There are several other Jumble blogs, but the ones I checked all started off by listing the answers. In this blog, answers can be either hinted at or masked by burying them in comments. No overt spoilers!
I surprised myself by being able to insert a copy of the cartoon. I managed to find the Thursday Jumble on the USA Today site & do it on my desktop before going to bed. I could not get the number of letters for each solution word, not without completing the Jumble first. I will add the number of letters as soon as I can. ~ OMK
You will have 11 letters for the solution. They will be distributed over three words. The first word needs 4 letters. It is in quotation marks and has an apostrophe before the 4th letter. The second word has 3 letters, and the third word takes 4. ~ OMK
On the ChiTrib site, the apostrophe got left off. Having some mental problem, so poetry is impossible. Surprised I could even work the puzzle, and that missing apostrophe made it even harder.
OMK, thanks for stepping in. I can supply the J's and riddle-solution (without answers of course) as I have the week available on Sunday. I'll just post in separate comments and you can copy and paste as the day begins.
The least I can do.
I did this yesterday morning at breakfast(Station in Dunellon). I've completely forgotten and my paper is elsewhere.
Maybe Ivanhoe later.
WC
As I think about it I won't need separate comments.
Moms often get pretty weary and sometimes even get teary, though they try hard to stay cheery. Sometimes it's a real craft to end the day having laughed. When one of the kids has a mishap it of course creates a flap, yet they end up on Mommy's lap. Yes, motherhood can be gloomy but mothers still make it bloom-y. Many moms use psalms to help them stay calm, and even when their kids stirred, cried, and couldn't be heard, they still had a kind word. So, moms, we love you through and through.
P.S. (not a great poem, but it goes with the Jumble cartoon, and hey, it's not Mother's Day)
What a marvelous morning-- just to see the coming-together of our band!
Owen ~ I thank you, sir, for your continued support and brilliant aid which I greatly appreciate, especially knowing the challenges you're up against these days. Wilbur ~ Thanks in advance for whatever early postings you can send me. If you need to share anything private with me before the info appears on the open site, remember my email is Fowler@uci.edu. Misty How good to see the muse in action again on your end. Almost feels like normal!
I wonder if any anonymous visitors are watching over our shoulders--what they must make of our group response in a time of need...
OK, HERE's my poem/hints of the day. I did not mean to be so macabre. I went where those innocent four words took me.
"Oh, My Word!" Halloween was over, yet the gloomy night felt spooky, as Stanley pushed his weary bones to be at home in bed. His graveyard needed extra pits, but he just felt too droopy to continue. Let other diggers do for the dead instead of him. He was too near his pension to change his hours just because a new virus was filling plots like crazy. Business was booming--for graves, headstones, and flowers-- but that was profit for the bosses. He was just too lazy.
Or, wait! What had happened to his energy? Why so tired? He felt a chill. Was it a draft? No, he'd been warm before this cold-- and now was heating up again. He felt fevered, fired; he needed to be home! It was hard to breathe; if he could hold a breath ... Now cross this road without mishap or worse, when WHAM! He got slammed. His dimming eyesight couldn't see the traffic to his cemetery, causing him to be grilled and killed by an overloaded hearse. ~ OMK
Oh my goodness, poor Stanley! What a sad ending--but at least it leaves us curious about who will experience the next adventure!
I'm so happy Owen was able to help you, Ol' Man Keith, and the blog does really feel as though it's back in business. Thank you, everybody, for your help, but especially you, OMK.
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I surprised myself by being able to insert a copy of the cartoon. I managed to find the Thursday Jumble on the USA Today site & do it on my desktop before going to bed.
ReplyDeleteI could not get the number of letters for each solution word, not without completing the Jumble first.
I will add the number of letters as soon as I can.
~ OMK
Here are the four Jumbled words:
ReplyDeleteRAYWE
RFDAT
MPAISH
LYOGMO
And when you unscramble them, here are the letters to be used in the solution, from left to right:
1-2-4.
1-5.
1-3-4.
3-4-5.
You will have 11 letters for the solution. They will be distributed over three words.
ReplyDeleteThe first word needs 4 letters. It is in quotation marks and has an apostrophe before the 4th letter.
The second word has 3 letters, and the third word takes 4.
~ OMK
On the ChiTrib site, the apostrophe got left off.
ReplyDeleteHaving some mental problem, so poetry is impossible. Surprised I could even work the puzzle, and that missing apostrophe made it even harder.
OMK, thanks for stepping in. I can supply the J's and riddle-solution (without answers of course) as I have the week available on Sunday. I'll just post in separate comments and you can copy and paste as the day begins.
ReplyDeleteThe least I can do.
I did this yesterday morning at breakfast(Station in Dunellon). I've completely forgotten and my paper is elsewhere.
Maybe Ivanhoe later.
WC
As I think about it I won't need separate comments.
"Motherhood"
ReplyDeleteMoms often get pretty weary
and sometimes even get teary,
though they try hard to stay cheery.
Sometimes it's a real craft
to end the day having laughed.
When one of the kids has a mishap
it of course creates a flap,
yet they end up on Mommy's lap.
Yes, motherhood can be gloomy
but mothers still make it bloom-y.
Many moms use psalms
to help them stay calm,
and even when their kids stirred,
cried, and couldn't be heard,
they still had a kind word.
So, moms, we love you
through and through.
P.S. (not a great poem, but it goes with the Jumble cartoon, and hey, it's not Mother's Day)
What a marvelous morning--
ReplyDeletejust to see the coming-together of our band!
Owen ~ I thank you, sir, for your continued support and brilliant aid which I greatly appreciate, especially knowing the challenges you're up against these days.
Wilbur ~ Thanks in advance for whatever early postings you can send me. If you need to share anything private with me before the info appears on the open site, remember my email is Fowler@uci.edu.
Misty How good to see the muse in action again on your end. Almost feels like normal!
I wonder if any anonymous visitors are watching over our shoulders--what they must make of our group response in a time of need...
OK, HERE's my poem/hints of the day. I did not mean to be so macabre. I went where those innocent four words took me.
"Oh, My Word!"
Halloween was over, yet the gloomy night felt spooky,
as Stanley pushed his weary bones to be at home in bed.
His graveyard needed extra pits, but he just felt too droopy
to continue. Let other diggers do for the dead instead
of him. He was too near his pension to change his hours
just because a new virus was filling plots like crazy.
Business was booming--for graves, headstones, and flowers--
but that was profit for the bosses. He was just too lazy.
Or, wait! What had happened to his energy? Why so tired?
He felt a chill. Was it a draft? No, he'd been warm before this cold--
and now was heating up again. He felt fevered, fired;
he needed to be home! It was hard to breathe; if he could hold
a breath ... Now cross this road without mishap or worse,
when WHAM!
He got slammed.
His dimming eyesight couldn't see
the traffic to his cemetery,
causing him to be grilled and killed
by an overloaded hearse.
~ OMK
Oh my goodness, poor Stanley! What a sad ending--but at least it leaves us curious about who will experience the next adventure!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy Owen was able to help you, Ol' Man Keith, and the blog does really feel as though it's back in business. Thank you, everybody, for your help, but especially you, OMK.