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ReplyDeleteToday’s Jumble haiku:
(Some claim con artists are hard to spot. I don’t think so.
What? You’re trying to pass yourself off as one?
Hah!)
”Your Hoax!”
That silky person’s
a bottom feeder. You think
you are? Your error!
“Pay the bearer,”
it says in error.
A forged IOU
from my sweet baboo!?
She’d never put her name
on a thing like that. No, stick the blame
where it belongs: to the ink on the bottom
of all those blanks & the fool that’s got ‘em.
He’s the feeder that keeps all these scams alive—
the person who dares to pull this jive!
The Big Lie master, the huckster-in-chief,
let’s refer his name to the Department of Grief.*
~ OMK
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* AKA, the DOJ !
Wordle 14 Dec. ‘22
ReplyDeletePar = 4
Wordle 543 3/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
My usual start
word. The mid-
letter in tier two
was the give-a-
way.
~ OMK
For a mixer, I suggest
ReplyDeleteHawaiian luaus pass the test.
There's food and fun
For everyone,
And always welcome is the guest!
Wordle 543 4/6*
ReplyDelete🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"Success"
ReplyDeleteSusan's complexion was silky
and her temper was warm and milky.
She was a person who enjoyed making jokes,
and giving her kitten more strokes,
and it was uncommon and even rarer
that she made any social error.
And so from the bottom of her career
everyone did dear Susan cheer.
Neat play on luaus, Owen!
ReplyDeleteI never got invited, but they sound like fun.
I wonder if they still bury the pig...?
~ OMK
I get it! I get it!!
ReplyDeleteWere her eyes bright pink?!
Susan was a White Rat!
Yes?
That kitten thing nearly threw me off, Misty.
But we had a sweet rat named Silky, and she was quite a comedian. She could always read our moods.
~ OMK
Oak bats, used in the early years of baseball, were very durable but heavy. Great for contact hitting to get on base. Perhaps they should be returned to use.
ReplyDeleteStore More Oaks
Make no error.
At the bottom of the ninth,
Don’t go for the usual flash.
It’s still key to get on base.
Each person on the team
Must bat with oak not ash!
Owen- sneaky way to get the W into your poem
ReplyDeleteOMK- you have given us a lot to ponder today.
Misty - Susan sounds like a wonderful person to know.
Busy day again!
What is it, CanadianEh?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between oak and ash when it comes to bats?
WC probably knows.
When I Google it, I see that the main contest is between maple (dense) and ash (more flex).
Birch is sometimes mentioned. Not (heavy) oak.
But I am interested in how you think they are different.
~ OMK
OMK- I too Googled because I was trying to figure out a Spoonered title from the J solution.
ReplyDeleteI found this mention of oak bats being used in the early days (along with hickory), but they went out of favour because of the weight, and the power-hitting style of baseball, vs the older contact (get on base) style.
I adjusted my third line from “Don’t go for the usual bunt” to “Don’t go for the usual flash” (referring to trying for homers)(and it rhymed with ash!).
But what do I know about baseball? I was just happy to use all the J words, plus the W.
WoodFacts
Torsion is the magic word to explain bat technology. Ash supplies it.
ReplyDeleteThe idea is to generate initial bat speed, then with a combination of wrists and hips, create a whiplash effect at the point of contact
That has to be balanced off with hardness and durability of the bat. According to Babe Ruth it was Shoeless Joe Jackson who perfected the method and the Babe copied it to amazing effect.
Babe though had a much heavier bat than, say, Ted Williams used
WC
C&L (Continued)
ReplyDelete"Remarkable", Chet exclaimed, "you're a very brave person
To embark upon this novel enterprise. It looks like a lot of fun."
"You seem to be ladling a lot of gravy onto your plate, my dear"
Said aunt Nora. "More strokes to you both if this works out. But, wait.
What's your fallback plan if this silk-lined idea proves not so great?"
"Mind if I step in as broker?" Said uncle Charles. "Leave it up to fate."
WC
As you might surmise, Lois has been describing her new endeavor at dinner to Chet, Charles and Nora
ReplyDeleteI am puzzled, Wilbur, as I saw where Hollie was playing the temptress & flashing the bucks, but I missed where Lois said Yes to the scheme.
ReplyDeleteI caught the word "clinched" with regard to the deal, but missed Lois' conversation with Chet. A lengthy conversation, at that.
Seems rash for Lois--if indeed she is already partnering with jolly Hollie.
Given that Chet was so very cautious about planning a big wedding, I expected him to be the sensible challenger to such an enterprise.
~ OMK
Oh, so that was THE conversation?!
ReplyDeleteHmm.
Looks like Chet, calling her a "brave person," is ready to let her go off on her own. Nora is the sharper one, asking about Plan B.
~ OMK