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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.
Wow! Just use a word that has some relevance and call the result a pun? Well, actually two kinds of relevance, but one only very awkwardly.
ReplyDeleteI seem to be very negative about quite a few of the jumble solutions. Just me, I guess.
"Survival"
ReplyDeleteThe outage that happened was absurd
and should never have occurred.
Yet though it made Jim jingle and mumble
he managed to survive the rumble.
He landed by calling electrician Bob
and offering him a job.
Soon an influx of power came back,
and Jim patted himself on the back.
Misty is holding the fort...
ReplyDeleteI guess today's poem could be designated a "slice-of-life" (or "of light"?) realism.
Not so much drama as a peek into Jim's day and how Bob collaborated with him to illuminate everything.
~ OMK
"Lois, more absurd things have happened than that I'll be hired
ReplyDeleteAfter all, think of that jingle: 'You can only get the things you've aspired.
If I can land myself that job uptown I'll have an influx of money
I won't worry so much about outage and think …
'Will you marry me!?'
"Speak up , Chet, don't mumble. For a proposal you must shout it.
Job or no job I'll marry you gladly. You're my one and only
'No doubt about it!'
WC
Sandy, I had to look up the riddle-solution. Yes, I get the play on words but like you the statement doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteFln, OMK, I was thinking of the gap in Chet's employment history.. He apparently had a preliminary interview and they'll have him back.
Does he mention alcohol? I suggest he play it by ear focusing on the sea-change he's made in his life .
WC
Misty, I just looked back at your poem and you did have the riddle-solution after all.
ReplyDeleteWe both had to use poetic license to get a couple of those words in.
WC
Well, Sandy & Wilbur, the solution works in a double sense, just not amusing. From one angle it is an idiom, and from another it is simply literal.
ReplyDeleteThe literal one is a tad awkward, but hey, whaddya gonna do?
Thanks for getting back to me, Wilbur. As it is, I can see from today's entry that Chet had intentionally put in for that job--had in fact been interviewed!
I'm sure we all hope he lands it (in the idiomatic form).
As regards his proposal, his offhand style reminds me of my own invitations to the altar. I was never much for ceremony.
~ OMK
Oh, they're engaged!! Thanks, Wilbur.
ReplyDeleteOMK, I just can't feel comfortable with land being relevant to a farm because is a noun, but then being used as a verb. More than a tad awkward!
OMK, thank you for the kind response to my verse. And I loved your comment about your less than ceremonial proposals.
ReplyDeleteWilbur, speaking of proposals, glad Chet finally got around to it, and I liked Lois's equally unromantic acceptance.
Fun verses, comments and discussions today--I enjoyed it all.
Unusual it certainly is, Sandy, but I believe "land" may be used as a verb both ways.
ReplyDeleteSomeone being endowed with land may be said to be "landed," which is adjectival. But if you give or sell somebody a hunk of acreage, you may be said to "land (or en-land) them,” treat them with a verb.
Probably archaic, but not bad Shakespearean grammar.
~ OMK