| || elect, havoc, pucker, cactus, check please.
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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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Once I ran to be elected, but I never will again!
Not with all the havoc with which I must contend!
They asked many questions that I thought were rude:
How often did I mastcate, and did I chew my food?
I was told that I had to kiss a pretty babe in arms,
So I puckered up, but she cried and raised alarms.
She said that my whiskers were as bristly as cactus
And the way I fondled her showed I was out of practice!
That was how things went all thru the long campaign
Each stump speech I gave, reports said I stumped again.
Then came election day, which was confusing as heck.
Did I win or lose? I don't know, could you please check?
A neat poem today, Owen--and oh, so timely!
FLN: I thought yesterday's piece was a delight too, a poetic summation of why you supposedly can't write the stuff.
Your Spooners added dimensions to my humble efforts.
Misty ~ Also FLN: While I'm occasionally moved to try to express myself in verse, I am too self-critical to do it regularly. It takes much more time, too, time I am unable to commit on a regular basis. But I appreciate your suggestion--and your interest. I wil see if I can push myself to give it a try maybe a little more often.
Today's hint:
If you are new to training for track competition, you'll need to monitor your body as you add exercises and laps to your daily regimen. Be aware that you will be in pain at least some of the time. You should take care to warm up before you hit your stride and follow your routine with a cool-down period. Maybe the Jacuzzi tub will be helpful. Even so you will likely experience aches in your body's joints--in the hips, ankles, neck, knees, shoulders, even your wrists and elbows.
Good luck & good health!
~ OMK
I have finally gotten around to redoing the material at the right side of the web page. Not much change, just dropped the NOLA Times-Picayune from the list. But I also added links to my jigsaw puzzle home pages. Check them out some time when you have time to kill.
Hmm.
Thinking further on yesterday's Spoonerisms and how they contribute to the "Many Worlds" theory as expressed in the new novel, The Schroedinger Girl"....
Most intriguing.
~ OMK
Fun poem, Owen, with all the Jumble words appearing in the same order, and with the clever solution in the last line. And then came the additional treat of Ol'Man Keith's exercise program with its own always delightful solution. Lots of neat word play on this blog every morning.
Lovely cartoon set in that fancy restaurant with the columns and blue drapes in the background. Pretty tops on the ladies enjoying different drinks at the end of the meal, and glad to see they were nice and polite to the server. And the solution was an easy pleasure.
Yes, Owen, today's and yesterday's poems are both outstanding. I see you're appearing on the Corner as well, so I hope that means you're feeling good.
Thank you for the Jigidi link; I'm sure I'll use the site. I love jigsaw puzzles and often visit the jigsawplanet site; have you visited it?
Enjoyed the jumble today, and I thought this pun was quite clever. No nits.
Sandy -- a few years ago I did a survey of jigsaw sites, just for myself. I just reviewed my notes and see jigsawplanet was one of the ones I deemed good enough to include in my ratings. Each had different strengths and weaknesses, and I finally settled on Jigidi as the one that fit my particular style the best, but it was very much a subjective choice.
Yes. I see that jigidi has some attractive elements, but my personal preference is for landscapes, which I enjoy on jigsawplanet. I'll dip into jigidi and see how I like it.
Thanks.
I had lots to do culminating in a 2 1/2 hour ride to Dunellon, west of Ocala.
But, I'd solved the J earlier and had the journey to come up with something.
Here we go...
Piles of food from his larder Bilbo had laid.
"No please or thank you given I'm afraid".
Oin and Gloin were checking out their thief
An unlikely burglar they thought. In brief,
It seemed Gandalf had elected an unlikely choice
But with wizards it's often unwise to give voice
Until the wisest had divulged his plan.
Perhaps this Hobbit would be just their man.
Bilbo's thoughts were about the havoc in his kitchen
Not the hazards he'd face on this wild mission.
Outside his comfy hole were mountains and rivers
And the thought of cactus strewn deserts gave him shivers.
But Bilbo was a Took on his mother Bella's side.
Pucker up he told himself. "I've got Gandalf as a guide,
And 13 stalwart dwarves, loyal everyone.
And a kingdom's ransom and renown to be won.
Pucker up?!
Suck it up.
Pucker up it what the Dwarves did with his Took family recipe chutney!
Teasing. You're really doing great with this story, Wilbur!
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