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!
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Jigsaw Puzzles & The Hobbit
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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Nov. 29, 2018
|| || ratio, morph, violet, leeway, tower over them.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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"I've been driving this wrecker for years, I've seen crashes that drove me to ttears. But I've also seen a few strange sights: A gardener who cried for his violets all night.
It's a small ratio of cars that come back from a wreck, With leeway on what "come back" means, I 'spct! Like the teen-age mechanic whose car was a goner, So he morphed the chassie into a Transformer!
Some are crumpled like tissue, but nobody's hurt, Tho I really hate working where that's reversed. Still my job's overlooked as an early responder And I work over them cars, as flat-bed or tower."
I think those words must have been difficult to work into a unified whole. I love the twist on that one solution word, the one very like a deceptive crossword clue.
The jumble took some work, in that I finally cried uncle and went to the poem for the third clue. And even with that, I turned over possible solution words in my mind, searching for those that related to the person in question. Finally got the last, actually most obvious, one and voila!
Delightful poem this morning, Owen. I was especially touched by the gardener crying for his violets all night--what a gentle image! I actually got all 4 Jumble words without any problem, and they gave me the first and second word of the fun cartoon, though I'm still not sure I got the third word right. Will have to look it up. The cartoon reminded me how thankful I am for all the trips I was able to make to Paris in my younger days--always a pleasure.
Back in grade school, my nerdy best friend had a whole grow-room set up in his attic for African violets. I can well imagine him reacting just like that. A whole lot better than I can imagine he became a pro smoke-jumper, and spends his off-season as part of an old farts biker gang!
I haven't had much time to work the Jumble as I'm trying to finish my shopping and beat the last minute crowds and I'm almost there. But since I love Paris and like Misty I had a chance to tour it and view the Eiffel Tower this one intrigued me. Obviously I wasn't missed, though! But I missed your poems, Owen, and this one is lovely. I, too, was touched by the gardener crying for his violets. They are sensitive and hard to grow but so beautiful! The J itself was quite easy and took very little time to solve.
Clever observation, Ol'Man Keith. You're right, there is a word that appears both in the crossword and the Jumble. I should start reading your posts more carefully too because it looks as though you also work some puzzle words into those. Very clever!
Well, actually, there are two shared words, and I have a hunch you're looking at a different one (the answer to the Xwd's 10D) than I was referencing. And it happens that both words can claim to be the "first word," one as word #1 above, and the other as the first of the 3-word solution. ~ OMK
Lucina, we certainly are happy when you can drop by. Of all the crazy Florida drivers the tow truck drivers are the worst. I rode with one when he towed my shuttle van, cursing and weaving.
I had a similarly creative nerdy friend. I was the Breakfast Club. My world's collided when I was driving with some thugs and they saw my friend and wanted to stop and beat him up.
I told them we could go beat up somebody else. He never knew.
I tried the solution to J trick for #3 but too many letters. So I used lucina's suggestion about vowels and consonants. Bingo.
Riddle was obvious. Was that a Macaw flying in the background? I used to have one.
Remember the by-now-old rule-of-thumb: if a a word obviously belongs to the cartoon but is missing, that word will be in the solution. Quick: what's the 1st word you think of when anyone mentions "Eiffel"?
I'm a fine one to talk. The first words I sussed for the solution were the latter two. Then for a while I was stuck with the left-over letters clearly spelling the first word, "wrote."
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| ratio, morph, violet, leeway, tower over them.
"I've been driving this wrecker for years,
ReplyDeleteI've seen crashes that drove me to ttears.
But I've also seen a few strange sights:
A gardener who cried for his violets all night.
It's a small ratio of cars that come back from a wreck,
With leeway on what "come back" means, I 'spct!
Like the teen-age mechanic whose car was a goner,
So he morphed the chassie into a Transformer!
Some are crumpled like tissue, but nobody's hurt,
Tho I really hate working where that's reversed.
Still my job's overlooked as an early responder
And I work over them cars, as flat-bed or tower."
I think those words must have been difficult to work into a unified whole. I love the twist on that one solution word, the one very like a deceptive crossword clue.
ReplyDeleteThe jumble took some work, in that I finally cried uncle and went to the poem for the third clue. And even with that, I turned over possible solution words in my mind, searching for those that related to the person in question. Finally got the last, actually most obvious, one and voila!
Delightful poem this morning, Owen. I was especially touched by the gardener crying for his violets all night--what a gentle image! I actually got all 4 Jumble words without any problem, and they gave me the first and second word of the fun cartoon, though I'm still not sure I got the third word right. Will have to look it up. The cartoon reminded me how thankful I am for all the trips I was able to make to Paris in my younger days--always a pleasure.
ReplyDeleteBack in grade school, my nerdy best friend had a whole grow-room set up in his attic for African violets. I can well imagine him reacting just like that. A whole lot better than I can imagine he became a pro smoke-jumper, and spends his off-season as part of an old farts biker gang!
DeleteI haven't had much time to work the Jumble as I'm trying to finish my shopping and beat the last minute crowds and I'm almost there. But since I love Paris and like Misty I had a chance to tour it and view the Eiffel Tower this one intrigued me. Obviously I wasn't missed, though!
ReplyDeleteBut I missed your poems, Owen, and this one is lovely. I, too, was touched by the gardener crying for his violets. They are sensitive and hard to grow but so beautiful! The J itself was quite easy and took very little time to solve.
A minor curiosity ...
ReplyDeleteBoth the Jumble & today's Xwd share a word, the first word of the above Solution. It's in my Corner posting.
~ OMK
Clever observation, Ol'Man Keith. You're right, there is a word that appears both in the crossword and the Jumble. I should start reading your posts more carefully too because it looks as though you also work some puzzle words into those. Very clever!
ReplyDeleteWell, actually, there are two shared words, and I have a hunch you're looking at a different one (the answer to the Xwd's 10D) than I was referencing.
DeleteAnd it happens that both words can claim to be the "first word," one as word #1 above, and the other as the first of the 3-word solution.
~ OMK
Lucina, we certainly are happy when you can drop by.
ReplyDeleteOf all the crazy Florida drivers the tow truck drivers are the worst. I rode with one when he towed my shuttle van, cursing and weaving.
I had a similarly creative nerdy friend. I was the Breakfast Club. My world's collided when I was driving with some thugs and they saw my friend and wanted to stop and beat him up.
I told them we could go beat up somebody else. He never knew.
I tried the solution to J trick for #3 but too many letters. So I used lucina's suggestion about vowels and consonants. Bingo.
Riddle was obvious. Was that a Macaw flying in the background? I used to have one.
WC
Wilbur, I've looked and looked, and I don't see any bird at all. Two clouds and a topless Eiffel Tower.
Delete???
Remember the by-now-old rule-of-thumb: if a a word obviously belongs to the cartoon but is missing, that word will be in the solution.
ReplyDeleteQuick: what's the 1st word you think of when anyone mentions "Eiffel"?
I'm a fine one to talk.
DeleteThe first words I sussed for the solution were the latter two. Then for a while I was stuck with the left-over letters clearly spelling the first word, "wrote."
Too much math for me, Ol'Man Keith. Clearly Drama folks are more mathematical than English ones. But I'll keep trying.
ReplyDeleteSandy, I apologise. OMK had an anagram spelled out in the CC which was MACAW'S TOWER . So I was joshing him.
ReplyDeleteBut... There should have been birds in the sky .
WC
Oh.
ReplyDelete