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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:
What tonsorial parlors are called
Can raise a smile among the un-bald.
If you want to exert comment on political fissures,
You can make your statement at Julius Scissors!
If you need to skimp on the barber you appoint
You might risk going to a budget Clip Joint!
A beauty salon to make a girl hotter for a guy
Is a place you can go to Curl Up And Dye!
If you just want a haircut, American anyway,
You can go visit Mane Street, U.S.A.!
These are all real names of shops to be found,
What are some favorites in your home town?
An excellent poem, Owen. Not a hair out of place. Truly fine in every way.
It doesn't take a lot of skill to Spoonerize today's solution. Some strained cleverness is required, however, to provide a context for that portion of a beef cow's anatomy closest to the brain stem of the animal.
In this view, the muscles of the upper neck can be affected by the brain itself so that if the beast is crazed by being penned up too long, the very protein of those tissues can be driven mad.
Happily, many cattlemen treat their stock to a free-ranging existence, and such humane treatment results in tasty hamburgers, made of sane meat.
~ OMK
The best I could come up with for the riddle-solution was "TEEN MASTER". Obviously wrong and not by a hair.
Hint: Solution is simple.
I had a late poetic outburst FLN - I went back to the beginning. But I see Owen's computer is back up and running so I'll go back to the bullpen (or stable)
Unless Sandy and/or Misty just can't stand to be without a Bilbo fix.
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WC
Delightful poem, Owen, perfect in every way--many thanks for that gift.
Got all four words without any problem but struggled a bit with the solution. Thought the first word would be MARE, but that, of course didn't work. Still, enjoyed the cute cartoon with the Saloon and Post Office in the background behind all the horses drinking and the wagon. Fun gloss, Ol'Man Keith, but surely no one eats horse-hamburgers, do they?
Misty ~ Je crois que les Français les mangent - Or did eat them in less prosperous times.
But in any event, I was writing about the "beef cow" above.
~ OMK
I have been quite preoccupied, but got to the jumble. Clues pretty easy, solution less so. Enjoyed the pun.
Very clever poem, Owen. One near me is called Great Clips.
Yes, Wilbur, I always look forward to reading more about Bilbo.
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