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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
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:
Hey, I like this one. Two related but different meanings, both make sense, and
funny -ish.
I guess those onlookers are just friends, not parents.
FLN, Thanks for the birthday wish, Wilbur.
As for Gospodyin V. Putin, I posted the “OMK prescription for world peace” for y’all.
~ OMK
“Prime (Riddle and Check-)Mate”
Red’s Go, but green No!
Strictly a Summer Event.
What? Apply within.
~ OMK
"Tidy Tenant"
The tenant followed rules that were strict
so the company could not him evict.
He dutifully paid the rent,
then applied funds to a summer event
to which he took his mate
on a special prime time date
that did both of them elate.
Misty ~ Your "tenant" seems a conscientious chap, taking care of responsibilities to his landlord before running off with his sweetie on a happy-time lark.
I wonder if he could solve my riddle. Hmmm?
You may apply to me for the answer yourself, but why not first give it a shot?
Sandy has checked in. I hope we hear from Owen &/or Wilbur.
~ OMK
Sorry, Ol' Man Keith, but though I tried, I still don't get your nice riddle.
I can only think of reversed traffic lights, with Red being a go and Green being a no. But why would traffic lights be reversed in the summer? Apply within what and what for? The department of motor vehicles? Clearly your verse isn't about traffic, but I can't figure out what else. Sorry.
I should apologize to you. It's a corny old "Dad joke," a riddle that made more sense before hothouse agriculture, when fruits were limited to seasonal changes.
There was a time when watermelons were only available in the summer, and of course it is a smart mantra to advise those in watermelon-eating contests to do their speed-eating in the red portion of the fruit, but stop before biting into the green!
See! You really knew that all the time...
~ OMK
Well, how about some more pointed and direct clues the next time, OMK--like maybe some allusion to food or something to lead us in a better direction? Otherwise I'll let Wilbur and Owen do the guessing when they hang out with us on your puzzle days. But I still love your poems for their compact and aesthetic shape and sense--whether I get them or not.
Looked at your riddle again, OMK, and think if I had just broadened my sense of the possibilities of the colors, I might have worked my way into the summer food area, even if I didn't specifically get watermelons. I'll try to be more open-minded the next time. (I now wish we had a watermelon in the fridge).
Thank you, Misty ~ I am glad your last posting acknowledges the responder's responsibility.
Riddles have ever been graded according to their degrees of obscurity. From "Easy" to "Nigh-Impossible," they offer their hints to the Universe. And that, as they say, is that.
It is the obligation of the respondent to take a stab, sometimes several of them, or simply to "give up."
Further duties of the poser?
None.
~ OMK
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