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Jigsaw Puzzles & The Hobbit
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Monday, December 10, 2018
Dec. 10, 2018
|| || patch, dizzy, gerbil, buffet, bright idea.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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Once there was a hospitable gerbil, Didn't talk much, wasn't too verbal. He'd have folks over for a buffet That he hosted at one each Wednesday.
A blueberry patch was right next door, That provided main course, and decor. Niblets of grass-seed, sunshine warm, Added greens (and kept lawns shorn).
The idea was to keep friendship tight, So they ate outside in bright sunlight, And if the weather was awfully drizzly, His burrow prevented a dizzy tizzy!
I did indeed have trouble with that third Jumble clue. But I've learned to try to solve the cartoon without it, and sure enough, I got the solution! Yay! But that still didn't help me with that third word, and so I waited to check out Owen's poem. And Ta-da! there was that GERBIL right in the first line (thought I could mention it, since Wilbur already pointed it out). I bet I would never have figured it out otherwise. So, in the end, a fun Jumble with helpful assistance from this Jumble blog--thanks, everybody!
I kind of hope that Wilbur thought he was looking at yesterday's jumble, which made it ok to refer to a jumble word explicitly, without an attempt to hide it, before the designated time. As Misty said, once done, it's done.
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| patch, dizzy, gerbil, buffet, bright idea.
Once there was a hospitable gerbil,
ReplyDeleteDidn't talk much, wasn't too verbal.
He'd have folks over for a buffet
That he hosted at one each Wednesday.
A blueberry patch was right next door,
That provided main course, and decor.
Niblets of grass-seed, sunshine warm,
Added greens (and kept lawns shorn).
The idea was to keep friendship tight,
So they ate outside in bright sunlight,
And if the weather was awfully drizzly,
His burrow prevented a dizzy tizzy!
What an appealing picture of that community. And the little fellow was a wonderful host, wasn't he? Really evocative poem.
ReplyDeleteThe jumble itself wasn't much of a problem. The clue words came easily and the solution was evident once its letters were extracted.
I do like puns .
I just looked at the four. GERBIL might have been difficult. But the rest came immediately including the riddle.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have time to solve the 6*6 . The CC didn't get started until late(I just posted there too)
WC
I did indeed have trouble with that third Jumble clue. But I've learned to try to solve the cartoon without it, and sure enough, I got the solution! Yay! But that still didn't help me with that third word, and so I waited to check out Owen's poem. And Ta-da! there was that GERBIL right in the first line (thought I could mention it, since Wilbur already pointed it out). I bet I would never have figured it out otherwise. So, in the end, a fun Jumble with helpful assistance from this Jumble blog--thanks, everybody!
ReplyDeleteI kind of hope that Wilbur thought he was looking at yesterday's jumble, which made it ok to refer to a jumble word explicitly, without an attempt to hide it, before the designated time. As Misty said, once done, it's done.
ReplyDeleteSandy, yes I did . When I saw today's J I thought it was a duplicate.
ReplyDeleteThen again with some words the poem makes them obvious. G's and B's???
Now to drop back to Sunday's
WC.
Btw. Misty, I too would love your take on the Hemingway article
Glad to hear it.
DeleteI just looked at the Sunday J's,riddles and verses. So much fun while I was slaving over the stove*" .
ReplyDeleteI mentioned, before about the 50s Sc-Fi about the cosmic shift that enabled animal intelligence .
WYRM(Worm) for dragon is used by Tolkien too .
WC
* Mr Coulter's xword about food
Finally, I echo Paul Coulter's kudos for Owen's BUTCHER BLOCK line . Also in the CC
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