| || geese, graft, septum, screwy, "see" creatures.
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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(continued from yesterday.)
F.B., A.K.A. Fender Bender Gremlin Murphy
Was at his chop-shop garage in New Jersey.
Piercings in his ears, his septum and lips
Were springs and screws from cars he had stripped.
"Yeah, a couple fatalities," F.B. admitted,
"But they were road rage, not what I committed.
The Gremlin Council had them investigated,
Found me not guilty, I was exonerated!"
"But you're looking for someone who, for graft,
Would do some wetwork, the Gremlin to ask
Is the one with farm creatures, geese and a cow,
Mrs. Murphy. You can see her in Chicago now!"
(to be continued.)
I thought nukunukuapu'a had to be fake, so I looked it up. Turns out its real name is humuhumu nukunuku apua'a, and it's the state fish of Hawai'i!
The poem has taken an historic turn. I hadn't thought in terms of dating Murphy's adventures, but the reference to Mrs. Murphy seems to place things within the era of her bovine-initiated Chicago Fire, ca. 1870s!
But then we may be in for some hop-scotching through time. I'll keep my seat belt fastened!
The cartoon's underwater passengers are having a whale of a time. They appear to be on the kind of happy trip I associate with a crew like the famed Merry Pranksters of the 1960s in their LSD-fueled psychedelic bus.
All was not just fun 'n games, y'know, as the Pranksters were a commune in which they each had tasks assigned by their leader, their so-called Kesey chores.
But you knew that, right?
~ OMK
Time travel not required. Gremlins may be very long-lived!
I was wondering if anyone would make the connection. 😁
BTW, I'm as anxious as you are to see how this story goes. I have only the very roughest of outlines in my head. for example, I had no idea what F.B.'s alibi was going to be until I had a word list and actually started writing it out. I can say there are at least two more episodes.
Well the jumble wasn't too hard, though I did want tempus rather than the correct word. But the solution was pretty obvious, and actually a straightforward phrase that didn't need quotes.
I have heard of the humu... but never knew its meaning. It's a 'triggerfish with a snout like a pig'. Whew.
Like the story continuation, and Murphy's excuse. Whose road rage was it?
And Mrs. Murphy confused me. I knew it was Mrs. O'Leary, but when I looked that up, apparently over the years many people have in fact referred to Mrs. Murphy and her cow starting the Chicago fire. Interesting how these things happen, isn't it?
It looks to me also as though time travel is essential, Owen, since cars and the Chicago fire don't coexist. But I know you'll bring it all together.
I can see/sea why the jumble chose to use quotation marks, but I agree with Sandy that they're unnecessary. They gave me pause/paws for a little while/wile.
~ OMK
I needed your puzzle to get the third Jumble word, Owen, and there it was, many thanks! Yes, the solution came pretty readily although I too wondered at first about the first word. But a delightful Jumble, and it's a total treat to see the cartoon in color, making both the children and the little critters on the ocean floor so vivid. Where do you find the color cartoons, Owen--they are wonderful. And thanks, too, for explaining the humu word, which I never imagined to be an actual term.
Septum would have stopped me cold if I worked it on paper. Online, I was shifting letters around and was startled when the ta-da came -- I hadn't realized I had a word there! Then in the story, it went so well with the screw I was surprised by that, too.
Tempus, sputem??? Oh, something else.
If you're going to talk about Chicago legends don't forget that Goat
WC
And ..
I see the "Goat" was named MURPHY
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