Unlike the previous week, there were few reservations with last week's ScuttleButton answer.
But, before we get to the answer and the puzzle's winner, and before having to explain that sorry joke, here's how to play.
Simply check out my button puzzle each Friday. Take one word or one concept per button, add 'em up, and arrive at a familiar saying or a name. (Seriously: a saying that people from Earth might be remotely familiar with.) Submit your answer and hope you're the person chosen at random. That's it!
Oh wait. You MUST include your name and city/state to be eligible.
And also remember, the answer does not necessarily have to be political. For instance, the answer to a puzzle a while back was "Minnesota Twins" — not political at all, unless you're thinking Mondale and Humphrey instead of Killebrew and Oliva.
Last week's buttons, in case you forgot:
plastic pin of Minnie Mouse — Mickey's true love.
Sure I'll Vote for Roosevelt / Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha — Sarcastic anti-FDR button from 1940.
So (duh), when you add Minnie + Ha Ha, you of course arrive at ...
Minnehaha — the fictional American Indian woman in Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha," and named for many locales in Minnesota, including Minnehaha Falls.
The winner, selected at random among the correct responders, is (drum roll) ... Ruth Simms of Cedar Crest, N.M., who helpfully writes, "This one is so easy even I got it."
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