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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
FLN, Wilbur ~ We'll watch out for the Xwd today. Friday's wasn't all that tough. The long fills were offset by the abundance of 3-letter fills. That was the ticket to completing the long ones.
ReplyDelete"Fate at the Plate"
Our baseball teams' mascots are often quite fierce,
such as serpents and big cats and predator crows.
What if they should exert an insider's curse
and create brand new ways to hamper their foes?
To distract the infield, to step on their toes,
to tackle base runners and bloody their nose.
They could change the scoreboard tally to favor their guys,
and give a new meaning to "embedded spies."
~ OMK
"Mascot Problem"
ReplyDeleteSally liked to tally
how many boyfriends she could rally.
She certainly was an expert
in knowing how to flirt.
Then one night at a dance
she met the jewel of romance.
But soon they hit a damper
that their love did quickly hamper.
He had a bulldog for a mascot
and that created a bad spot.
So he and Sally had to debate
whether to continue to date.
She suggested they buy a camper
in which the dog could scamper.
Now the problem was off their plate
And Sally and the dude could mate.
Clever how you worked all the Jumble words into your baseball verse, with the solution in the title, Ol' Man Keith--another very impressive job!
ReplyDeleteHow fortunate that Sally's new guy
ReplyDeletepossessed sufficient dollars to buy
a separate vehicle where
he could so diddle her
sans K9 disruption
to their romantic function.
Misty's poem speaks to
a very particular virtue--
the wisdom of dating
only guys who can afford mating,
who can show their Honey
plenty of money,
who offer financial solace!
--or else who are... dog-less.
~ OMK
"Generous Women"
ReplyDeleteMy original version of my verse
actually stated a great reverse:
"The clever Sally bought a camper,
a great place for the dog to scamper."
Later I figured it might be nice
if the couple shared the price.
There's really no reason not to trust
that women too can be generous.
Wilbur!
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon threw me a curve today. I didn't know who these strangers were--until I realized that the slightly jowly ingester at stage left was meant to be the Bambino himself.
The cheeks are appropriate, but that svelte physique is so unlike the Babe's famous Dad-bod I just couldn't imagine who they wanted to depict.
One of Ruth's very special claims to fame, one that gives hope to the common man--every "average Joe"--was his pot-bellied "wasted" UN-athletic body. Too bad this was "cleaned up" for today's representation.
~ OMK
Ah, forgive me for assuming,
ReplyDeletefor so quickly presuming
he paid the price
for their joint enterprise.
Their financial equality
is a sign that he and she
share an income bracket.
It speaks to a certain knack at
which lovers are not always so great--
at sniffing out a mate
of similar ability
to cover the bill-itee.
~ OMK
Ah, the ol,' Babe was a champion trencherman of yore
ReplyDeleteForget those taters tallied and all those base runs scored.
With hardly any exertion he gobbled burgers, steaks and dogs
Unhampered by convention or dainty, decorum catalogues.
On a gastronomic all-star team he'd be the perfect mascot
Shoulders square, head so proud, though in the middle getting squat
For whether holding knife and fork or standing at the plate
The Sultan of Swat was everyman's picture heavyweight
WC
ReplyDeleteHow does one post an image here that's been copied from another website???
ReplyDeleteWhen you asked the question, Sandy, I realized I don't know how to do it.
ReplyDeleteAll I can do is post a link, lime the one below, that when you click it, it takes you to the image I want to show--in this case a silly picture of Bernie Sanders at the Iwo Jima flag raising.
Just click on the highlighted words:
Bernie says Hi!
If you would like to know how to do this, I can't post the code here, as it will just be transformed. But send me an email to fowler@uci.edu with the subject "Posting Help," and I can send it to you.
~ OMK
Wonderful responses, Ol' Man Keith--totally enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I just loved your Babe Ruth poem, Wilbur--another delight.
Have a wonderful Easter day tomorrow, everyone!
Click on the caption below for a photo courtesy of Sandyanon:
ReplyDeleteBabe Ruth and friends
And you were brilliant, Misty--especially speedy in your reaction time. I was really impressed!
ReplyDelete~ OMK
Lots of good stuff from that link. Did I ever mention that I was befriended in the 70s by a very close friend of the Babe's: Joe Dugan who was the Yankee third baseman during the great Yankee dynasty of the 20s.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great guy he was. Both John McGraw and Connie Mack were very impressed by Dugan's all around game.
WC