| || rarer, petty, outage, trudge, up-to-date.
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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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The math-challenged corporal was trying to drill his squad.
"Uh, yer left, right, two, four, eight--No!"
He was rattled, but he persisted.
"Er, Hup, two--Wait! I'll get it!"
Happy St. Valentine's Day, Everybody!
~ OMK
Smaug's discourse:
"Who dares enter my chamber, what creature do you be?"
"Not a dwarf who trudge the hills it's plain to see
"Rarer still you're not of man, petty seekers of vainglory
"Nor elf, nor orc. Pray, come out with your wretched story .
"Perhaps my ancient catalogue of dwellers has missed a page
"Bring me up to date. Where from? Out of what age
Brings you slinking, creeping uninvited.
Yet enter still. Though, plainly unbeknighted "
Fortunately, I was able to solve without pen and paper. The simple solution gave me the first two letters of #3.
Enjoy the continuing tale of The Hobbit.
WC
Smaug's discourse is truly brilliant, Wilbur!
My arithmetically-illiterate Corporal is totally sympathetic to the plight of any poor soul who may be missing one (or more) pages of a catalogue or calendar-- or any numerically sequential record of series of any type.
~ OMK
Here's Jackson's movie take on Bilbo vs Smaug
Actually, I think the above link is #2 of several.
Wilbur, I too got the Jumble solution this morning which helped me get the first two letters of the third item. What a Valentine's day delight to get this sweet cartoon of the happy elderly couple! So glad I got the solution instantly, so that I could enjoy Ol'Man Keith's opening gloss. And, Wilbur, what a neat, complicated poem. It is indeed brilliant!
Look forward to hearing from Owen and Sandyanon. Have a great day, everybody.
Wilbur: WOW! Just... Wow!!
Keith -- Got it! I've got the dashboard bookmarked, so haven't had to navigate there in over a year. Took a while to re-find. Anyway, click on your avatar on this page to get to your profile. In the top-left corner is a menu icon ≡ -- ignore it. Next to that is the [B] Blogger icon. Click that. It will get you to a dashboard page. If it's not the one for here, there will be a drop-down menu in that same NW corner.
Once you get to the right dashboard, BOOKMARK IT!
Now, there's a button in the NW quadrant marked NEW POST. Click it. If it's after midnight, just type in the date as the title and press PUBLISH. If you're doing it before midnight, along the right wall of that page are some icons. The clockface will let you set it for the new day and 12am.
Thank you, Owen! I will take a look, guided by your directions--as soon as I am feeling a little better.
It's nothing serious, just enough of a stomach problem to interfere with my concentration tonight. I will remember this date & come back when I can focus on checking it out.
~ OMK
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