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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.
I got the solution, but I just don't "get" it. Don't see any wordplay, or really any humor.
ReplyDeleteHope someone can explain it to me!
I’m in the dark too, Sandy. I wondered if there was some arcane understanding of the first word, but no online dictionary could shed light.
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe there was something to be made of the similar-sounding verb that might leverage a person loose from a tight place, but—no, I really couldn’t make that work.
I hope somebody can help us see the sense of it.
Maybe this is the day I should have taken off. I’m not especially happy with my contribution.
But, well, anyway… here it is:
It’s my 3rd try at a poem, and I can’t see past a nonsense haiku,
so I have titled it with a (quasi-)Spoonerism to honor an imaginary “plump slammer”who might just call out such a silly verse.
“Cryer Poundage”
Wiggle your kazoo
if you prefer to drink brew,
‘thout waiting on queue.
~ OMK
I think they may have gotten mixed up. That's the punch-line to the question "Why did he get promoted to abbot, and not me?"
ReplyDeleteI'm also upset that they appear to be walking right up to that ledge they're warning about.
This riddle would have been better if they had hyphenated that second word: xxxx-ledge. They knew all the ledge-ends about the canyon rim.
BTW, there is a small blip just slightly to the right and below the center of the picture. I thought it might be a flower growing right at the cliff edge. But check out the enlarged picture, and it's another pair of hikers on a lower path!
I do the Jumble daily and seldom have any comment but like all of you so far, I was very disappointed in the solution. If they had dressed the man up as a clergy, maybe...
ReplyDeleteI guess they can't all be winners.
Nice of you to visit, Lemonade. Good morning everybody.
ReplyDelete"Memories"
He had gained his prior knowledge
at the time he attended college.
It taught him to prefer
things that were much cheaper,
like playing a kazoo
or visiting the zoo,
or go to a skating rink
or enjoy a frothy drink.
Remembering all this made his wriggle
and laugh and wiggle and giggle.
" Remembering all this made his wriggle" ???
ReplyDeleteExpliquez s'il vous plait, mon amie
I believe she meant “him” for “his,” Wilbur.
ReplyDeleteI take it your verse, Misty, describes a chap who memorized all the ways he could entertain himself (and maybe also a friend or a date) w/o spending a lotta moolah. Right?
It all adds up.
To an inexpensive tab!
Here’s a phonetic improvement on my Spooner (above):
Without fat-shaming anyone, she added enough weight to come near to the scale-readout boasted by the zaftig beauty she so admired.
She came…
Nigh Her Poundage!
~ OMK
Lemonade’s suggestion would have helped.
ReplyDeleteAnd Owen’s discovery might have offered a sort of ESP answer—if the cartoonist had given the lookalike little man a thought-bubble.
We try hard to make it work.
~ OMK
I thought I sent a message earlier, but I guess it didn't post. Will try again.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the small mistake, Wilbur. OMK is right: it should have been "made him wriggle."
Thanks for offering the correction, OMK, and I once again loved the way you worked everything into your brief three lines and title.
Had a doctor's visit this morning and am happy that all was well. But too tired to comment on the puzzle. And tomorrow's Thursday won't be any easier, but that's the way things go. No complaints--I still love my blog activities and community.