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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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"A Forthright Declaration"
ReplyDeleteHe gouged another chunk from his great wheel of cheese.
"Down the hatch," he murmured, giving his gal a squeeze.
"Life of our species may go on, but our finite share is short.
We've got to enjoy this ornery stretch & treat it like a sport."
That said, he raised his glass, then swilled it down with a burp.
He turned to his oysters which,
one by one,
he proceeded to noisily slurp.
~ OMK
It was fineto for Prince John and his schemes
ReplyDeleteHatching plots to gouge the Saxon thane
Ornery, obstreperous but in the end his dreams
Of kingship and power went down the drain.
Richard was a forthright fellow, as just as he was brave
Not just fair with nobility but fair with the lowly knave
WC
"Frankly Honest"
ReplyDeleteFrank wanted so much to be forth-right,
but his job put him in a bad plight.
His colleagues worked hard to hatch
nasty plots on funds they'd scratch.
Dishonest they were, and very
unpleasant and quite ornery.
He feared that they'd gouge his raise
and prevent him from getting his ways.
His options were sadly finite
on how to set things quite right.
In the end he decided to report them,
and his boss agreed to deport them.
And in order to thank honest Frank
he gave him a higher rank.
Wilbur ~ Richard seems like a fellow who would not have tolerated today's income inequality. Earl and tenant would have a fair shot under his rule, unlike under John--who would surely have sliced corporate taxes to 21%!
ReplyDeleteNow Misty's Frank seems another worthy fellow. He may not have been king, or even "a prince of a fellow" but, like Richard, he overcame much adversity. He put up with opposition from his own team, but in the end he prevailed.
Unlike Richard, he was a bit of a snitch, but--Hey--it won him a big promotion!
(So, whaddya gonna do?)
~ OMK
OMK, your guy is reminiscent of those 18th Century epicurians who guzzled and gobbled away. Or the walrus and the carpenter who loved those oysters.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to get to Rebecca but the J's didn't cooperate.
Misty, did you run into the "Frank's" of the world in your academic endeavors? Or a few ornery folk? I guess we all have in our working travels. One of the upper echelon disappeared suddenly and my private speculation was that it was Cocaine. Rampant in the 80s.
WC
Of course, one chief difference between a king and a snitch is the king doesn't have to tattle to anyone.
ReplyDeleteWho's he gonna call?
It cuts out the middle man when you're the king.
Reminds me of the story that circulated when the current Queen Elizabeth was just a child standing by the side of her daddy, King George VI, on the balcony listening to the national anthem.
"Papa," she was reported to have asked, "Do you sing, 'God save our gracious Me?'"
~ OMK
You cali folk, if you're still up. You may find tomorrow's CC difficult or perhaps it was just me. I did get a thrill on the FIR.
ReplyDeleteUnlike today's JeffWesch, there's no long themes to fill boxes.
WC