I love that he's an 87 year old priestly fiend, driving people insane with crosswords. Well done him.

[jekesta]

I bought a Guardian and now I am just staring at it in impossibility. This is quite sad. I thought monkey puzzle was going to be an answer, and I would have a Head Start, but it doesn't seem to fit in any of the spaces. I think you should help us.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Mother's doing it and she says when he says 'figure' he means a shape. That's apparently quite a useful clue.

[jekesta]

That is quite a great clue. I didn't really know what he meant at all. I have given up on the crossword already now. I made apple cake instead.

They're going to dance REALLY SOON NOW. I LOVE THEM. I hope John ENTIRELY WINS. And that Austin doesn't BREAK.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Apple cake is better than crosswords. I've found the best method is to let someone else do half of it before you even start. We've managed all but three questions by that method. Well, it was my method. Mother's was doing half of it and then giving it to me.

I hope Austin doesn't break as well. That would be QUITE a sad thing to happen in his lovely jive. I hope Erin would make him dance through the agony, though, if he did break. Sort of.