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!
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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A genealogist's life is a boring one. Computers help, but there's more to be done. Records to resolve, paper and electrons, Till the eyes glaze over at ancestors in echelons!
The foreign languages would be bad enough, But agents and recorders used jargon on stuff. In Jerry and Jean Jones's old Bible family tree, Does 'd' mean deeded, died, divorced or all three?
Cursive is a curse, all researchers would agree. But typewriters have been around just a century. Writing by hand was a personal artistic form. With loops and droops, to make genealogists storm!
Thanks for the fun poems, Owen. Well, I got all four Jumble items with just a little effort and think I got the first word of the solution but am struggling with the second word (too any vowels?). Any help would be appreciated.
Like the poem a lot. And it led me to imagine someone who married, bought a property and got the deed to it, divorced and ultimately died, of course. Deeded, divorced, and died, all three.
Had to think a bit about clue three for some reason, but the solution came after I realized what the firdt part of the word must be and rearranged the rest of the letters. Funny pun.
Misty, just check the first AND last lines of Owen's poem.
OMK, I couldn't even come up with a good guess. I had one for you to try but ran out of juice . Here is what I had
For every tern there is a porpoise?
What about the one about Benny who married Bonnie and had a beautiful daughter Belinda. But there was a catch. Bonnie was barren. Benny searched out a witch who who offered a Faustian bargain: she would guarantee a child for Benny but he in turn must never shave again
Benny was willing to go along with the bargain but... His passion was Foo bird hunting and one afternoon the Foo bird dropped a beauty right on his face.
And, to complicate matters Belinda was getting married. And Benny couldn't give away the bride with a face full of guano.
So. Did I tell you what the witch would do to Benny if he cut a hair off his face? He would be turned into a vase.
Sorry, WC, it sounds very witty, but I couldn't follow it well enough to see how it was leading toward a "moral." I think age is beginning to hamper my narrative-following ability. (Or maybe it's just giving me an excuse.) Anyway, I give up: what is the moral?
Hey, Everybody! Did you catch the Argyle Sweater cartoon today? Am I wrong, or is that #3 - the 8th dwarf! - being led off by the cops? Or is that Grumpy? Darn! I always mix them up. ~ OMK
WC ~ Whoops! I know the moral of Benny's fate now. By accident, when I was looking on line into another shaggy dog I know, I stumbled across your moral. LOL! Very funny! But I'll be silent for a bit - to give someone else a chance to post it, if they're interested. ~ OMK
It's been over a week since I solved a Jumble and I found this one quite easy and laughed at the final solve. It's a great pun! And Owen, as always, your poem perfectly fit the J. Most of my siblings have had their genealogy read but I'm satisfied to know where my heritage came from.
Many thanks, Sandyanon--I finally got it, thanks to you. Probably had the problem because I didn't quite remember the spelling and have never really checked out my genealogy. Cool dungarees, by the way.
We have so few folks on this blog, that I don't mind having the guys do a bit of bantering.
Well, I think bantering is fine, too, although they recently seem to be talking just to each other. But I think it's a real shame to ignore the Jumble and Owen's poem while bantering.
Sandy, I just looked back and I realized that indeed I hadn't commented on the J. I always enjoy Owen's poems, sometimes I'll remark on something interesting .
Part of the problem is that I grabbed the newspaper at 7:00 am and knocked off the J pretty quickly. But I tend to completely forget the J, not only six hours later but five minutes .
In fact, I have to write the words down immedeately or I'll have to completely resolve . And, in fact, again I made a J comment over at the CC .
Btw, OMK, there's a second moral of the story. Here's a hint, I will have to use a * or a & in the answer.
Since Owen took a crack at OMK's riddle I'll hold out the answer until later.
Sandy ~ Funny, I think today's the only time I've address Wilbur directly in quite a while. Please ignore us if our "banter" bothers you. Please. Nobody wants to give offense. ~ OMK
No, no, it's not that it bothers me, and I'm sorry if I gave you offense.
It's just that this blog was created for jumble solvers and gives Owen another great chance to exercise his poeticizing skills in a really interesting way.
It's because the community of regular commenters here is so small that I hate to see missed opportunities to comment.
Well, you're forgiven. Anyway, the picture of Droopy (or was it Grumpy?) shows we don't entirely ignore chatting abt the Jumble. So now you know. ~ OMK
No, honestly, OMK, I don't know. I went back and rechecked every jumble cartoon on the blog for this month and didn't find any Grumpy or Droopy, or any argyle sweater. Is it on some other website? This is the only place I go for jumbles (except my newspaper). I'm at a total loss and quite confused.
Ok, got it! Googled "argyle sweater cartoon". I had no idea there was a cartoon series called that and thought you meant one of the Jumble cartoons. I found today's, and that looks like Grumpy to me.
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| glaze, agent, droopy, jargon, "jean-ealogy".
A genealogist's life is a boring one.
ReplyDeleteComputers help, but there's more to be done.
Records to resolve, paper and electrons,
Till the eyes glaze over at ancestors in echelons!
The foreign languages would be bad enough,
But agents and recorders used jargon on stuff.
In Jerry and Jean Jones's old Bible family tree,
Does 'd' mean deeded, died, divorced or all three?
Cursive is a curse, all researchers would agree.
But typewriters have been around just a century.
Writing by hand was a personal artistic form.
With loops and droops, to make genealogists storm!
ANSWER ALERT.
ReplyDeleteThe answer to yesterday's aquarium owner's crime is posted at the end of 11/7 - for anyone interested in a relief to the suspense.
~ OMK
Thanks for the fun poems, Owen. Well, I got all four Jumble items with just a little effort and think I got the first word of the solution but am struggling with the second word (too any vowels?). Any help would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteLike the poem a lot. And it led me to imagine someone who married, bought a property and got the deed to it, divorced and ultimately died, of course. Deeded, divorced, and died, all three.
ReplyDeleteHad to think a bit about clue three for some reason, but the solution came after I realized what the firdt part of the word must be and rearranged the rest of the letters. Funny pun.
Misty, just check the first AND last lines of Owen's poem.
OMK, I couldn't even come up with a good guess. I had one for you to try but ran out of juice . Here is what I had
ReplyDeleteFor every tern there is a porpoise?
What about the one about Benny who married Bonnie and had a beautiful daughter Belinda. But there was a catch. Bonnie was barren. Benny searched out a witch who who offered a Faustian bargain: she would guarantee a child for Benny but he in turn must never shave again
Benny was willing to go along with the bargain but... His passion was Foo bird hunting and one afternoon the Foo bird dropped a beauty right on his face.
And, to complicate matters Belinda was getting married. And Benny couldn't give away the bride with a face full of guano.
So. Did I tell you what the witch would do to Benny if he cut a hair off his face?
He would be turned into a vase.
No sooner was the beard off and ZAP.
So, what was the moral, here?
WC
Actually, I've combined two
Sorry, WC, it sounds very witty, but I couldn't follow it well enough to see how it was leading toward a "moral." I think age is beginning to hamper my narrative-following ability. (Or maybe it's just giving me an excuse.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I give up: what is the moral?
Hey, Everybody!
ReplyDeleteDid you catch the Argyle Sweater cartoon today? Am I wrong, or is that #3 - the 8th dwarf! - being led off by the cops?
Or is that Grumpy?
Darn! I always mix them up.
~ OMK
WC ~
ReplyDeleteWhoops! I know the moral of Benny's fate now. By accident, when I was looking on line into another shaggy dog I know, I stumbled across your moral.
LOL! Very funny!
But I'll be silent for a bit - to give someone else a chance to post it, if they're interested.
~ OMK
Dear WC and OMK,
ReplyDeleteDo you guys care about the jumble and poem at all?
Not to be snide, but those are the reasons I come to this blog.
It's been over a week since I solved a Jumble and I found this one quite easy and laughed at the final solve. It's a great pun! And Owen, as always, your poem perfectly fit the J. Most of my siblings have had their genealogy read but I'm satisfied to know where my heritage came from.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Sandyanon--I finally got it, thanks to you. Probably had the problem because I didn't quite remember the spelling and have never really checked out my genealogy. Cool dungarees, by the way.
ReplyDeleteWe have so few folks on this blog, that I don't mind having the guys do a bit of bantering.
Well, I think bantering is fine, too, although they recently seem to be talking just to each other. But I think it's a real shame to ignore the Jumble and Owen's poem while bantering.
DeleteSandy, I just looked back and I realized that indeed I hadn't commented on the J. I always enjoy Owen's poems, sometimes I'll remark on something interesting .
ReplyDeletePart of the problem is that I grabbed the newspaper at 7:00 am and knocked off the J pretty quickly. But I tend to completely forget the J, not only six hours later but five minutes .
In fact, I have to write the words down immedeately or I'll have to completely resolve . And, in fact, again I made a J comment over at the CC .
Btw, OMK, there's a second moral of the story. Here's a hint, I will have to use a * or a & in the answer.
Since Owen took a crack at OMK's riddle I'll hold out the answer until later.
WC
How about 8:00 pm
Misty, did you catch my remark on the other blog?
Sandy ~
ReplyDeleteFunny, I think today's the only time I've address Wilbur directly in quite a while. Please ignore us if our "banter" bothers you.
Please.
Nobody wants to give offense.
~ OMK
No, no, it's not that it bothers me, and I'm sorry if I gave you offense.
DeleteIt's just that this blog was created for jumble solvers and gives Owen another great chance to exercise his poeticizing skills in a really interesting way.
It's because the community of regular commenters here is so small that I hate to see missed opportunities to comment.
Again, I do apologize if my thoughts offended.
Apology accepted.
Delete(Provisionally. So long as it's "not to be snide.")
WC ~
ReplyDeleteIf the Foo sh*ts, wear it?
~ OMK
BTW, Sandy ~
ReplyDeleteDid you notice my Jumble comment? It's the Argyle Sweater note.
I kinda thought that might hint a bit & maybe amuse.
~ OMK
No, sorry, I did notice it, but I'm afraid I didn"t understand the reference. Had no idea it connected to a jumble.
DeleteWell, you're forgiven. Anyway, the picture of Droopy (or was it Grumpy?) shows we don't entirely ignore chatting abt the Jumble.
DeleteSo now you know.
~ OMK
No, honestly, OMK, I don't know.
DeleteI went back and rechecked every jumble cartoon on the blog for this month and didn't find any Grumpy or Droopy, or any argyle sweater. Is it on some other website? This is the only place I go for jumbles (except my newspaper). I'm at a total loss and quite confused.
Ok, got it! Googled "argyle sweater cartoon". I had no idea there was a cartoon series called that and thought you meant one of the Jumble cartoons. I found today's, and that looks like Grumpy to me.
DeleteOMK, how about...
ReplyDeleteA Benny shaved is a Benny URNED
WC
Yes, very old jokes
WC - Yes, you combined two -
ReplyDeleteBenny and Foo.
Somewhere there's a 13 year old browser who can't wait to tell that joke to his 8th grade buddies .
ReplyDeleteDid you ever hear about Pastor Fuzz?
And the Olde Log Inn
WC
Wilbur, just checked your blog quote and saw your Jean-ealogy reference for me. Many thanks! Wish I got gotten it much earlier in the day!
ReplyDelete