| || sushi, merry, oppose, gather, superstar.
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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.
16 comments:
It all began with a tiny leak
at a nuclear power plant,
And a batch of roe down below
that birthed an eely mutant.
He seemed with-all a normal fish
when gathered in a fisher's net.
But his cells weren't normal eely,
and his fate was not done yet.
They shipped him to Minneapolis,
and chopped him up for sushi.
There he sat on a buffet tray
and started getting gushy!
His bits combined to one big blob
including rice and seaweed.
Then eating down the buffet row
he grew with amazing speed!
He consumed the buffet table,
changed it to fish and rice.
The chef tried to oppose him,
so he ate the chef and his knife!
He ate all the diners dining,
the chairs and tables, too!
Now bigger than an elephant,
on up thru the roof he grew!
He was having a merry time of it
strolling the boulevard.
Policemen tried to stop him.
they called out the National Guard.
One superstar of an officer
thought the monster couldn't resist:
Hooked to a power line and tazed
The Sushi Who Ate Minneapolis!
Would you believe, I started this poem from the last line!
Today's Jumble bothers me. There's a breed of Creationists who claim that our orbit Must have been set by God because it's so perfect for humans. Actually, we could have evolved in any orbit from Venus to Mars, so that doesn't prove anything.
Owen, starting with the last line, you crafted a unique take off from current events. And so entertainingly weird!
As to our evolution, I expect that the unique circumstances and history of the earth resulted in the life forms on it, including us. Of course a somewhat different orbit would have meant somewhat different circumstances and not quite the same history, so life forms would have been a bit different, but largely similar, I bet. It's interesting to think about what effects could have come from small differences. The Butterfly Effect is a highly interesting theory in that regard, don't you think?
Among the demands of many in the current BLM protests is a call for cops to leave the patrol and trooper car behind and actually walk their beats through neighborhoods.
~ OMK
I didn't see the same problem you did, Owen. Maybe the words "slightest bit" are what troubles you. It is certainly true that if the earth weren't in the "Goldilocks zone," we wouldn't have had much of a chance. As it is, we don't seem to be finding much current life on either Venus or Mars.
In any case, nothing in the J cartoon made me suspect a theistic rationale behind the fortunate relationship of the earth and sun.
~ OMK
#4 again gave me trouble. Since I get the whole week on Sunday I can't resist the temptation to solve early. I finished Friday, yesterday.
The Friday xword is a bear.
Owen, your tale reminds me of a fifties movie *The Blob".
And I've seen EELY this week but perhaps in Evan Birnholz Wa-Post XW.
WC
A merry gang had gathered there with glee
For they'd heard the magic word: "FREE!"
And there was Pugsly,Pancho, Pesh and Panza
And Pablo with his dreaded impression of Mario Lanza
The superstars of the trench and flagon
Had grabbed every available seat
To the fancy sushi nary a soupcon
This gang was geared for meat
They weren't even opposed to long-winded speech
As long as the wine and ribs were within reach
And when Pablo commenced his caterwauling
They voted nay on the well deserved keel-hauling
WC
Wilbur, old son, that one takes the cake!
Or rather, the Wise Guy Prize,
awarded every blue moon for "Reaching."
The winning line?
"And Pablo with his dreaded impression of Mario Lanza"!
Gotta love it.
~ OMK
C-Moe, they're all real people including the "caterwauling", although "He" wasn't "Pablo". Did I tell you I once't drank a bit?
They're was an all-you-can-eat place that the gang forced to close. Wimpy had a dozen steaks and the rest weren't far behind.
Although I see that the Golden Coral is still functioning although closed still for Covid-19 .
all-you-can-eat, buffet not to speak of FREE, was a red flag for these trenchermen. And the sushi? Nary a morsel.
There is a place called the Cask and Flagon. Is that NE local?
WC
Sorry. Who is "C-Moe"?
Waiting to see what Misty has to say for herself.
I was wondering why she hadn't posted here, but I see from her message to the Corner that she's been busy running up a Grand Slam with ALL of today's pzls.
That takes some doing! - and of course some time!
WooHoo!
~ OMK
Misty simply can't compete
With this just amazing feat.
Owen's poem blew her mind,
Keith is unbelievably kind,
Sandy's comments are insightful
Wilbur's poems are delightful.
You are all so truly gifted
That her spirits you have lifted.
And the Jumble was on par,
Acting like a superstar.
Thank you, thank you, my dear friends,
To you, her love your Misty sends.
(She ain't no poet, and she sure know it)
OK, Wilbur ~
Now I see the problem.
I too have often found it difficult to follow your "enigmatic" postings here.
I hadn't realized that you comment at times on the Crossword Corner w/o stating the source of your reference.
"C-Moe" is an example.
I sometimes mention the Corner here too, but when I do I say so. I try to always acknowledge that my point has something to do with the other site.
And I often can't tell that you are referring to the Jumble of a different date than the present one. I appreciate when you preface a remark with "FLN," but you don't always do that.
When I am able to follow you, I find your postings are often incisive or funny, or both. I hate to be lost; but after trying to crack through my confusion, I must often just skip to the end.
I had not realized--probably my slow-wits at work--that you get "the whole week on Sunday."
I really want to follow you. I will TRY to interpret your posts as best I can.
But please, please, in order to help my aging brain, try to identify which date you are working on!
Dans une profonde gratitude...
~ OMK
Hoist by my own petard. I'd just ranted about folk who persist in vaguary and apparently I'm guilty of it
My comment about having all the J's and all the xw's available on Sunday was me thinking out loud. Right on top of my J-comment about GATHER(#4).
C-Moe is Chairman Moe. Google recognizes my abbreviations; -T, D-O etc. Ironically, Chairman Moe's CC posts (along with others, me included) fostered the jumble blog.
But we've never gotten Moe over here.
And .. I usually compose in Docs and paste here. I just noticed Google isn't recognizing my abbrevs typed directly in here.
WC
Egad, I just re-read my earlier response. How did I type C-Moe? Yes, I meant OMK. I post on an Android Smart phone and the keys are small.
Now I get it. I should always post from docs because it's so easy to lose a post typing directly.
WC
I do something similar, Wilbur. I compose in Notes and copy over to here.
Keep in mind that just because Google may recognize a reference doesn't mean we readers will--or that we have the patience to look something up via Google or some other research tool.
~ OMK
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