| || shirk, slash, shrewd, noodle, hold his horses.Image from the Internet.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
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Hmm. Pretty sure I have the solution, a common catchphrase for counseling patience. While it refers to the genus Equus, I can't quite see how it applies to the particular caption, either literally or as a figure of speech. Anybody able to help?
~ OMK
Whoops!
I decided to check out the "official" cartoon on a different page, and now it makes perfect sense. Owen, your illustration is much funnier, but the other shows the winner in the predicament that brings the solution into focus. A trifecta ticket holder might well be that eager.
~ OMK
Ghengis Khan was a mongrel of a Mongol,
A street fighter never needing counsel.
Shrewd warrior who knew to use his noodle,
And loved to slash knives and be brutal.
He didn't shirk his duties as commander.
He lead his troops to battles ever grander!
He held his Horde and his horses in hand,
And conquered nearly all of Asia's land!
OMK: sorry to have confused you. I found a lot of cartoons of the literal sense, but none as amusing as this one that fit the solution, though it had nothing to do with the Jumble riddle's sense of the term. Maybe I could have re-written the riddle, but the need didn't seem drastic enough.
Actually, thank you both, Ol'Man Keith and Owen. I got the four Jumble words without any problem at all, but the solution stumped me. But as soon as I saw OMK's reference to Equus, I got the third solution word and that solved the puzzle. Delightful. I can't believe I loved going to races and betting when I was younger. But with all the recent horse fatalities, I could never do that again.
I enjoyed the poem a lot, seeing Genghis Khan treated with some disrespect -- along with a considerable amount of respect. As for the cartoon, Owen, yours is definitely funnier, but I do think that the newspaper version is more relevant to the solution. And small things, as when it's only one horse instead of several, do tend to stick out for me. Nitpicking for sure.
The jumble itself was quite easy I thought. The clues came readily, and when all the letters were there, the solution jumped right out at me. Cute, but on second thought, the newspaper cartoon had a bit of a problem for me, unless ticket needed a metaphor ???
I did manage to get the J's and solution quickly today but then it was off to the all day xword.
Yes, Owen's illustration is funny but the newspaper one made the solution easy.
Anybody have a winning ticket on the Belmont?
WC
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