| || foyer, novel, melody, spirit, top of (the) line.
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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.
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Q: Why does today's Spoonerism require the amputation of a fork's prong?
A: Because we must lop off the tyne.
~ OMK
The spirit of melody serves well as the intro--
or "foyer"--to a novel. A musical lingo
invites readers in. They will be caught
faster by a tune than by thought.
~ OMK
As Cedric in the robes of a friar emerged from the cell
He was met by a spirited Front de Boeuf looking to raise hell
"You weren't asked to read a novel in that prison,
Get thee to the foyer and cease your blasted orison".
Cedric knew that the main gate would see the top of the line
Of the castle defenders. Mumbling Latin melodies was fine
But beef-face had a scroll for the supposed priest to bear
"Bring said missive to Malvoisin that he bring assistance here."
At the postern gate the Norman handed him a gold bezant
But as Cedric made his joyful escape, He turned and hurled the coin
"False Norman, he shouted, "Never to thy cause would I join"
Front De Boeuf let loose an arrow but the shaft fell safely ascant.
WC
Hmm. That should be "Bare" as in 'beware of Greeks baring gifts"
Whoops. LIU says I was right in the first place. fe. He was bearing arms even those his arms were bare.
B"being the name of a big furry animal, bear functions as a verb. It means to tolerate, to carry something, or to endure."
"Pitiful Poetry"
Today's Jumble words were top of the line,
But rhyming them was not at all fine.
I almost needed to get a lawyer
To come up with anything rhyming with foyer.
Then I practically had to grovel
For advice on how to rhyme novel.
At least a friend with fidelity
Was kind and helped me get melody.
But spirit eluded me
And so concluded me.
Ahh, Misty, you took the challenge to heart,
rhyming the words at the end of each line,
'stead of burying 'em deep inside a part
far, far from there--like mine.
(And anyway, "foyer" is a word that alone
argues for going French-a-phone.)
~ OMK
Fo-yay
takes less time
to rhyme
any day.
Woohoo & Hoo-ray!
Ol'Man Keith,
Woohoo to you too!
You sure know how to boo? coo? chew? do? fooh? glue? moo, rue? sue, view? woo? zoo? (Or maybe not?)
(Hey, I'm not a poet and I know it).
I just did Tuesday. Funny how on both days the fives were harder than the sixes.
We've got golf tomorrow to go with today's fishing. There was a PGA pro who, when the course got backed up, threw a line into one of the ponds to get a little fishing in.
Fishing, fresh or salt, never appealed to me. However, in golf, for sure, equipment is a big factor. In fact, our cornerites were just talking rod vs fly.
WC
Glad to see Cedric made his getaway, Wilbur!
I tell thee,
were I he,
I too would haste to escape
anyone like that great ape,
that Norman leerer, old Beefy-Ajax,
for speaking in that Yoda-like syntax!
~ OMK
Hello, Wilbur,
So, is Cedric a priest?
If so, I'd be pleased.
He's surely no knave
And conducts himself brave.
So I'm greatly relieved
That he managed to leave,
On another adventure
We will never censure.
Not a lot of energy today, but I found the jumble not very difficult. The clues came easily and the solution pretty much also. I get the standard meaning of the phrase, but not any other that would apply directly to the cartoon. Ah well.
To sum up. Sir Brian being a Templar offered to have a "Priest" come and shreve the captive Saxons.
Wamba dressed as a priest and then Cedric donned the robes. On his way out the "hag" Ulrica/Ulfried intercepts.
Front de Boeuf is a cross between Editor Perry White and Jack Nicholson in "The Shining"
Not sure , Sandy what it may be that you were seeking.
As soon as I saw the solution, I checked back on the cartoon and saw that all three rods were indeed depicted above their respective lines.
So the literal meaning was added in support of the figurative, two meanings which I suppose are/is the full extent of the gag.
No?
~ OMK
But aren't they always above, when fishing??
Sound the klaxon,
for Cedric the Saxon.
He made his getaway
& just went that-a-way.
He’s a sly old rogue
whom Alex would recky
(Heavens to Becky!)
as a “droog.”
~ OMK
Of course.
Your point?
(Well, I s'pose one could've been drawn with his/her rod lying flat in the boat.
But why?
The point is made when they're in their usual position.)
~ OMK
I guess what I meant, OMK, was that the solution phrase doesn't seem to be one that would be applied, in the sense you describe, to an actual rod and reel and their physical relationship to one another. It would be pretty awkward, wouldn't it, and "not in the language", as I read sometimes on the Corner?
Sorry, I can't follow.
I'm just lost, Sandy.
Uno peccator perdidit...
~ OMK
Can I help? The "line" is the hook,bait and cord dropped from the rod and reel.
He's got top of the line fishing gear. The pun is the two meanings of "Line"
N'est-ce pas????
WC
That's great, Wilbur, and I partly agree. But, "in the language" means to me that an ordinary fisherman would say something like, "My rod is on top of my line.". I. e., use both top and line in one phrase about where the two are physically. I don't think so -- but then I'm no fisherman, lol.
Thanks, Wilbur, but I think we already covered that ground. I'm with you.
Sandy seems interested in what an "ordinary fisherman" might say on a real-life occasion--
overlooking the idea that most puns--like this one--needing to stretch their meaning, have little to do with how speech is ordinarily used....
~ OMK
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