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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 NOT required.
Since August 2022, Wordle brags and links to original jigsaw puzzles are also welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual Jumble or Wordle answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
"Shall we pencil in St Patrick's day for the wedding, Lois my dear?"
ReplyDelete"Subject to change, I'd say yes," Lois responded. "Okay my buccaneer?"
Chet suddenly had a sickly pallor as if he'd been stung by a bee
"Whatever's good for you my love, I'm very adaptable as you'll see"
"I see all this talk of wedding dates and honeymoons in sunny climes
Is making you nervous Chet, eh mon ami? Come let's dine and adjoin
To the Parlor. I have a salad with a dressing of rosemary and thyme.
I buy my vegetables by the bushel. And to dispell the gloom:
A delicious prime sirloin"
WC
Another twofer (Fri + Sat). Nora begins talking then Lois and back to Nora)
DeleteToday’s Jumble haiku:
ReplyDelete(This recipe hint was found among a series of poems about firearms and last meals, known as…)
“Pistol Lit”
Our sickly thyme plant
grows pencil-thin herbs. Adapt
some weak mint instead.
~ OMK
Dis Herb de Provence
ReplyDeleteThe witch took her pencil
To label the vial.
Treating the sickly
Was her lifestyle.
Adapted from an old book of spells,
Her brew took thyme to make.
WC- great work today with words from both days. Poor Chet with his pallor. But that menu sounds very special.
ReplyDeleteWordle was a workout today. I had to use my thinking cap between guess three and four.
Clues for Misty and OMK? I adapted the Wordle in my poem. Will I be sued?
OMK- LOL re your title. (Mine is a little outre today too, especially if you don’t know that French spice mixture. And you must use Dis in the meaning of the prefix - “not”.)
In my experience, mint is rarely a weak plant. It spreads like crazy in a garden; safer to grow it in a separate pot.
"Cook not Book"
ReplyDeleteBeth liked to bake dishes
that, baked with thyme,
were quite delicious,
yet her serious wishes
were to write poems in rhyme.
With her pencil in hand
she did her best to adapt
her verses to a brand
that editors would map.
But sadly they found
her writing sickly
and her work was dispelled,
and her dreams destroyed quickly.
This failure left Beth shaken
and brought her back to baking,
a skill at which she was so good
she now has a job creating food.
Wilbur ~ I loved your nonsense in the 2nd stanza: maybe they could “adjoin / to the Parlor”— with a couple of screws, or a bolt?
ReplyDelete(“This won’t hurt much.”)
But seriously, thanks for the C&L update. Sorry Chet seems so nervous, but that steak and salad should pick him up.
Your poem, CanadianEh, is a treat. Yes, that title registered with me, & I like how you braked your couplets with a prose finish.
No, I don’t think you’ll be sued. I already saw the W answer, so won’t be posting it today, but I still enjoy your hinting.
Misty, be on the lookout for helpful W hints. They are abundant. Our comrades are generous.
Your poem is fun—for your readers if not for “shaken” Beth. The variable rhyme scheme is intriguing, keeping us on our toes (maybe to match Beth’s uncertainty?) until the end.
I especially appreciated how you mainly avoided couplets until the slant-rhyming pair of the final stanza.
~ OMK
I would just have gotten the Wordle sooner if I had just paid closer attention to your hint, CanadianEh!. But still helped very much--many thanks:
ReplyDeleteWordle 497 3/6
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Wilbur, I loved your conversation between Lois and Chet, and the way they worked all the J words into their discussion--a delight.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sad herb verse, Ol' Man Keith. Please go to the nursery and find them some plant power fast food, as they seem to call it these days.
CanadianEh!, I think you should encourage your witch to check the Book of Kells for her medication. It'll take less thyme to make everyone well again.
Have a healthy day, everybody!
Misty ~ My sincere congratulations on finishing Wordle in three!
ReplyDeleteI'm spreading the word (I'm sure it's no slander!) that you are today's true champ, beating all posted comrades by a full level.
Nobody is liable to do better. It is your time to strut!
Woo-(as they say)-HOO!
~ OMK
I looked up "adjoining" and it agrees with my usage. I would assume it's use as a verb would be similar. But I can find no example where people adjoin to a neighboring room
ReplyDeleteSo I expect the folks at Oxford to update their dictionary
Misty did you have cable or fable as #2?
Did you solve completely from scratch?
My hint(of 2 L's) was obscure but nay have been helpful on guess 3
WC
Well I'm pretty sure you mean "adjourn," Wilbur. I really don't know where you might find a dictionary to agree with you on "adjoin."
ReplyDeleteI looked it up, too--just to be sure--in four or fine online sources. Typically, Oxford Languages says, "be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land)."
But, hey, I'll give it to you if you're using the official "Mississippi Dickshunary."
The chairman of the Congressional Jan 6th Committee, Bennie Thompson, is from Mississippi, and I gotta kick outta listening to his accent, especially when he would say,
"The committuh will adjoin fuh mebbe tin mints..."
~ OMK
I dropped the "ing" to rhyme with "sirloin"
ReplyDeleteI originally had "Let's dine in the adjoining parlor"
Perfectly good usage just unfortunately has no previous usage.
People dining on sirloin are not "sirloining" unfortunately
WC
Right. But you were originally using "adjoining" as an adjective, and "dine" was your verb. No way could dropping the "ing" transform it to the verb you wanted.
ReplyDeleteI thought you knew that, but were enjoying a joke.
~ OMK