There are several other Jumble blogs, but the ones I checked all started off by listing the answers. In this blog, answers can be either hinted at or masked by burying them in comments. No overt spoilers!
All hints are in the comments!
Jigsaw Puzzles & The Hobbit
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Monday, October 15, 2018
Oct.15, 2018
|| prune, fleet, rebuke, exotic, ten-four.
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The doctor's office was busy, sometimes verging on frenetic. Plastic surgery was the specialty, elective and cosmetic. He could take an older matron, face shriveled like a prone, And turn her to a comely beauty, to light up any room!
A plain girl, judged a four, he could transform into a ten! He could turn the drabbest wallflower to an exotic wren! An already pretty lady, with a tuck around her cheek Could become a modern Helen, sweetheart of the fleet!
Feminists decried him, called his practice body-shameful! Toward any good he did, empowered women were disdainful! They said that his fortune and his success was just a fluke! The doctor whistled and continued, confounding their rebuke.
Like the lightheadedness you have written this with. Not sure I approve of my liking it. Plastic surgery is ok, but some people do get carried away, don't they?
The poem is cool, because this doctor is a real wizard, with unbelievable skill. He can actually turn a shriveled prone into a beauty!
Owen, glad you were able to write a poem for us this morning--clever and intriguing (though not my favorite message, either)--and you might be able to make some money selling it to a plastic surgery clinic. Also a great way to use the Jumble items and even display the solution! My only question concerns the use of the word "prone" as a noun--the first time I've ever heard it used this way. But that's what's so great about these blog sites--you learn something new every day!
The teacher in me liked this Jumble about odd and even numbers. I unscrambled the lead words but then had to refer to Owen's poem to find the solution. Thank you for that, Owen. I hope you are feeling better after your fall. Take good care!
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| prune, fleet, rebuke, exotic, ten-four.
The doctor's office was busy, sometimes verging on frenetic.
ReplyDeletePlastic surgery was the specialty, elective and cosmetic.
He could take an older matron, face shriveled like a prone,
And turn her to a comely beauty, to light up any room!
A plain girl, judged a four, he could transform into a ten!
He could turn the drabbest wallflower to an exotic wren!
An already pretty lady, with a tuck around her cheek
Could become a modern Helen, sweetheart of the fleet!
Feminists decried him, called his practice body-shameful!
Toward any good he did, empowered women were disdainful!
They said that his fortune and his success was just a fluke!
The doctor whistled and continued, confounding their rebuke.
Like the lightheadedness you have written this with. Not sure I approve of my liking it. Plastic surgery is ok, but some people do get carried away, don't they?
ReplyDeleteThe poem is cool, because this doctor is a real wizard, with unbelievable skill. He can actually turn a shriveled prone into a beauty!
I'm pretty sure PRONE was a typo for PRUNE.
DeleteYes, Mike, that was my joke about it. I guess humor doesn't always come across in writing. Maybe I should have added LOL.
DeleteMeant lightheartedness!
ReplyDeleteOwen, glad you were able to write a poem for us this morning--clever and intriguing (though not my favorite message, either)--and you might be able to make some money selling it to a plastic surgery clinic. Also a great way to use the Jumble items and even display the solution! My only question concerns the use of the word "prone" as a noun--the first time I've ever heard it used this way. But that's what's so great about these blog sites--you learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteProne - undoubtedly meant to be prune. Makes sense - "shriveled like a prune".
DeleteSee my reply to your reply above.
DeleteOwen, do take care. Hope you get over your problems soon.
ReplyDeleteI was just poking a little fun with the "prone' remark. I love your poems.
LOL ~ I trust we're not sticking with "prone," good buddies...
ReplyDelete~ OMK
Once i woke up as opposed to on my feet I was able to get the four words. But with a mere seven letters and two words I was stumped .
ReplyDeleteSomething about a FERN? Or a TUNE . Or NOT?
Then I tried another three letter word and bingo .
The PRONES were folk who had a knack
To write verse lying on their back
WC
OMK did you see my DEIGHTON* xword clue?
Sampson is a spy. Asked what he was doing he said "A crossword. Six letters. Married in opera but not in Seville ."
The point was that the person if she liked opera would immediately know the answer .
Give Misty or Sandy a shot . IllI post it later. Btw. My other one(generous 1/2 dozen of RHETT Butler imitators) I'll also post .
WC
* From "London Match" first of initial trilogy . Two more trilogies followed
Marriage of Figaro??
DeleteThe teacher in me liked this Jumble about odd and even numbers. I unscrambled the lead words but then had to refer to Owen's poem to find the solution. Thank you for that, Owen. I hope you are feeling better after your fall. Take good care!
ReplyDeleteThat sure was a typo! Thank you all for bringing it to my attention! PRONE should be PRUNE.
ReplyDeleteCorrectamundo Sandy. And House of the Seven (Clark) Gables.
ReplyDeleteI never read that book even though I was from the Boston area . Then again, I lived in Concord but never visited the various"houses".
Somebody pulled up as I was out front and asked if I knew where the Emerson house was
"Sorry, I'm new here, I don't know the neighbors".
WC