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Votes: 113

Adequacy.Org Presents the Commonsense Crossword

Author:

seventypercent

Topic:

Internet Idiocy

Posted:

Mar 05, 2002

Comments:

Many prominent news publications feature famous crossword puzzles every day. Unfortunately, most of these crossword puzzles feature rather liberal biases, and expect readers to know all sorts of leftist historical revisionism and intellectual gobbledygook in order to successfully complete them. At Adequacy.org, we are committed to bringing our readers fair and balanced material, regardless of whether we are doing a hard-hitting news article or an entertaining crossword puzzle.

With that, we are pleased to present the Adequacy.org Commonsense Crossword Puzzle!

Adequacy.Org's Commonsense Crossword

ACROSS

1. Scientific theory that denies God
6. Prominent North American Communist nation
8. Shorthand for "weblog"
11. Socioeconomic theory founded on hatred of Christ
12. Laughing Out Loud (abbr.)
14. Characters Per Second (abbr.)
15. What America did to George Bush in November 2000
16. San Francisco Forty-_____s
17. Most evil First Lady in US history
18. "Cut off his ____ to spite his face"
21. Prominent Hawaiian island
22. Illegal hacker operating system

DOWN

2. Visual Basic for Applications (abbr.)
3. World's most evil religion
4. Most uppity race on Earth
5. Dark land of homosexuals and kilted drunkards
7. Worst political party in the US
9. Most effective way to defend liberty
10. Inventors of "Native American" and "moon" myths
11. Most corrupt US president ever
13. Greatest fighter of Communism
19. Ostrich-like land-dwelling bird
20. Shorthand for "hello"

Feel free to print out a copy of this crossword puzzle so that you can do it at your leisure. We will be providing answers with the next crossword puzzle. If you enjoyed this puzzle (or disliked it), please take part in our poll. We at Adequacy.org are committed to bringing you the highest-quality and most entertaining material possible, and we value your input.

	It's things like this (none / 0) (#2)
	by John Wainright on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:13:11 AM PST

	That make me proud to be a member of this fine community. Bless you for your efforts.

	I object (none / 0) (#3)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:16:09 AM PST

	Niger is a country. Nigger is a race. Only a liberal sympathiser would spell so incompetently.

	I think (none / 0) (#5)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:21:54 AM PST

	I think you want "Negro." Enough with the racist slurs.

	racist fuck (none / 0) (#34)
	by Anonymous Reader on Fri Mar 8th, 2002 at 10:57:21 AM PST

	..need I say more?

	Racists (none / 0) (#37)
	by Anonymous Reader on Sat Mar 9th, 2002 at 01:11:22 PM PST

	The definition in itself is racist.

	I object (1.00 / 1) (#4)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:18:46 AM PST

	I tried to put 'Oahu' in 21 across, but it just wouldn't fit. Incompetent communist spies.

	I object (none / 0) (#6)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:22:08 AM PST

	There simply aren't enough cells to put 'appoint' in 15 across. I fully expect you to rise your red maple leaf flag any minute now.

	I would like to see a Java crossword (none / 0) (#7)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:48:37 AM PST

	Embedded in the page next time. That way I will not have the risk the existance of another tree to print out and enjoy your wel balanced crossword.

	write one (none / 0) (#8)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 08:41:44 AM PST

	:>

	uh... (5.00 / 2) (#9)
	by Mint Waltman on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 09:59:14 AM PST

	I will not have the risk the existance of another tree to print out and enjoy your wel balanced crossword. Maybe you aren't cut out for this crossword puzzle after all. BTW there are thousands of loggers in the pacific northwest who won't be able to put food on the table if we don't soon get over this fascination with 'trees' and 'owls.'

	Tell it to the Welsh coal miners, bud. (none / 0) (#10)
	by because it isnt on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:05:36 AM PST

	BTW there are thousands of loggers in the pacific northwest who won't be able to put food on the table if we don't soon get over this fascination with 'trees' and 'owls.' Tough. If there's no demand for tree logging, keeping a dead industry running isn't going to help anyone. I suppose the loggers who haven't saved and still need jobs could get unskilled work; e.g. MCSE server administration. As most of them wear womens clothing, the better looking ones could become catalogue models. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	Except (none / 0) (#13)
	by Right Hand Man on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:57:29 AM PST

	As one who has worked in the forestry industry I can assure you that there is a huge demand for logging, huge. I think Mr. Waltman was cautioning against allowing loggers to be thrown out of their jobs not by lack of demand for their services but by a reaction to the irrational misleading information spread by the militant environmental movement. Luckily the right thinking American public appears to be able to see through their lies. The demand for various forest products, from peeler grade lumber to pulp, remains strong. ------------------------- "Keep your bible open and your powder dry."

	Very good! (2.00 / 1) (#11)
	by because it isnt on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:08:51 AM PST

	I tried to put "Linux" in 22 across, but it didn't fit because 20 down would have to be "hi". However, I got the answer eventually. 22 across is "MSDOS" and 20 down is "Yo". How good of adequacy to embrace multiculturalism. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	A- for your mentally deficient effort (none / 0) (#12)
	by fractured clavicle on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:45:53 AM PST

	But unfortunately you don't possess the common sense to realize that you incorrectly spelled Lunix.

	You're past it, old man. (5.00 / 1) (#14)
	by because it isnt on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 12:13:47 PM PST

	But unfortunately you don't possess the common sense to realize that you incorrectly spelled Lunix. I am unlikely to be threatened by lunix hackers and their C64s, as I don't have any VIC-20 web servers, or TRS-80 databases. You're so behind the times that it's just not funny. Fortune 500 corporations use fast and powerful servers to run their business-critical applications. They don't use children's toys, no matter how pretty they are. Now, I realise there is a dangerous new threat posed by UNIX hackers, but with regards to the crossword, a five-letter word is needed. So "UNIX" won't do, and neither will "BSD", "FREEBSD", "NETBSD", "OPENBSD" nor "WINDOWS", which is all the dangerous hacker operating systems I can think of. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	ha, ha, too funny (5.00 / 2) (#16)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 07:55:17 PM PST

	You're so behind the times that it's just not funny. I hope you're not speaking as a Linux advocate here, cause that would be too rich. I dont see why you should take credit for advances in hardware. At the end of the day, you can run Lunix on 32 bit processors and call it Linux, but that's not progress, it's a kludge on top of an even older kludge known as UNIX. Set your system date to the year 2002.

	Actually (none / 0) (#24)
	by budlite on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 04:21:50 AM PST

	Linux isn't actually built onto any kind of Unix - it's a totally new kernel (as in, was written from scratch).

	Well arn't we the bright smarty pants. (5.00 / 2) (#26)
	by John Wainright on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 05:15:31 AM PST

	I suppose now you will be informing us on how "black" is really "white" and get us all killed at the next zebra crossing. I thought there were measures at this fine establishment to deal with obvious Trolling.

	Yes there is (none / 0) (#28)
	by budlite on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 06:16:16 AM PST

	The first is to delete any posts containing obvious misinformation. That'd unfortunately result in about 90% of the posts made on Adequacy eligible for removal, though.

	All hail the grand vizier. (5.00 / 1) (#31)
	by tkatchev on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 12:45:42 PM PST

	I see. Does that mean that you hold some sort of grand inalienable right to decide what's "misinformation" and what isn't? Let me guess, "ignorance is strength", right? You are a cute little liberalist dictator, you know that? Probably because you are so impotent when it comes down to bringing your totalitarian perversities to life. -- Peace and much love...

	But... (5.00 / 1) (#33)
	by jvance on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 09:20:48 PM PST

	that 90% would include 100% of the worthwhile content. -- Adequacy has turned into a cesspool consisting of ... blubbering, superstitious fools arguing with smug, pseudointellectual assholes. -AR

	wait a minute... (none / 0) (#44)
	by Anonymous Reader on Sat Mar 16th, 2002 at 10:23:10 PM PST

	Okay The answer is clearly MacOS. It is also compatible with the 'yo' answer which I am sure we can all agree on.

	actually... (none / 0) (#45)
	by Anonymous Reader on Mon May 6th, 2002 at 02:09:18 PM PST

	actually adequacy.org wants you to put "lunix" as 22 and "hi" for 20. lunix is not an operating system. lunix run is a modified version of Linux. adequacy.org is "confused" and thinks that lunix is the operating system. lunix, redhat, debian, and BSD are all modified version of Linux. linux is the core file. linux is not an illegal OS. that also is incorrect. had linux not been free, adequacy.org could have been suied for slander (i think it's "liable", because slander is spoken and liable is written). Linux is supposed to be used to break away from the Microsoft operation systems. Linux gives a use full power on over their computers. They can handle their hardware anyway they wish. In contrast to Microsoft operating systems, you can only do what Microsoft lets you do. I run a microsoft Operation system. Microsoft's goal is to create easy to use operating systems while limiting full use of the system. Linux is not that easy to use but gives more power to users. Just trying to clarify.

	Oh no! (none / 0) (#29)
	by because it isnt on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 06:31:04 AM PST

	You are too late, fine sir. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	I am very proud... (none / 0) (#15)
	by because it isnt on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 02:49:08 PM PST

	...to be a kilted drunkard. Nothing could quite show my bravery, stamina, resilience and independence more than wearing a couple of wraps of hairy wool in sub-zero temperatures, dyed red with sassenach's blood. Being drunk, other than being the secret of keeping warm while wearing a kilt, is indicative of my good nature. I have been a kilted drunkard on many a Hogmanany, and I shall be a kilted drunkard on my wedding day. Furthermore, every person in Scotland was pleased for the Prince of Darkness himself to pronounce Scotland as "a dark land" when the Bank of Scotland wouldn't lend him money. It's a crying shame we can't kick Brian Souter out of the country - the liberals won't let us. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	Question. (none / 0) (#20)
	by tkatchev on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:42:18 PM PST

	Do you speak Scottish? -- Peace and much love...

	Aye (5.00 / 1) (#22)
	by Anonymous Reader on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 12:55:07 AM PST

	The Watergaw, by Hugh McDiarmid: Ae weet forenicht i' the yow-trummle I saw yon antrin thing, A watergaw wi' its chitterin' licht Ayont the on-ding: An' I thocht o' the last wild look ye gied Afore ye deed There was nae reek i' the laverock's hoose That nicht - an' nane i' mine; But I hae thocht o' that foolish licht Ever sin' syne: An' I think that mebbe at last I ken What your look meant then.

	Whit braw! (none / 0) (#27)
	by because it isnt on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 05:23:46 AM PST

	I might have an east coast bias, but two of my favourites Scots works are McGonagall's Tay Bridge Disaster and Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song. Certainly, there are other, better known authors, but you've probably all read their stuff already. For the modern stuff, Oor Wullie and The Broons goes without saying, but I also quite like Iain (M.) Banks, in particular The Bridge and Wasp Factory. I haven't read his sci-fi stuff. Irvine can go stick himself up his scag-raddled erse. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	Well,... (none / 0) (#25)
	by because it isnt on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 04:40:42 AM PST

	Ah spik the Doric, fir fit it's wirth. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	Help with 13 down? (none / 0) (#17)
	by aoc on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 09:29:07 PM PST

	Is there a 900 number I can call?

	Are you now... (1.00 / 1) (#18)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:23:51 PM PST

	...or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?

	Yes. (none / 0) (#21)
	by tkatchev on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:43:36 PM PST

	Ueber alles, or something. -- Peace and much love...

	How dare you (none / 0) (#19)
	by jvance on Tue Mar 5th, 2002 at 10:33:37 PM PST

	try to cheat. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you no sense of decency? -- Adequacy has turned into a cesspool consisting of ... blubbering, superstitious fools arguing with smug, pseudointellectual assholes. -AR

	You could try (none / 0) (#23)
	by Ernest Bludger on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 01:52:15 AM PST

	"scirrhus".

	Try... (none / 0) (#35)
	by hauntedattics on Fri Mar 8th, 2002 at 11:12:01 AM PST

	the other 'prominent Hawaiian island.' Then maybe it'll be clearer.

	Ug (none / 0) (#30)
	by westgeof on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 11:39:06 AM PST

	Well, try as I may, I simply cannot finish this puzzle. I agree that for the most part it was common sense, right up until I got down to one clue I simply could not get. Oh well, it'll probably come to me later, I'm sure I'd recognize the right answer if I saw it. Well, until I finish this I won't be able to think of myself as Adequate, so I'd better get back to it. As a child I wanted to know everything. Now I miss my ignorance.

	Here's the solution... (1.00 / 1) (#32)
	by Anonymous Reader on Wed Mar 6th, 2002 at 06:01:31 PM PST

	There is no right answer for 13 down.

	McArthur (none / 0) (#38)
	by Anonymous Reader on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 08:30:06 AM PST

	DUH!

	Don't (none / 0) (#39)
	by hauntedattics on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 02:16:30 PM PST

	be so quick to 'Duh' here. I used a different Hawaiian island and got a different answer for 13 Down, although oddly enough it sounds eerily similar to your guess.

	Request. (none / 0) (#36)
	by hauntedattics on Fri Mar 8th, 2002 at 11:15:36 AM PST

	Peachy crossword puzzle. One humble request - could you make it harder? I'm used to all those damn' liberal puzzles where they make you think up rivers in Bulgaria and dead Hollywood dogs, and such. Thanks bunches.

	10 down? 17 across? (none / 0) (#40)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 02:36:39 PM PST

	I see no posts for help with 10 down or 17 across so I assume that means there are people that got them? I am at a loss. Please clue me in.

	Clues. (none / 0) (#41)
	by hauntedattics on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 02:51:05 PM PST

	Don't think too historically for 17 Across, and see Adequacy's archive for an article on the perpetrators of the 'Moon' myth.

	The "moon" (none / 0) (#42)
	by because it isnt on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 05:55:15 AM PST

	I don't think the infamous article attacking the "moon" is on Adequacy, but it occasionally gets mentioned. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	woohoo (none / 0) (#43)
	by Anonymous Reader on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 08:31:03 AM PST

	Yay I got it... but, that means... 13 down is wrong.

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