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Vaudeville shows were often filled with slapstick physical humor.
ReplyDeletePunch and Judy and Pantaloon, brought forward for new consumers.
Mad pursuits with seltzer bottles or cricket bats as paddles,
Tramps and hobos, minstrels in blackface, and other such fiddle-faddles!
There were burlesque acts to appeal to men, and horrify prissy ma'ams
Pretty girls were made up to dance, fluttering flamingo-feather fans!
Musicians played in the music halls, pop tunes from sax to violins,
There were jugglers, too, and magic acts, and mimes for shits-and-grins!
Buddy acts were popular draws, a straight man and his wacky pal,
Routines were repeated, stolen or shared, revised to fit the locale.
Backstage chaos: zip-fastened costumes, makeup and cigarette fumes.
The order of acts meant, "Who's on first?", and in that act would zoom!
Pull out?
ReplyDeleteNah ...
~ OMK
Soften, sadly, silo bin, sipper ...
DeleteOMK, your rhymes are very clever. But do you think it's possible that, when lined up in a row of four like that without any masking context, they make the clue words so obvious that they're a bit more than hints?
DeleteJust a thought.
Out of order would help, too, as would using them in a sentenc(s):
DeleteSadly, the corn in the silo bin room had softened up so much you could drink it with a sipper.
Yes, I noticed that they were in order. Easy to compare each to its corresponding clue word.
DeleteUgh! Gross! That corn would be so rotten that drinking it would not only be disgusting but probably fatal.
Lol.
DeleteLOL!
DeleteThanks for the input. Have considered all of the above - and that's why I waited till the afternoon to post these.
From earlier comments I gather we each have decided on our own interp of the conflicting guidelines. None of mine, you'll note, are "actual answer words."
Finished weekend riddles and solved the J ight here since I can do it with no hints . That second word drove me crazy which is raar for fivers . I unbuttoned #4 pretty quick . As well as unstringing #3.
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Delightful poem, Owen--I really enjoyed it on its own, and then for finding answer hints everywhere. Had a struggle to get #1 and #2, though #3 and #4 came pretty quickly. That's not often the trouble I have, though, to be fair, I don't exactly zip through Jumble clues either. But after all that, I just breezed through the solution on this one.
ReplyDeleteI always marvel, Owen, at the way you can find an entertaining theme for your poem that incorporates all the Jumble words. Some of them today seemed impossible to fit together, but you did it. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteAs for the jumble itself, it was cute and Monday easy, wasn't it?
Sometimes words with a single vowel and many consonants drive me mad! I finally got #2 and zipped through the others as well as the final. My favorite movie with violins is The Red Violin. Joshua Bell plays.
ReplyDeleteSuperb job, Owen.
Obviously, one can suss out the J words from Owen's verses . If one is looking for a "hint" only I'd suggest going straight to the Reply box and asking.
ReplyDeleteYep, VIOLINs and ZIPPERs together is madness . Much like hitting a 90mph fastball it's an acquired skill .
WC