| || alpha, imply, enroll, batter, no time at all.
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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.
10 comments:
Early to the puzzle today. Monday easy, Monday funny.
Time to get some sleep.
Yep, pretty funny, Sandy. Sleep well.
Harry was a Trip-A pitcher, eager to be enrolled in the Big Show.
He knew some fine tricks that could help him on his way. But they all required some moisture applied to one part of the ball's horse hide. This could be saliva, or hair oil or Vaseline, but it is always known as a "spitball" and it is, sad to say, illegal in professional baseball.
Still, Harry, an Alpha Type personality, thought he'd give it a chance.
His secret was in the fruity Lifesavers he loved to chew.
In Sunday's big game, he was retiring batters one after the other--until the home plate umpire stopped the game, took the latest thrown strike from the catcher, sniffed it, then furrowed his brow.
"What the--!" he exclaimed. "There's no lime on ball in baseball!"
He implied that Harry needed a shower--immediately!
~ OMK
I didn't find this easy at all. I don't think David and Jeff subscribe to "Monday easy". But the riddle-solution was easy.
I got #4 and started looking at letter placement which gave me #1. LIMPY wasn't going to work on #2 but , again, letter placement got me. Finally, I realized that the L's had be together on #4 and mailed it.
Perhaps I'm not good at Jumble.
FLN: I'm pretty much following the example of Owen in splitting up solutions as long as I get the key words. And late Saturday I was trying to give obscure hints to the xword to encourage Misty to take a shot at it. I knew she wouldn't know a Spanish Soccer star even if he did bet 80 million.
What would Babe Ruth be worth today?
The J indicates that Sir Brian will be the focus today.
WC
Sir Brian de Bois de Boulogne was always the alpha male
Weather in joust or combat no one could prevail
Against his might and skill. But when returning from knightly quest
He learned his one love had married and left him for second best.
So he enrolled in the Knights of Christ the best Corps of his day
But as a Knight Templar he cared not for the Christian way
He had no time at all for love or the pleasures of romance
Until he gazed upon Rebecca's eyes and saw a second chance
But the Jewess seeing that which Sir Brian would imply
Leapt up upon the parapet shouting "I would rather die
Than be ravished. Death is a far, finer fate
But the stalemate was halted by a battering at the gate
Appreciating your poems on Ivanhoe, Wilbur. The thing is, though, I did see that 1952 movie, albeit later on tv, and when you say Brian, I always see George Sanders in my mind, who was definitely too old for the part. I'll try to erase that picture from my mind, and just enjoy your recounting of the story.
Sorry I didn't get your kind weekend xword help, Wilbur. I'll try to start getting a bit batter at baseball--oops, I mean soccer. I'm clearly not an alpha in sports, and don't mean to imply that I am. Maybe I should enroll in a class, but I just don't have the time.
Once again, had trouble with some of the words on an especially limpy morning. But Ol'Man Keith was a huge help, as always, and it all worked out in no time. Many thanks, everybody.
Your Ivanhoe proceeds apace, Wilbur, and your technique seems surer than ever.
Good on ya, mate!--as the Aussies would say.
I know Owen splits his solutions sometimes, and I find that questionable as far as its value as a “hint.”
It shows a reader that the poet knows what the solution is—if the reader already knows what to look for. I think it only really operates as a clue if it’s reasonably intact. I think it’s clever—and helpful—when it gives a new context to the actual wording, or comes close to it by varying the tense perhaps.
My own gimmick is to rhyme the phrase. And to italicize it.
I guess we can say it’s a question of taste, but I like to think whatever trick is employed it will serve as a real hint.
~ OMK
The best thing about the 1952 movie was it started with a scene at the Austrian castle where King Richard was imprisoned
Following the French legend of the troubadour, Blondel they trade staves of a song they both know. Richard then tosses a handwritten note to Blondel which eventually leads to his release.
My view of Scott's tale is that Brian is the real hero. Betrayed in love, becoming nihilistic, he is redeemed by his love for Rebecca.
Ivanhoe, if I staged it(With a little help from my friends) would never be seen, at least facially. Mantled as a Palmer, visored as a Knight, in the background as a wounded invalid.
Athelstane is another one who undergoes a metamorphosis. Two great characters are Wamba and a certain hag yet to be introduced. The latter also redeems herself for her own betrayal of her honor.
So it's not about the clash of swords and the tred of horses. And...
There's the pouty, spoiled , arrogant jerk who owns the reins of power. eg Donald Plantagenet. Talk about getting into trouble.
WC
Ps, Misty. I believe all four J's and the riddle-solution were in my poem.
I originally had "Marine" Corps but didn't think it fit. Then rereading I think it would. Scott interjects a 19th century view at times. Why not a 20th?
I loved finding the J words in your poem, Wilbur:
the alpha male
that which Sir Brian would imply
he enrolled
a battering at the gate
He had no time at all for love or the pleasures of romance
Wonderful!
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