| handy, quirk, flavor, legend, kind of a guy.The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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The restaurant was a legend,
ReplyDeleteThe food there was extreme.
One order could be vegan
Its table-mate sans greens!
It catered to all sorts of quirks,
To home flavors and exotic.
A sushi plate with all the works,
The meatloaf was narcotic!
Bangers and mash on Guy Fawkes Day,
Pho soup to honor Tet.
The menu was kind of a handy way
To see how the whole world et!
Yesterday's poem was so lame I was really expecting you all to call me out on it! Today's still isn't one of my best, but it's at least presentable.
ReplyDeleteGosh, Owen, should I be embarrassed to say that I really liked yesterday's poem? Because I did. It was funny, entertaining, cute -- and informative on top of all that. "So sue me." Now on to today's.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do like today's poem as well. I enjoy the most when I can get into the rhythm of the meter and this one lets me do that. And it is ingenious in the way it works the Jumble words into a consistent theme.
ReplyDeleteAs for the jumble, I had no trouble with the clues except for a bit of staring at the fourth one until it popped out at me. The solution was pretty obvious, but, I thought, not all that inventive. There's an implied pun, but kind of awkward.
The solution came before I understood the cartoon--and helped me to grasp it. I thought both characters were stranded, with the flat tire on the far side of the road and the nearer guy on our side. The caption then seemed to refer to a quality that put off any anonymous potential rescuers. Anyway, it all worked out, if delayed & a bit backwards.
ReplyDeleteAs to the quality of Owen's poems, I hesitate to weigh in on the other side of the creator's own judgments. He is usually tougher on himself, an appealing thing in an artist. I'l just say I like today's celebration of food-appropriate days & join Sandy in applauding its jaunty rhythm.
~ OMK
Lucina: FLN: I knew aye-ayes and ring-tailed lemurs, but found indri and sifakas when I looked them up yesterday.
ReplyDeleteFun poem, Owen, and a perfect way to end one of my best puzzle days ever. I got everything without any problems this morning--crossword, sudoku, kenken, and this funny Jumble. No hard work, it all fell right into place and I loved the sad cartoon with that poor elderly lady needing help and not getting it from that creep driving by--which made the first word of the solution all that much more poignant and funny. Nice to get this morning off to a great start, with the bonus of all your neat comments. Have a great day, everybody.
ReplyDeleteEverything fell into place in about a minute today. No letter writing to get answers.
ReplyDeleteOwen , I agree with Sandy . And I forget how you mixed SUSHI with LEMUR but I see you eeled it in today .
OMK, from the CC, you got me thinking of the futility of traffic management. When I was driving limo in Boston and was using the HOV lane, I remarked about all the single driver cars stuck in traffic.
She replied: My husband works in the same building, similar hours and we always take separate cars.
Yes, Virginia, there once were car pools. I'm surprised Dagwood still uses one. Speaking of nothing...
If you're still with me...
I did everything backwards today: Xword then sports, J, Bridge comics . The reason was that TBTimes was asking readers to choose the next comic.
The choices were horrible and reminded me that they'd removed some of my favorites (Lio especially) in lieu of a bunch of garbage.
They also no longer carry the Sunday NYT Xword
WC