| || eject, taffy, barber, sultry, real estate.
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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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It was a sultry summer's day at a picnic in the park.
Kids had gathered there for a social lark.
The Foursquare Church prepared for the doldrums lull,
Had fixings all prepared for a taffy pull!
The new barber in the town came round to say hello.
"My name is Robert Smith, Bob the Bobber, don'tcha know!"
With a grin that equaled any comb for barbering's teeth
He made friends with every citizen he'd meet!
The church hall was set up with salt water in the pots,
Folks with buttered hands prepared to pull out all the stops!
Once the taffy cooled enough, the real fun began
Folks from all estates pulled taffy hand to hand!
Pieces stuck to fingers were nibbled as they went.
(Nibbling each other's fingers was part of the event!)
Alas, poor Bob the Bobber, with comb-like store-bought teeth,
Had them eject to the parson's wife's startling shriek!
The jumble was real easy today. No problem at all.
I'm picturing Bob the Bobber with his toothless mouth all scrunched up and a big chunk of taffy with teeth stuck in it. Yes, that would be a yuckky sight indeed.
Well, I had trouble with the fourth Jumble word this morning, and there it was, right in the first line of Owen's delightful poem. Yay! That helped me get the hilarious solution to the cartoon. I loved the color picture with the blue mansion in the background, and it helped me figure out that the peculiar thing next to the mansion was part of the For Sales sign post. Fun Jumble all around, and so glad to see you back with your clever poems this morning, Owen.
The four J's went fast. Once I'd jotted down the letters the first word popped and there was the second.
You'd think Bob would've known better.
I've been paying for dental insurance but forgot I had it(anyone relate to that?). Now my dentist won't get back to me on accepting the coverage.
More to come
WC
W.C. ~
Damn the dentists, say I, and damn the insurers!
Well, maybe not my particular dentist, because she tries hard to keep my teeth in my head. But my curse still holds on the insurer--and on our whole insurance culture in the U.S.
Over the years, all dental (and medical) prices have soared, and of course they have greedily taken insurance payments into account. Now we can pay as much, and even more, for dental work than we used to pay before insurance.
Plus... [No, don't let me go on!]
The jumble was a piece o' cake.
~ OMK
OMK, you didn't see that for once I was giving a hint?
So sorry to hear about your dental insurance problems, Wilbur. Take good care of yourself.
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