| || forgo, pudgy, burrow, mutiny, from (the) ground up.
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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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When Hermes arrived in Valhalla, a banquet was in full swing.
All the Aesir were toasting each other, and toasting Odin, their king!
Honey mead was the drink they were downing, with typical Norse gusto
Till Loki brought in a cask of nectar, and the mead nearly all did forgo.
Hermes disguised as a pudgy Hobbit, from a burrow in the Shire,
Bided his time as nectar was drunk, and went down throats like fire!
Loki partook like a man obsessed, and drunk with pride of his deed
Proposed a mutiny from Odin's rule, and half of the Aesir agreed!
A battle broke out, they ground up each other with battle axes well worn,
Till all were slain, or passed out drunk, to be whole again in the morn,
Save Tyr, lawgiver, who had drunk no nectar. Not fooled Hermes' ruse,
Pledged, "Recover now these stolen casks. For Loki I have no excuse."
Gosh, maybe they don't get harder as the week goes on, after all! The solution popped up even before the clues, and they were pretty easy. Only the last one took a minute to come up with. The solution was cute, I thought.
Like the poem, Owen. The image of Hermes as a hobbit is really funny. And with the help of Wikipedia I learned that Tyr is not Thor -- thanks.
Excellent, Master Owen!
So Loki did himself in! I suppose the irony is typical for that scamp. (Super) Naturally, Hermes would know he needed only to be on the scene to recover the surviving liquid goods once Loki's inevitable (fated) folly kicked in.
~ OMK
Observe yon Disney dwarf, a grumpy frown upon his face!
~ OMK
Woohoo! A total breeze. All four words came instantly and the solution popped up immediately. Cute cartoon with the huge landscape with silo and barn way in the background, and cute hats and suspenders on the Dad. I actually found both the puzzle and the Sudoku a bit tough today, so was very thankful for the easy Kenken and Jumble.
Delightful poem, Owen, and Ol'Man Keith, that isn't quite a spoonerism, is it? What would you call it?
Owen, really liked all your poetry today, here and on the Corner, especially the rondel. Thank you again.
No, not exactly a spoonerism, but close--very close if you take the two key words. To be perfect, it would have to rely on nonsense words, I.e., "grum" and "frownd."
Well, I guess the first actually could count (if the word made sense) because the "py" ending is just a place-holder for the given "the" in the solution.
How about I'll coin a term, malspooner, for a near miss?
And this goes to show yet again that it ain't funny when you 'splain it.
PS. Anybody else notice that "up" is the preposition of choice in this week's solutions?
~ OMK
Exactly like Misty today: Bing,Bing,Bing. Yes, reading the posts after all have commented I could anticipate Owen's response to the RONDEL challenge. And he didn't disappoint.
Hermes the greek God at the Aesir feast? Why not. Hobbits were Tolkien's sole creation-the elves and orcs, trolls etc were part of the existing lore.
Loki of course has brought his evil to the screen. A perfect villain until "The Joker" came along-a Loki clone if there ever was one.
Lots of Internet chatter about that movie not to speak of massive Chinese censorship about anything and everything.*
WC
* My son closed his Blizzard account in protest.
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