| || fresh, leaky, herbal, cannon, "beachy" keen.
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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.
14 comments:
Such a groaner of a pun! I did laugh, though, right before I groaned.
FLN, Wilbur ~ And yet, all the gen'l public talks about is the unusually diverse casting. (Agree to disagree... ?)
In casting the original & all subsequent stagings, it is interesting that the only role reserved for a white actor is, of course, that of George III.
I have a recording of the music, forwarded to me by an ex-student. I haven't seen the show live, but plan to watch it on the Disney channel Friday night. Being able to listen to the numbers in advance will be a great help in following the rapid lyrics.
Sandy ~ I agree entirely. Definitely groan-worthy. But worth a chuckle. Or a chuck.
Actor Stacy Keach was a schoolmate of mine.
On class and rehearsal breaks we all rushed to the green room to have coffee, each of us responsible in turn for bringing our favorite grind to share with the group.
I favored a Hazelnut flavor. I couldn't tell what gave Stacy's coffee its distinctive taste.
We just referred to it as the "Keachy-bean."
~ OMK
Witch, some called her, Hag, and Crone;
To others as a Wise Woman was she known.
Her hovel was on the edge of the township,
Where she grew fresh herbs in her garden strip.
Her home was modest, but neat as a pin,
A pot below where a leaky roof let rain in.
A smell of gunpowder, not only herbs,
Left some visitors greatly disturbed!
But on appropriate holidays, she rolled out
A odd-looking cannon, short and stout.
Down to the beach she'd load it up,
And shoot keen fireworks aimed straight up!
Owen's cannon may be providing the only fireworks many of us will enjoy this 4th.
Here in CA and maybe elsewhere there is a ban on such displays. The virus plus the fire season danger are a forbidding combo.
Of course the illegal rockets and crackers will be soaring and exploding freely.
Together with the defiant anti-maskers, the nutty rocketeers must assert their independence.
Who is the government to tell them what to do, or NOT to do? Are they not mature adults, able to decide for themselves what is best?
They voted for their POTUS, thus proving that gov't can't be trusted.
~ OMK
Great poem today, Owen. Not to speak of the clever spoon by OMK. If Stacy's stash was in a wide container could we say it was in the Fat Can?
I agree that diversity was part of Hamilton's popularity but it wasn't the first to go that way. I wish I could lay my hands on that libretto I bought as I agree following along on rap isn't easy for the geriatric generation.
Re. My new "endeavor"... I see that there was a British musical about Blondel and King Richard in the 80s. The 1952 Ivanhoe began with Wilfred singing to Richard in the Austrian castle he was holes up in. A distinct touch for Hollywood
I'm debating bringing Eleonor of Acquitaine into the tale. I believe she put pressure on the Pope to secure Richard's release.
What a family the Plantagenets.
WC
Re. The J a very quick Walk in the Park
Or in the Beach
You may mean On the Beach, Wilbur--1959, IMDB 7.2, directed by Stanley Kramer, based on Nevil Shute's novel.
If I remember correctly, this has the scene where Gregory Peck, commander of a nuclear sub, is about to take a step that can blow up what remains of the civilized world.
A younger officer cautions him that he may destroy all life as we know it, and Peck answers,
"That's all right, son, I'll take the responsibility."
~ OMK
Well, I only got two of the Jumble words before I needed help. But, as always, Owen's delightful poem helped with the remaining two. And then, the solution--tough, tough, but, like Sandy, found it fun. I could use a day at the beach today, but not with a mask on, and sprinkles of rain to boot.
OMK, as Misty said I was referring to the beach where the family was having a peach of a day.
"On the Beach" was indeed a great book. A scene similar to the Peck scene is in a later movie where the junior officers are trying to get the Skipper to hold off starting a nuclear war. I can't remember the name.
Same guy as Red October.
"Beach" to me was psychological ie how people behave when their room is proscribed. In the 60s knowing my path was going to take me to 'Nam I had a live today to the max for apres ca le deluge
WC
Nice to see that preview works here. It erasesbon the CC
Wamba addressed the Abbott, "In a mile the road will veer,
You will need to turn left, no make that
a right you'll steer
My brains's a little leaky, as you can see I'm but a fool
I can juggle and entertain but I've never been to school"
"Enough with your fresh insolence, which way should it be?"
Said the surly knight. "Can it, is it right? Non ou oui?"
Said the Abbott, "He's been dallying in medicinal herbs
He garbles all his sentences, doesn't know nouns from verbs"
The keen sight of the Templar spotted a Palmer up the road.
"Wouldst thou guidest sir to Cedric the Saxon's abode?"
"It's good I'm here to help, my lord, for the castles hard to reach. See?
There are bogs and swales. Without me the outlook won't be peachy"
WC
A great final couplet, Wilbur! I get a kick out of your rhyming two or three words to one.
My favorite phrase: "dallying in medicinal herbs."
I think your Templar overdoes his "-est" endings. Grammatically the first should be enough.
Oh, look everybody! Google let me back in with my on-screen OMK avatar.
Wonders may be ceasing...
~ OMK
Enough of the faux Feudal accent, eh OMK? I should or meant to say "Guide us".
I found a book written by Gore Vidal called "The Search for the King" published in 1950. So... The 1952 Ivanhoe movie scripter/producer was familiar with the legend of Blondel which they worked into the first scene of the movie and for which I gave them great kudos for familiarity with gallic legend.
It sounds like a great book. Vidal also wrote Julian not to speak of "Burr" which obviously the creators of "Hamilton" wanted no part of.
WC
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