| || murky, gooey, dental, bakery, on board.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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16 comments:
Missed yesterday. Back for a late night solve again.
FLN: Did read your story continuation, Wilbur, and am eagerly looking forward to more.
I had to get the solution to figure out clues three and four, so it's a good thing that it was pretty obvious. I guess that ship was no longer on shore; they seem to be well out to sea.
The gooey, sweet Danish the bakery sells
Made one's dental outlook murky.
One roared with pain that came in spells.
The new smile is awful smirky.
~ OMK
Excellent OMK. Four J's and a gloss in a cohesive verse. Gots to gets me to the dentist soon.
Hope to get to Ivanhoe sometime today.
Thank you, thank you, Ol'Man Keith. I had trouble with the third and fourth word of this Jumble, and so couldn't get the solution. Loved seeing your compact but rich little poem right at the start, and there were the words and so I got the solution even before checking your gloss. Great relief since I had a terrific puzzle morning, but trouble with everything else, including the silly Kenken. So, again, many thanks, and I'll check in on Wilbur's Ivanhoe later in the day.
Do we have any news on how Owen is doing? Would love to send him a "hello" and good wishes.
Sandy's hint did not go unnoticed! I thought it a neat roundabout guide to the solution.
~ OMK
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Very clever, Sandy. I didn't get it until Ol'Man Keith got me on . . . never mind.
[Backtracking a bit*]
After departing the Tourney , the Knight incognito
Chose a path through the forest, the roads he would forego.
Lost in the murky woods he came across a humble hut
That of the Curtle Friar in the woods that Locksley did abut
Reluctantly, his humble meal, the Friar offered to share
Water, and a tasteless, gooey mass would suffice for fare
Accompanied by a pater nostra and a Latin orison.
"Have you nothing for my dentures? How 'bout venison?" .
And regarding our beverage, is wine more than you can afford?"
"I'm sorry to say, my wandering knight, I have none of that on board"
"This bread is old and moldy, have you nothing savory?
Have you not availed yourself of Prior Aymer's bakery?
WC
* Scott does that. Current action is suspended while previous events are recounted
Very entertaining side trip, Wilbur. Especially interesting to find out that the Knight has dentures!!
Some fine Christian hospitality from Friar Tuck! That tasteless mass seemed more a punishment than a happy meal.
I finally looked up "curtle."
The urban dictionary says, "When a cat shags a turtle..."
Tomorrow I have to face my dentist. A two-hour session is planned.
I ask myself if it's really worth it, clinging to my teeth at my age...
~ OMK
Maybe "girdled" friar???
Your poem today cracked me up, Wilbur. Very sweet and very funny!
Here is a description for "CURTAL"(Not Curtle)
"Oh, curtal friar -- this could refer to the shortened or "curtailed" gown that the friar wore, or possibly linked to the Latin word for gardner. To have a curtailed gown, one could also say it was "tucked up", a possible origin of Tuck's name."
WC
And I see preview has bitten the dust again.
And, King Richard just wanted something to sink his teeth into. On second thought "A dental challenge" might have fit.
We naturally will see anachronisms in our medieval journey
WC
Ol'Man Keith, good luck with your "dental challenge" tomorrow (to quote Wilbur). Hope it goes well.
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