| bland, fresh, public, delete, respectable.
Image from the Internet.
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.
In the public market place of ideas,
ReplyDeleteSome are fresh, some are creaky with age.
Some are mild, bland, even boring,
Some will incite blinding rage!
Some are vile they call for deletion,
Some so self-evident they hardly need be.
All should be awarded respect as we're able,
That's what makes a civil society.
I agree emphatically with your verse today, Owen! Isn't it the diversity of expression that's the core of a liberal democracy? Not just free speech, but the broad exercise of that freedom.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a fitting tribute on Memorial Day.
As for today's solution, I am not sure the suffix serves quite as well--or as fully--as its creator intends.
~ OMK
Yes, speaking of ideas, I'm in awe of the way you manage to work so many different and thoughtful ideas into your poems each day, Owen. Today is certainly no exception.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with OMK, that the jumble creator today didn't really understand his choice of word; he clearly wasn't able to get the full meaning he intended.
Perhaps I should have written that the suffix doesn't work as ably--or as fully...
ReplyDeleteThat would carry my meaning more accurately, while disarming the weak attempt at humor.
~ OMK
You are right, Sandy! And you beat me to the mark by a hair!
ReplyDeleteWell, I thought it was nice to see a Memorial Day Jumble this morning and it looks as though this one represents a specific one in Wyandotte, Michigan. I got all four clue answers and the solution quickly and without any problems. And now that you mentioned it, Ol'Man Keith and Sandyanon, the solution might have been a bit more suitable if it had been -ful rather than -able. But I still liked it, and I especially liked the sentiment of Owen's poem.
ReplyDeleteI thought the pun worked, tho it was so bland a one it sort of matched the funereal tone of the holiday. Two distinct meanings, both of which apply -- of a reasonably large size, and of respectful nature.
ReplyDeleteHonestly,Owen, I think you're stretching a point, because neither the newspaper version nor your cartoon had anything to do with the size of the attendance. But perspectives do vary. And I like your poem even more on rereading -- although I'm not able to accord full respect to some of the ideas I encounter.
ReplyDeleteYeah, except that the one chosen is too often used to indicate an okay, so-so, or less than impressive turnout.
ReplyDeleteAs in "inauguration attendance just this side of embarrassing."
Not exactly the sentiment to support the dignity of today's ceremonies.
Not a biggie. It's only a game. Still, I would have preferred the latter adjective. I guess that's the one they thought we'd want, and so switched it to toy with our expectations.
~ OMK