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He's probably thinking "What the hell was I thinking when I wanted to join the army?" Disney cartoon of Donald Duck being drafted into the war, voluntarily, and sucking at it, so he gets stuck peeling potatoes. Donald Duck is in trouble and is peeling potatoes. He sat and whined while peeling potatoes about wanting to fly, which seems to be a totally understandable thing for a duck stuck indoors on KP duty. We imagined ways that Parton and other country stars could save the world; each clue could be filled in with the name of a country song. More political than the average Disney short, Donald Gets Drafted is a satirical look at the American army and its practices. Donald Duck wants his Nephews to be proud of him, so he entertains them with phony stories of his valor at sea. (And don’t worry, Donald is now in charge of peeling potatoes.). Apologies –this one turned out to be much harder than intended. Sky Trooper is a 1942 animated cartoon by Walt Disney Studios starring Donald Duck during the World War II years. Previously, he was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and the inaugural research scholar at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics at the University of Chicago. Donald cuts it, thinking that it is a potato. Up next were Eli Russell, Nancy & Murray Stern, Gabriel Mintzer, Lazar Ilic, and Roy Kimmey. Pete agrees to let Donald fly once all the potatoes are peeled. Donald’s nephews win a trip on a submarine to travel under the North Pole. So what could that mean? 4 In Under the Polar Ice, Donald is punished by the Loyal Order of Marshbirds with a task of peeling five sacks of potatoes. Disney cartoon of Donald Duck being drafted into the war, voluntarily, and sucking at it, so he gets stuck peeling potatoes. The other solvers were Darren Fink, Amanda Abado & Dina Teodoro; Paul Kominers; Suproteem Sarkar; Romil Sirohi & Andrea Lamas-Nino; Skylar Sukapornchai; Michael Thaler; Nathaniel & Barbara Ver Steeg; and Michaela Wilson. If you save our sweets — or if you even make partial progress — please let us know at skpuzzles@bloomberg.net before midnight New York time on Thursday, December 3. Donald Gets Drafted is a Donald Duck cartoon released 1 May 1942.. Summary . Donald “mixed everything up,” but there aren’t many signs of actual recipes in the puzzle. 8. Donald is stuck on KP at an air training base. He finally gets sent aloft, only to discover it's a parachute jump. Donald was supposed to bake a flight of pies, but he added the ingredients in the wrong order. Donald, duped, went along for the ride, and is surprised to find himself several thousand feet above the ground. He threw it, and it caught Sergeant Black Pete's cap and brought it back to Donald, like a boomerang. On the way down, the two try to give the bomb to each other, until their fight is ended by their crashing into the General's Headquarters. He wants desperately to fly, so he cuts a potato to look like an airplane. But the story has more information in it. I guess we should have learned from the time when he screwed up all the social media profiles. Donald cuts it, thinking that it is a potato. [1] It was directed by Jack King based on a script by Carl Barks.[2]. Donald and Pete both end up doing KP peeling potatoes. If you get stuck, there’ll be hints announced on Twitter and in Bloomberg Opinion Today. How he ends up with this job… Donald Duck receives a draft notice and enthusiastically marches to his local draft board. To contact the author of this story:Scott Duke Kominers at skominers1@bloomberg.net, To contact the editor responsible for this story:Mike Nizza at mnizza3@bloomberg.net. You’re a solver extraordinaire. The Sergeant gives Donald the chance to fly, albeit as a parachute troop. Donald cuts it, thinking that it is a potato. Misadventures ensue when Donald finally does get up in the air with Pete. Pete tries to get him to parachute out of a plane but both … Thanksgiving dessert hit a bit of a snag, but you can save the weekend from total disaster. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press. The upcoming event’s name is this week’s answer, but identifying it will take a logical leap or two. After all, it’s Thanksgiving, so you’ll have to figure out something to do with most of the leftovers. Eager to see their Uncle in action, the boys stow away on his aircraft carrier - and discover Donald's heroics consist of peeling potatoes and swabbing the deck! Meanwhile, the menu descriptions all sound pretty strange. The clip ends with the Sergeant and Donald, both with a cast on their leg and arm, respectively, and peeling potatoes. He wants desperately to fly, so he cuts a potato to look like an airplane. Donald Duck is in trouble and is peeling potatoes. Eventually, both Donald and Pete end up falling with no chutes and a bomb. To be counted in the solver list, please include your name with your answer. While he dreams of being a pilot, Donald is stuck peeling potatoes. But most solvers went for a different fox fable, which involves grapes – and, to our knowledge, has nothing to do with Garth Brooks. 1. I can only hope this is The Right Combination, but it's no Sure Thing!". One of these pies is hardly a dessert at all.”. March 26, 2014. azurefreckles. He wants desperately to fly, so he cuts a potato to look like an airplane. We don’t just need more regulations and mandates. A few Donald Duck cartoons have this, even DuckTales (1987). He is forced to be obedient, even in extremely uncomfortable situations like standing on fire ants. Separating out the Dolly Parton clues from the other country singers’ revealed the words directly. Phooey! Cultural representation in crosswords (hat tip: ScienceMONTGOMERY); a story spread across 1000 books. He threw it, and it caught Sergeant Black Pete's cap and brought it back to Donald, like a boomerang. 2. After a while of Donald peeling potatoes it really gets into the laughs. March 26, 2014. azurefreckles. Donald Duck is in trouble and is peeling potatoes. When the sergeant comes in, he finds his cap cut in airplane shapes and found out about Donald's ambition to fly. It was directed by Jack King based on a script by Carl Barks.. Boris Johnson’s political brand makes it risky for him to agree to any compromises. Private Pluto (1943) (6:45) Eager to see their Uncle in action, the boys stow away on his aircraft carrier - and discover Donald's heroics consist of peeling potatoes and swabbing the deck! This captures the era of cartoons when Donald had settled into a nice groove, but had yet to become too formulaic. Donald and the Sergeant fight, until both tumble out of the plane, but not before the Sergeant grabs a bomb to try to stay on, and it came away with them. This week’s Conundrum — which I wrote with my colleague and frequent collaborator Noam D. Elkies — gives you the chance to save the holiday weekend by putting everything right again. I like how Donald Duck joins the army. Answering these questions is critical for the Conundrums Kitchen: There’s another event to cater coming up pretty soon. He wants desperately to fly, so he cuts a potato to look like an airplane. We also recently learned that this number can be expressed as a sum of three cubes as (8,866,128,975,287,528)^3 + (−8,778,405,442,862,239)^3 + (−2,736,111,468,807,040)^3. This is a bit tougher than some of our recent Conundrums, so we’re giving a bit of guidance as to how you might start thinking about it. He threw it, and it caught Sergeant Black Pete 's cap and brought it back to Donald, like a boomerang. 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