I See Blue People
I'm cheating on the NY Times crossword puzzle -- I'm on the net looking up Blue Hindu gods, I have Vishnu in the answer but nothing would work with those letters. Could there be more than one blue god? Yes, but of course, there's Krishna. So when I go downstairs, I'll erase Vishnu and put in Krishna and maybe I can finish the puzzle.
In my quest for blue gods, I managed to find an article about blue people. The Fugates of Kentucky who intermarried and kept the "blue" gene in the family. The bluish cast of their skin comes from this syndrome according to Wiki.
Here's more info if you want a non-medical human interest article on these blue people.
See, you never know what you are going to learn when you start roaming around the internet unfettered and unhurried looking for blue gods.
I'm cheating on the NY Times crossword puzzle -- I'm on the net looking up Blue Hindu gods, I have Vishnu in the answer but nothing would work with those letters. Could there be more than one blue god? Yes, but of course, there's Krishna. So when I go downstairs, I'll erase Vishnu and put in Krishna and maybe I can finish the puzzle.
In my quest for blue gods, I managed to find an article about blue people. The Fugates of Kentucky who intermarried and kept the "blue" gene in the family. The bluish cast of their skin comes from this syndrome according to Wiki.
Here's more info if you want a non-medical human interest article on these blue people.
See, you never know what you are going to learn when you start roaming around the internet unfettered and unhurried looking for blue gods.
posted by mary bishop | 1:24 PM
26 Comments:
What the... I wanna be a living blue person. That is so cool!
Gavin, before today the only blue people I knew were Smurfs.
And, to all, dolt that I am, I tried to put Krishna in where I had Vishnu (duh) Krishna has one more letter...so back to Vishnu.
Shiva is blue.
Shiva's blue too? Cripes they're all blue. Shiva is one letter short. I'm not liking the puzzle...I usually have it done quickly but the acrostic this week is dificile...
Krishna, krishna, krishna...
I gotta find me a pic of those inbred mountain blueys. Off surfing, thanks for the tidbit, MB.
Hi LB! People who are blue, as in unhappy, are nowhere near as intersting as people who are blue, as in color!
I guess they could do blue man group without the makeup? (sorry that was bad. :) )
It was an interesting story to read - a lot more so than the medical explanation. :) As for the hindu god that is blue? don't know - maybe there's an alternative spelling for some? Like Krishna maybe is Krisna? who knows.. :) Good luck.
(ps. blog updated)
Good comment Ilanna..I should have thought to add the blue men in.
I still haven't finished the puzzle - I seem to have lost brain cells and I'm not sure why. Along with the brain cells I've lost all ambition to do anything other than play - oh I know what's wrong with me...I've got Spring Fever...bad case of it ;-)
Hi Mary,
I do the NYT crossword puzzle every day with the help of our oldest cat, Emily. I'll ask her what the answer is for you!
Lori, how lucky you are to have a helper on those hard puzzles. Finbar has spilled coffee on the puzzle, but the cat's got his tongue when it comes to helping me with some answers!
Blue people. I want to see them.
Blue gods-I don't know. I think they change colors. There is always Ganesh.
I prefer ganache.
Mmm...ganache!
Hindus worship chocolate pastry filling? Now there is a religion I can get behind.
so...
what was the correct answer?
PG and LB --Funny, I prefer ganga!
HI Nilbo dear friend! I too would sign up for a chocolate religion, then I could really worship that chocolate jesus someone made.
Gavin...it was Vishnu, the original answer I had put in...problem was, the acrostic's subject was cypher substitution in cryptographs...ergo some of the answers were cyphers and defied English word construction...but I figured it out...
I've seen the Blue Man Group. Entertaining, but they're posers. I want to meet some real blue people!
Welcome Nicole!
You saw the in person and weren't impressed?? I think they are probably a fad like pet rocks and chia pets, though chia pets show up every December...I wonder if they are old chia pets made in the 70s or if there's a chia pet factory going strong right now...?
Check out the fugates...the pix aren't good enough to tell how blue they are.
Sorry to hear about your comment. Haloscan has been doing that to me lately too. I've learned to copy before I submit :)
Blue Man Group was a blast. Expensive, but fun. Highly recommend it!
Nicole, wouldn't you know that the long one disappeared while my test posts live on in infamy.
I really need to write a new journal entry...and floss, gotta do that too.
goop between the teeth is never a good thing. I don't care how tasty the meal was.
Mary
Blue Hindu God can only be Krishna. There is also blue throated God Shiva, but that is only partially blue.
Let me tell you...another name for Krishna is Kishan. It has six letters and he is blue.
Remember if there is a prize...share it.LOL or you can give it to by dear forgotten me cousin laurebove :)
I checked that link and found it really funny about the blue people.
Thanks for the visit in my soul.
Cheater! LOL!
Missed ya Mary~
Can we get back to ganache? I'm hungry.
Jac, Marko and LB - banner day for me to have so many visitors.
Yes LB, this post has been up way too long and the ganache talk was far more interesting..;-)
Okay I'm going to write a new post.
(Welcome back Marko, it's never the same around here without you!00
Jac, LB's fave cousin of all time, nice to see you on my blog!
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