| havoc, merge, tether, salmon, marvel at them.
Image from the Internet, caption by Owen.
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.
The dam was playing havoc with the yearly spawning.
ReplyDeleteEven tho fish-ladders at the side were yawning.
Currents were too strong, salmon couldn't jump it.
Engineers must solve, there's no option to just lump it.
Where the rivers merge, the water flow increases.
Nothing could be done to cut current into pieces.
Then the idea came to link the salmon on a tether.
They were strong enough when firmly yoked together!
Wrangling the fish into their double bridles
Was a task so difficult it was almost suicidal!
Marvel at them, up fish-ladders pairs will caper.
But next time we'd invent a salmon elevator!
Owen ~
ReplyDeleteYour poem conjures a delightful picture of a vast riverful of cavorting fish in bondage!
I am not up to date on my super heroes, so the solution required me to think a bit--to remember one of the two main publishers of those comics.
(Is it just me, or does anyone else remember when we didn't call them "graphic novels," or even "comics," but "funny books," with the stress on funny?)
~ OMK
OMK, I know I'm at least as old as you, but we always called them comic books. They mostly were funny, but not all. So I guess they weren't all comical, either.
ReplyDeleteI've started solving on the NOLA site, so get to see both cartoons every day. The clues and solution seemed easy, with the solution more logical than punny, but clever.
I like your ridiculous poem, Owen; it does create a vivid mental picture, for sure.
Well, I had trouble with both the third and fourth clues in this morning's Jumble and had to come to Owen's poem for help. As always, it worked perfectly, and there they were. Took a minute to figure out what that first solution verb was going to be, but the comic book theme helped me get it, and I found it delightful. Many thanks, Owen, and, Ol'Man Keith, we too called them funny books when I was growing up. I loved the cartoon picture with those three different haircuts and the little girl's saddle shoes--is that what they were called?
ReplyDeleteThis was a real Thursday treat for me, getting a crossword with just one wrong letter, a "tough" Sudoku, a Kenken, and a Jumble with just a little help. Woohoo!
Misty ~ Yep, those are saddle shoes. And, Sandy, maybe it's not an age difference but a regional thing as to "funny books" vs. "comics."
ReplyDeleteI think by the time I was in junior high we began to call them "comics" too. That's when Mad magazine started publishing, a great day in American culture.
By then I had amassed a collection of over 500--"Batman" being a favorite--all stored in a big wooden chest by my bed.
I wonder what happened to them...?
~ OMK
I grew up in Portland, OR, on the Columbia river. A field trip nearly every year was to the hydro-electric dam to see where our electricity came from. I don't actually remember the fish ladders from those visits, tho they must have been part of it. But I've seen enough pictures it was still easy to describe.
ReplyDeleteBTW Misty, since I'm not allowed to print the cartoon, I thank you for the verbal comments on them. The other two Jumble blogs at the bottom right both include very detailed descriptions.
OMK, we always referred to the "funny papers", but meaning the section in the newspaper. You're right, it's probably regional.
ReplyDeleteFynniFu # newspaper; comic books . I loved them . The barber shops had them .
ReplyDeleteWhen we went to visit the cousins I would bury myself in than as was related later .
WC
I had trouble with #4
Aarrggghhh! FUNNIES
ReplyDeleteHEADS UP!
ReplyDeleteFriday's Jumble may be misprinted! The final solution is 3 words, letter count 4/4/6.