| || elect, rodeo, outlet, plural, top dollar.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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"Place your Bets"
Tim need an outlet for his pent-up energy,
stuck alone in his flat all this while.
He elected to get rid of this yucky lethargy
at his favorite arcade. He smiled
at the thought of re-claiming his crown
by riding the "Rodeo Bull" the longest
and betting his pals he was, hands down,
the callous-butted champ. No contest.
He could ride that beast for hours. Plural.
And win top dollar--cum hard-ass Laurel!
~ OMK
Inspired by Anon-T's link to that dynamic, baton twirling ruckus rouser in Houston ("Best Little...in Texas")
The crew-cutted head of an obscure Baptist sect
Broke off and founded a new group called "Children of the Elect".
Though the plurality of the flock were boomers, some still had fuzz
In the cheek. These young-uns called their leader Pastor Buzz.
Buzz was making top dollar from his dynamic delivery
His message of hope helped his listeners escape from misery.
But one Sunday Pastor Buzz was wearing a serious frown
The faithful had deserted , the Rodeo had come to town.
WC
Not to be confused with Pastor Fuzz *
And wouldn't you know it but there really was a Pastor Enoch Fuzz
You can't make stuff like that up
WC
*Spoiler alert, contents of the first link may be off color(shnuck, shnuck)
Wow! What a way to start a Monday morning--two absolutely delightful verses by Ol' Man Keith and Wilbur! Thank you both for the pleasure. Both Tim and Pastor Buzz had extremely successful undertakings--making it challenging not only for other figures, and also other poets (e.g. c'est moi) to compete.
"No Menace for Dennis"
Dennis hoped to earn a top dollar
by finding a business to collar.
There were several options to tout, yet
he had trouble finding an outlet.
To select was a bit of a rodeo,
to elect was finally a no-go.
Given so many choices, so plural,
he decided to paint a mural.
It caused many critics to holler,
and that brought in a pretty good dollar.
His journey ended successfully,
joyful and totally blessed fully.
I just got back in here and reread OMK's skillful and entertaining arcade hero. And Misty, on a cold day in florida where the temp is under60 and there's that florida wind-chill factor- I had to put a jacket on. Still wearing shorts though. Anyway, you always have a happy ending.
Btw, if you linked the joke(Misty you can pass*), the original has the Pastor on the road to "The Old Log In"(How far is...)
I heard it when I was 15. That and the Beep Beep joke which Phil and the boys found hilarious.
WC
Ok, it might be raunchy but fun us fun
Wilbur ~ Not sure I caught all of your references, but my heart was gladdened to know that a rodeo (and presumably also a circus, and just about any side-show attraction) can steal attention away from the good pastor.
But, as I recall a research trip I once made through some tent revivals in the deep south, it isn't always easy to tell religion apart from a circus!
Ah, Misty ~ So, your Dennis discovered Art was an EZ way out of his which-business-to-try dilemma?
Wow.
He should sell the secret of his quick success to the millions of starving artists around the world!
A part of his instant monetizing seems to be controversy.
He got the "critics to holler," and controversy, as they say, SELLS!
But we'd all love to know what artistic topic is left in our desensitized world that can still start a bit of controversy.
~ OMK
Well, Ol' Man Keith, 'mural' was pretty much the only word I could come up with to rhyme with 'plural'--so Dennis didn't have many options if he wanted me to succeed with in my rhyme. But as Wilbur pointed out, I have a compulsion to give everything a happy ending (don't know where that comes from, but I noticed it early on when I started rhyming).
OMK, I first thought of SECT to rhyme with ELECT. Then the rest just flowed except I couldn't help my take off of the old Pastor Fuzz joke. I was going to just leave it but decided to link the joke.
Then I just had to add the Beep Beep joke.
Misty, never change. How'd the Zoom make out?
Years?
I meant Yeats?
Thank you for asking Wilbur. I thought the Yeats class was okay, with people listening quietly to the lecture, and discussing the poetry among a few of them who were familiar with it. Having to conduct it with a slide show on Zoom meant that I only saw 4 of the people in the class and not the others, and that makes it difficult for me to respond to their comments and relate to them, as I would have done if we had been in a classroom together. So I'm still a bit nervous about my class, but I thought it basically went okay. Again, thanks for asking.
Glad to know it went well, Misty, or well enough...
Yeats is one I wish I knew better. I know of him mainly for his role in Irish Theater. And as the author of two of my favorite poems--Easter 1916 and The Second Coming.
The latter is among my top three or so non-Shakespearean poems.
Written abt 100 years ago, at a time he thought it was most pertinent. but it always seems relevant, doesn't it?
And no more so than the present:
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
-and-
"... what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
Good stuff.
I checked your link, Wilbur, and sure enough I kinda knew that joke.
I'm not sure whether it was because I sounded it out in my mind's ear, or that the "Fuzz" just rang a bell.
Not too raunchy as these things go, not nowadays. That dates us both, I reckon.
~ OMK
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