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Baron Munchausen (George Santos of his day)
Had an acute problem with truth, you might say.
The stories that he told were not outright lies.
They were similes of adventures he prized.
For instance the time he was driving a carriage
Thru a narrow pass, where traffic was harried.
Someone ahead stopped, and a pileup did ensue.
When Munchausen got out, his horse was new!
One time he went fishing with a rod and reel,
But mindful how a hook would make fish feel
He put a patch of Velcro on the end of his line.
Caught a record number of trout, all feeling fine!
Some of his tales may seem unrealistic,
But if you don't believe, you're antagonistic!
Todayโs Jumble haiku :
(Each figure-of-speech was like a beloved pet to our English teacher, some more favored than others, depending on how lively or lifelike they wereโฆ.)
โAn Unreal Style Pupโ
A failโd simileโ
โAcute as a Baronโโun-
less heโs super sharp.
~ OMK
You Only Live Once (or YOLO)
Custom motto coined not long ago.
It means Carpe Diem,
Call 'em as you see 'em,
When you have a chance now, don't forego!
Fred can sing high, and Fred can sing low โcuz heโs got real range.โจ
He started off in choir some time ago, so itโs not so strangeโจ
that heโs got musical tricks, and just for kicksโจ
heโll do keyboard licks, โmid bits oโ โChopsticks.โ
Wordle 7 April โ23
Par=4
Wordle 657 3/6
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Old Bot start,
Latin finish
~ OMK
FLN
OMK- I missed seeing your wonderful riff on our national anthem. We are hoping for nicer, warmer weather this weekend.
Misty- happy to provide some Canadian content for you here.
This article explains our use of โeh!โ very well. It even ties it to our reputation for being polite.
CanadianEh
I nearly missed the point today
Wordle 657 5/6*
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Run Real Mystic
He had a cute thought,
To bear onward he sought,
But move and stay low, cuz
A pileup might result.
Oh, beware the occult
To search out the mysteries!
But proceeding like a simile,
His art he practiced skillfully.
Owen- I loved your Baron stories, and found all the J words. Plus the W in your YOLO poem.
OMK- great job to get those unrelated J words into your haiku and title.
And I swear I did not see your W poem before I composed mine with the same usage.
"Baron Poverty"
The baron had lost his loot
and his poverty became acute.
His debts were beginning to pile up
which did his anxiety rile up.
And so to his family he did appeal
and, like a simile, they made a deal.
If the baron would become more realistic
they would help him his debts to flick.
The baron thanked them with his heart,
and the family will now never be apart.
Thanks, CEh!
โfor that wonderful article on โEhโ!
It explains a lot. I like how its usage is tied to politeness, to โinclusiveness.โ
Another invariant tag, it seems to me, is an American one that does not actually add a word, but takes a tonal form.
This is the Valley Girl habit of never concluding a thought with a final โhome chordโ or deflection, but IN-flecting every statement so they come across as questions.
Enjoyed your poem with all the coded words!
It is OK, of course, that you used my same W trick, as you took on a much greater burdenโembedding ALL of todayโs J-words as well.
~ OMK
Can't think of anyone who has more politeness and inclusiveness than you do, CanadianEh!, eh?
Misty- I presume that your baron got his spending under control after his famil6 helped to clear his debts. How wonderful that family unity was restored. I enjoyed your rhyming couplets.
Thanks all for the kind words. Canadians are by no means perfect, but we do try to be kind and inclusive.
OMK- donโt give me undue credit LOL! I only embedded half of the J words. And the W as you did.
Thanks for that neat little history, Misty, of the Baron's recent trials. His story is a familiar one among the descendants of privileged classes.
The relatives who stepped up to help him probably come from the newly-rich bourgeois part of the family, the ones who married into the titled name.
Owen ~ I like the connection you made between Munchausen and Santos. Very perceptive, sir!
~ OMK
Just to be clear, CEh! you did embed them all, although coding only half.
~ OMK
Fun morning on the blog.
Owen, thanks for the good advice.
Ol' Man Keith, I'd love to hear Fred sing--invite him to the blog and have him give a performance.
CanadianEh!, your mystic seems very wise.
Have a good evening coming up, everybody.
It's hard to be a baron in this day and age,
when one can feel so scared, on just a hint of rage.
You never know when the peasants'll go
into blow-for blow
revolution.
And while you throw the dice, you know
they'll never bestow
a completely safe conclusion
(... an end without confusion,
and lacking in contusion.)
~ OMK
It's Wilbur
Wordle 658 4/6
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Time. Just needed some traction. Usual starter strategy
WC
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