| || kudos, crimp, surely, origin, good "pecks".
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.
Manly liked ladies, and ladies liked Manly,
ReplyDeleteFrom his biceps and pecs, to his abs and his fanny!
Surely he should have been somebody's beau.
Except his name was Shirley, and his voice, falsetto!
After twelve older brothers, his mother had had it!
One last child, only on condition would she add it!
He would have got kudos in bed with the chicks,
The vocal aberration was just a flaw in his larynx.
But his origins put a crimp on good romantic relations.
Oh, he might get a peck, but no further invitations.
So went his incel life, until he met Deaf Giselle.
They lived happily ever after, once he learned A.S.L.!
A lovely, funny poem, Owen, illustrating the spirit of adaptation! Once he found his Giselle, they found a way through cooperation to a successful romance.
ReplyDeleteYou may not have intended it as a political parable, but I see in it the "Can Do" energy that I knew as a kid--and that was revived all too briefly in the recent spark of "Yes We Can." These were good times when we all knew we could! Checks and balances no longer apply when government kills each baby drive in the cradle.
~ OMK
Not my best Saturday--needed help with everything, Crossword, Sudoku, Kenken, and even the Jumble. But you gave me the first word, Owen, thanks for that--although had trouble with the solution because I kept wanting DUCKS for the special word (irrational, of course). But it's still a very cute cartoon with that nice huge background and little barn.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend, everybody.
Misty ~
ReplyDeleteYou're right to suspect DUCKS. Check my rhyme hint to close in on a pun based on the Rooster's action.
~ OMK
I only got one J on my ten am pass. I then skipped to the CC. I grabbed an envelope and scribbled the J's and presto had them.
ReplyDeleteI was looking for COCK(much like Giselle) but found a pecker.
WC
Took me a minute but I found your rhyme hint, Ol'Man Keith--funny and clever.
ReplyDeleteAlmost 4a.m. here in SoCal and no August 18 jumble yet.
ReplyDeleteI hope Owen is okay. He's had a rocky time recently. Sending good will his way...
~ OMK
Yep, no Jumble hints yet. I noticed my last attempt at "pinch poetry" was too Wilburian. I wanted to hide the actual words. Hid them too well
ReplyDeleteI will only have the 6*6 from my TBTimes Sunday paper.
WC
Pretty worrisome about Owen
ReplyDeleteI hope he's just temporatily feeling bad.
Ok. We have a smart gambler and two neophytes at the blackjack table. The former is helping the latter.
ReplyDeleteHere's the jumbles:
DICTUN
## #
RNAENM
##
GADMAE
# ##
AIMURT
## #
RRDEAK
##. #
GRITBH
# ##
Solution
------ --- -'-------
And finally (remember the thumper rule)
Shelley was the Belle of the court(4,6)
Her light never dimmed, it never went out(5,6)
Who would mar her glitter nor induce to crime(1,3,5)
But Snideley whiplash that gambler slime(S)
Who'd come to her aid against all odds(S)
It's Captain Dauntless, nee Elmer Dodds
Wilburforce Halefellow Charlesbank
Yes, COURT and OUT don't rhyme very well.
ReplyDeleteWC
Thank you, Wilbur, for subbing in the pinch!
ReplyDelete~ OMK
BUT I am not sure of the spacing of the letters to be used in the solution. The hash marks (#) are hard to read. I thought I could tell how many spaces to count off, but then I saw the period inserted in the next-to-last word, and that threw my reckoning off.
ReplyDeleteIt might be easier if you were to give the numbers of the letters (from 1 to 6) to be used.
Just a thought.
~ OMK
My earlier post didn't seem to get thru. Blood infection thru my entire body. Put me in hospital Monday. Saturday crash, BP approaching zero. Internal bleeding. They finally found a tear in my stomach this afternoon and fixed it. I understand it was touce and go for a while.
ReplyDeleteWilbur: I like cap-O with little-o, but dot or underscore works well too.
Thx OMK. Here the numbers corresponding to the placing of the letters
ReplyDeleteBtw, there's one actual J/Solution word in the poem. I just don't want to use the actual we ords as a rule.
Here's the jumbles:
DICTUN
## # 1,2,4
RNAENM
## 1,2
GADMAE
# ## 1,3,4
AIMURT
## # 1,2,4
RRDEAK
## # 1,2,4
GRITBH
# ## 1,3,4
I screwed up
DeleteHere's the corrected jumbles:
DICTUN
## #. 1,2,6
RNAENM
##. 3,4
GADMAE
# ##. 1,3,4
AIMURT
## #. 1,2,4
RRDEAK
##. #. 1,2,5
GRITBH
# ##. 1,3,4
Owen, it seems that the worst of the crisis is over, if you're up to posting. I'm really glad you got through this, and hope your recovery is swift.
ReplyDeleteYes, so glad you're improving. I saved the 4*4 for you (lol)
ReplyDeleteWC
Thanks for filling in. I've now copied the J6 words and will do them on paper the same as I used to before I started this blog. I don't have access to a computer here in ICU, so likely will need to be filled in for tomorrow too. Hope it can be a bit earlier in the day.
ReplyDeleteAggg! 😵 Long post just vanished because unwanted app I don't know how to get rid of popped up!
ReplyDeleteUpshot -- text of riddle missing, so no hope of solving!
ReplyDeleteWell, don't worry about it any more than you can help, Owen. We'll survive just fine for a few days. You just focus on getting better.
ReplyDeleteFor solving, I highly recommend the Chicago Tribune site that is referenced on this site.
If you can see the J's and riddle here's a little jingle
ReplyDeleteKenny the koala had a tux for the prom
But going barefoot was not the norm(4)
A friendly Smith fitted him out with shoes
But when he clanked in, he was singing the blues
He turned around quick and out he fled
And spent his prom night asleep in bed
Wilburforce
To the Wilbur Force!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your jingle, sir, and thank you heartily.
I have found that my solving speed is greatly enhanced when I can do it on line. Now that I am forced back to my newspaper, I reached the solution at a slowed pace.
(That may be a useful hint for someone, although today's jumble was one of the easy ones.)
~ OMK
So, I'm solving at Winn Dixie and a fellow "gamer" sits down. He's got yesterday's 6*6 and I'm thinking he may need some expert hinting. I'm even thinking of wheeling out my poem from yesterday but even I knew better.
ReplyDeleteSo, I do a little xword, look up and he's got all six a ND is feverishly jotting down letters.
I ask him how he did it and he tells me that he used to be a typesetter and the mixed up letters are old hat.
So I said re. The Riddle-Solution: "Pretend you're the driver of the getaway car in a heist. What does that make you?"
"Accessory after the fact"
I saw myself out
WC
Nothing from Owen today. I do hope he's ok.
ReplyDeleteI loved today's (Thursday) Jumble, and had an amazing experience, getting all four Jumble answers without any problems, and then the totally delightful solution which just cracked me up. Great to be reminded of the name of the Parisian tower. Makes me miss my many great trips to Paris over the years.
ReplyDeleteOwen, it's been so great to have your poems and you back. Hope you're continuing to improve and that we hear from you today. And fun to see all your names, Wilbur.
Have a good Thursday, everybody!