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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 ~
ReplyDeleteLooks like Chet is in agreement with his sponsor, with everything expected of him by AA.
I was sorta expecting a "but," but it never came. Maybe tomorrow?
I believe the plural is fibulae..
I prefer the last syllable to be pronounced "ee," as in "Caesar," but I know some go for the long "I."
The reptile wondered...
"What might Fill the Bill of fare?"
With a fluid motion, the lizard slid along the rug,
then blurted & jerked to the top of the sill.
Alas! He thought a fennel seed was a bug.
He sat, disappointed. What a bitter pill...
"I'm a monitor, a carnivore, I need my meat,
Gimme a gnat or a beetle, that'd be my treat."
Just then a housefly thought he'd saunter by.
With a flick of a tongue,
his day was done.
Monitor to fly: "Hi--and Buh'bye!"
~OMK
"Wet Pet"
ReplyDeleteJack and Jill went up the hill
in order a bottle to fill.
Their lizard had a dry gizzard,
the result of a recent blizzard.
They kept him in a kennel,
and fed him herbs and fennel.
But the critter needed some fluid,
and his owners certainly knew it.
None of this cost them a bill,
it just took a little skill
and gave their lizard a thrill.
His thanks with a noise he'd blurt:
yes, their lizard was sweet and pert.
Lizard speech is hard to construe,
ReplyDeleteconsisting of mere grunts & wheezes .
Occasionally you get a thought or two,
but watch out for those messy sneezes.
"Thanks" may be delivered with a blurt.
While I don't wanna be a sweetness-squelch,
that more likely was a burp.
Or, if any louder, a stinky old belch.
~ OMK
[Yes, Lois has a story, too]
ReplyDelete"Not opposed to the fourth step?" Lois blurted out,
"When presented with the Program I had my doubts
Firstly, I not only drank but smoked, and I don't mean fennel
And as for imbibing fluids , vodka was king but gin would fill the bill"
"Relationships? I had none, unless you count those lounge lizards
One way wonders , no accounts and certainly not wizards"
WC
Wilbur ~ Aha! I shoulda known!
ReplyDeleteI wondered who'd come up with that lizard, variant: "lounge."
So Lois was the one reduced to scrounge
for her drink-buying dates! Her 4th step seems fraught
as compared with Chet's. The poor gal feels caught
by her past liaisons. Is that fair?
--since men brag on beaucoup d'affaires?
~ OMK
Okay, , I must concede
ReplyDeleteyour lizards are a more realistic breed.
But they are a little crass,
and mine have more class.
Wilbur, so Lois was also a sot?
Was hoping not to hear this on this spot.
But at least she was careful to tarry
and not a lounge lizard marry.
I saw on the news where they're bringing the Army dogs out of Afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteThe older ones--the "veterans"--have earned a nice retirement.
I believe they have each been awarded a bronze medal, with a Latin inscription:
"Bono Canino Bono."
~ OMK
Well, I dunno about lizard class,
ReplyDeletebut bodily functions are common.
While we've all been known to pass some gas,
some Monitors are pure Brahmin.
When a burp arises, many will properly put
before their mouths an upraised foot.
If you think it rude,
you at least have a "tell,"
a way to know the attitude
behind Lizzie's little yell.
Did he (or she) at least raise a foot?
If not, it was "Thanks!"--or a cheeky output.
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, just looked at your first verse again, and there they were--all the Jumble words and solution. Wonderful! Guess I'm just overwhelmed with rhymes today.
ReplyDeleteBut I finally looked up LIZARDS and was totally amazed by the incredibly different colors and patterns and shapes and kinds of tails and other features they have--an amazingly varied species--I had no idea. Now that I think about it, I see them scooting around my driveway when I go to the mailbox to get my mail every day, but I've never paid any attention since they're so small and I assume totally harmless and don't bite or anything. But from now on I'm going to start paying more attention to "my lizards."
Thanks, Misty!
ReplyDeleteYes, there are a great many types of lizards. I think we are mainly familiar with the short guys who live in our gardens--about the size of the "chameleons" we used to buy as kids for souvenirs at the Circus.
My Monitors (in my poems today) are large bodied guys, not likely to be found around our lawns. They can grow up to 7-feet, like alligators.
The monitors that some people (not me!) keep as pets can run from one-foot to three-feet in length, requiring quite a few flies and beetles and crickets--to keep them happily burping.
~ OMK
Misty, interesting that you should use the word SOT. Do you recall it was the answer to the clue "Boozer"? I think it was Sunday
ReplyDeleteLater, an anonymous poster declared that it was improper to use that term eg UNPC.
He added that an AAer doing the xword would be offended and compared it to the use the
N Word.
Do you or OMK recall that. I mentioned it to my lunch group who were wryly amused.
And yes, it's interesting to see such fine, upstanding women AAers and then hear some of their stories.
WC
Ps, OMK (Lounge) Lizard was a natural for my subject. A good intro for Lois and fennel fit nicely too.
Misty, you have quite the imagination. I was just reading that parts of Appalachia still don't have piped in water.
Oh dear, Wilbur, I had no idea that "sot" was an offensive word. I'll do my best to remember that.
ReplyDeleteWhat would be appropriate words to refer to someone who regularly drinks far too much?
Since my family is surprisingly modest when it comes to liquor consumption, my vocabulary is not very up to date.