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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

18 April 2023

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19 comments:

Ol' Man Keith said...

Todayโ€™s Jumble haiku:

โ€œWord Gets Aroundโ€

As the adage says,
โ€œInform a husky rodent?
Mightโ€™s well tell a horse!โ€
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

Wordle 18 April โ€˜23
Par=3
Wordle 668 2/6

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Too many hints
left behindโ€ฆ
~ OMK

OwenKL said...

A quadruped stands foursquare on four feet,
Like a horse, a husky dog or a rodent.
It makes them more than bipeds fleet,
Tho hands make us bipeds more potent!

But then there are the ones in between.
Is a meerkat a biped or a quad?
Should their forepaws as feet or hands be seen?
They use them for interchangable jobs.

Then there are birds, they're bipeds all,
But no arms or hands, just wings instead.
They do have voices, and inform with their call
All around them of the thoughts in their head!

Remember the adage, "A horse is a horse,
And no one can talk with a horse, of course!"

OwenKL said...

There was a spud in Idaho,
Under the ground, where 'taters grow.
Then she got drunk
In an oil dunk,
And came out fried -- to go!

Misty said...

The husky policeman wore a badge
and often a home did storm,
then give his suspects an adage,
and of their rights did them inform.

He sometimes liked to horse around,
like a rodent in a tent.
But he always stayed on legal ground
and his deeds did never repent.

In the end he was considered a worthy guard
and his superiors gave him an award.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Misty ~ What a nice olโ€™ cop!
I guess he goes by the name oโ€™ โ€œPop.โ€
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

He jokes while readinโ€™ folks their rights,
wearinโ€™ a big red nose & a pair aโ€™ clown tights.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Heโ€™ll call big backup personnel in,
if he ever has to arrest a felon,
and all along the way in the paddy wagon,
heโ€™ll riddle the perp to keep the time from dragginโ€™.

Ol' Man Keith said...

And when it comes time for Pop to retire,
theyโ€™ll need extra time for all who admire
him, so none need practice circumscription
when adding kudos to their valediction.
~ OMK

OwenKL said...

And those last three four-line stanzas were each 20 minutes apart.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Owen surveys critters by their number of feet.
Quadros and bipeds lead off the herds;
their sounds donโ€™t count, neither trumpet nor bleat.
Humans are hailed for their thumbs, not for words.

No elephants or tapirs, despite the flexi-nose;
no credit for nasal prehensility, I sโ€™pose.
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

Thanks for monitoring my times, Owen!
You might want to add that those were composed while watching CNN and discussing news reports on the Dominion v Fox case with my wife.
Oh, also peeing once, and taking the dog out for hisโ€ฆ er, ablutions.
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

CanadianEh!
Youโ€™re right. I hadnโ€™t realized how many first letters were possible!
You may have hit โ€˜em all, except maybe for โ€œZโ€โ€”ZOUNDs!
~ OMK

Wilbur Charles said...

Yep, I have F,B,S,R as possibilities BRIEF would have been a guess to clear things up.

OMK, you've become a natural. Erato has deserted me as have Chet and Lois. I guess those two have become single-mindedly a pair.

Many couples attend meetings that met in AA and faithfully attend.

The founder adamantly warned that continued commitment to meetings and practicing principles was the only way to avoid a relapse.

One fine day for no reason whatsoever one takes a drink and invariably they are off and running

I remember Towser sitting in a group of winos . He'd been 20 years sober when I'd last seen him.

WC

Misty said...

Ol' Man Keith,

A husky rodent and a horse
all worked into your haiku.
And a kind response to my own verse,
thank you, thank you, thank you.

Misty said...

Loved your biped and quadruped poem,
it delighted me
and made me happy, Owen.

Misty said...

Wilbur,

I really miss Lois and Chet,
and just hope they are happily wed.



CanadianEh!,

Brilliant Wordle today,
but we miss your chat and play.
We'd love a longer visit some day.

Wilbur Charles said...
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Wilbur Charles said...

The sound you just heard was me finishing

Wordle 669 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

Birdie, yay. I'm beginning to to figure that Wordle guy out

WC