| || glory, inept, relent, border, "troll" bridge.
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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.
6 comments:
"We've had their saucers on our gurneys to make repair.
We know all we need to get ours through the air."
Jorge saw the advantage to relent to their plan.
Told the general, "I can do it, sir! I'm your man!"
He returned in glory, and to impress his bros,
Drove his new car thru Roswell, New Mexico.
No longer deemed inept, he was leader of his crew,
"No more petty stuff, going legit is what we'll do!"
"First we need a company, low-tech for a start.
Importing avocados across the border will be smart.
I've got a secret to keep the customs trolls at bay,
So we can get our trucks across the bridge that way."
His friends were wary of the change in Jorge's style.
Graffiti art was how they used to use their guile.
He was rebelling from their teenage rebellion game,
He earned a sobriquet -- The Rebel, his new name!
As poetry, this stinks, but I hope it makes up for that in storytelling. Sandy, your prescience is to be applauded!
I've read that Mexican drug cartels have tried to branch out into legitimate businesses, and avocados have met the need. Seems strange to me there would be enough money in it, but then I'm one of the few who doesn't like guacamole.
Don't be so hard on yourself, Owen. You know the sheer volume of your output is constant cause for celebration. Add to that the dexterity of today's couplets (not to mention your regular inclusion of the random clue words) and, as you point out, the follow-through of Jorge's tale, and you have another solid achievement.
And I was happy for the Rebel in his brand new business enterprise. Thank you for giving him a leg up.
PS. My wife can't stand guacamole.
Misty ~ FLN: In case you missed it, I replied late yesterday to your question--and added a message re. the Age theme.
~ OMK
Oh, I forgot:
Word is Trump is so determined to save our poisonous fuel industry, his energy engineers are trying to retire as many eco-friendly electric appliances as they can. The latest is apparently an all-coal fridge. Pennsylvania miners are said to be delighted with their free test models.
That's 30!
~ OMK
I liked your poem, Owen, and always enjoy seeing the way you work the Jumble solution into the poem. I had to work a little to get the second Jumble word, but the others came quickly. And the solution popped right up--a total delight. Lots of fun.
Ol'Man Keith, I had trouble getting back on the Jumble yesterday--messages kept popping up telling me I had to agree to join something or other, and even when I agreed, it still wouldn't let me post a response to you. So I'm thankful that everything worked normally this morning so far. Yes, I'll keep "spoonerism" in mind when you make your fun transpositions. And I was sorry to hear about your walking problem, but so glad that you've found good ways to manage it. But when it comes to mental ability, you're not even in middle age yet, you're so sharp. I feel I'm losing a bit of ground there, these days, but hope working on the puzzles will slow down the slow loss.
I knocked this off fairly quickly this morning and misplaced the paper so when I got here I'd forgotten everything.
My flu which gradually took over left me brain cloudy. I'm back to normal solving. Phew. Or re. XW, PHEW.
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