This is just an advisory. I have to waive doing a regular post today. I purchased a trendy new 'puter yesterday, and spent last night monkeying around with it, trying to adapt it to my style of working. Unsuccessfully. I haven't really gotten anywhere with it, despite the time I've spent trying. It's 4 am, and I've stollen [sic] my wife's machine again just to post this.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
Well, Owen, I hope you're asleep as I write this; you deserve some rest. May your computer difficulties be resolved soon.
ReplyDeleteFor me, NOLA site is the most accessible for solving, though I do use a bit of scratch paper to reorganize the solution letters for myself. Today's jumble has a kind of cute pun but I didn't find the cartoon very imaginative. Misty, what did you think?
FLN:
OMK, I continue to believe that saying something in one post and then the opposite in another constitutes a contradiction. I understand that you were trying to conceal a clue.
Good luck getting the new computer set up, Owen. I thought I was going to need your poem to get the first Jumble clue and to help me with the solution, but after considering all the letters, the solution popped right up--and that gave me the first word as well. Delightful Jumble this morning with a delightful set of words to complement the sweet cartoon.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day, everybody.
Not to worry or hurry, Owen, your friends don't need you to rush on our account. Take all the time you need, and enjoy the steps of rolling out a new 'puter. Isn't there always something delightful (frustrating too!) in configuring a new tech toy?
ReplyDeleteSandy, well sure, there's a literal contradiction. But isn't my fictional quotation well within the creative spirit of our page's founding genius, our own Owen? We don't read his verses for their facts.
With rare exceptions, my hints have always been in the form of rhymes. They come first. To support them, I'll find whatever inspired prose I can. Lest the point be missed, I often use italics to give the clue words a lift.
Again, I am sorry (while admitting to a bit of a giggle) that my aim may have misfired and sent anyone on a wild Google chase!
~ OMK
Misty, I guess you work the J from the LA Times. I’m usually awake till 3 or 4 in the morning, so I can get the digital version of the Times on my iPad. A good thing--especially on a rainy morning like today.
ReplyDeleteToday’s solution affords me a fresh opportunity to respond to questions--
to Owen with a “slant"...
and to Sandy in a dare an’ a rhyme.
~ OMK
OMK, don't misunderstand me. I know that you try to conceal your rhyming or semi-rhyming clues in a mass of extra verbiage. But I'd never before seen you use a falsehood as the extra verbiage, and it surprised me greatly. No great matter, however.
ReplyDeleteOwen, we all hope you're making good progress with your computer.
Not entirely a "falsehood," Sandy. Let's say, "originative prose." You'll note that in response to Owen, I immediately wrote that Byron said "no such thing." But sometimes we stumble on the truth without meaning to. That is to say he might not have used those particular words, but...
ReplyDeleteAs you know, Byron and Shelley and Mary and Claire lived side by side and cohabited for a time in Geneva (along with John Polidori).
Byron, quite the snob, was known to take a dim view of the Shelleys' living quarters, accoutrements, etc. He did, however, respect Mary's talent. If you prefer to define my verbiage as "historical fiction"--i.e., approximate wording based on known data--we might find a common meeting ground.
~ OMK
I thought it was Owen's or OMK's prescience but somehow David and Jeff had a presage of today's CC. I've come here first.
ReplyDeleteI had to think about #4, is that actually a word. Actually, a verbalization. Except as an adverb.
The letters provided the solution.
WC
Well , while Owen sleeps...
ReplyDeleteAt Franky's lab there were Dos and Do Nots
Numero uno. Don't monkey with the Bots.
But the trend among the younger wave
Is Adapt! And so the rules Iggy waived.
The time had come , the end was near
Buttons pushed here, there and everywhere
(Next- the tragic result)
WC
yes one key word missing
Wilbur, who knew you were a poet! That's great! I think I actually got some, maybe most, of your poem! I don't know who Bots are, but I bet Iggy is Igor, right? So a Frankenstein poem! Great.
ReplyDeleteBut we miss you too, Owen. Please come back with poems once your computer is fixed!
Killer Wilbur, you go, Dude!
ReplyDelete"Bots" would be Robots or any AI like Hal in 2001. Franky represented Dr Frankenstein.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, what Owen does so seamlessly is sheer genius.
Could Rich of LAX (word) have had yesterday's JeffWesch in the drawer and pulled it out upon seeing Wednesdays Jumble?
I was dumbfounded seeing Mary S. show up in the Xword.
WC
PS. Upon second look I could have slipped"ANY" in there after all.
Ok. I have to append on Thursday. I didn't spell out the difficult word but here's the latest from the lab
ReplyDeleteWhen the Dr caught sight of what Iggy'd done
He raced to the lab in a furious run
The GMO plants were going nutso
Green growth everywhere but so
“Fasten the escape hatches, lock every door”
But the green algae grew more and more
Stay tuned for more havoc ...
WC
Wilbur, it's your genius that's emerging now, delighting us more & more!
ReplyDeleteBut Owen's silence is alarming as the page drops behind in flipping the calendar. I'll trust that the new computer is so fancy it requires more coddling before coming on line, and that the master is taking more time for a well merited rest. Bless his heart.
Meanwhile, here's my contribution to today's (May 17) J:
The fisherman hoped to reach his solution ...
as soon as he cleared the waves he thought might buffet his boat.
~ OMK
I sent an email to Owen, asking if he's ok. Fingers crossed he'll reply.
ReplyDeleteIronically, I showed Phillip the Case of the galloping green. He said "What's the missing word?". I told him and he said "Like a werewolf or a necromancer?". eg spelled with a Y or with the last letter dropped. The werewolf word is pronounced the same.
ReplyDeleteWC
OMK, I just got it. You weren't thinking of all you can eat breakfast with omelets, ham on the bone and mai-tais
More like a synonym for 30D in the CC
Sandy, any apologies for yesterday's OMK "hint" or my doggerel can be explained by "We're a pair of different drummers"
Pps. I still think I may have heard that "hovel" quote re. Ms Shelley before
Wilbur, I have no problem at all with your poem(s). They're fine.
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