CUONE = OUNCE
YUPPP = PUPPY
OMTTSU = UTMOST
RIGLEB = GERBIL
CARTOON ANSWER:
IN THE 1880’S, FARMS IN THE MIDWEST WERE —
NCPPPUOGRI = CROPPING UP
Good Thursday morning everyone! UTMOST and GERBIL were my downfall today as they both took quite a long time to decipher. I’m talking minutes here which caught me by surprise and also got me very frustrated. Just when I solved UTMOST, I got stumped on GERBIL and labored to solve it. In the end, I was victorious and moved along to the cartoon with hopes of an instant solve. Reading the dialogue and sentence as well as writing out my clue letters, I first thought POPPING UP would be the answer but there weren’t enough P’s. A quick change from POP to CROP was all it took for the solve which ended another great Jumble puzzle! The farm scene was well drawn and I took a few minutes after all was said and done to soak it in. A smile quickly returned to my face and now I’m ready to conquer the day. Be well and I’ll see you tomorrow. π
Good morning, Mike, good morning, Everyone. Ah, SHUCKS, bilger’s not a word? It was the tiniest of blinks, but that’s what first came to mind. And except for that, there was nothing CORNfusing OR aMAIZEing about the rest of the puzzle. Words we’ve seen before, but scrambled anew. And as soon as I saw all those Ps, and had the farm theme in mind, I knew what would CROP UP. It’s unseasonably warm here in NY, you could probably POPCORN on the pavement. Wishing everyone a great day. And Mike, smile, .”EAR’s looking at you, Kid”….π½π½ππ»
I think the heat drained my brainpower!!! What a tough one for me. π
You’re entitled to a bit of an off day! Funny, cause I just used utmost last night, and gerbil I think will be the stumper of the day. My friend, take heart. Sometimes a puzzle is just a puzzle! Enjoy! π½πππ»
I secretly like getting stumped! Makes it more fun. π
Really mad at myself for not seeing utmost sooner; after all, the root word should have jumped out at me. Gerbil took a few seconds and the answer took just a couple of minutes. Have a blissful day!! π
Sue…ROOT word! LOL. ππ»
I first thought ‘bigler’ was a possible Trump word. ‘bilger’ would be the sailor who has to clean out the bottom of his ship. “Throw him in the bilge and make him drink it”.
Hey Steve. The bigler is good. The bilge? Once again, conjures up all kinds of….? Utmost? Last night I replied to a comment of yours and used the word! LOL. Produce, good one! The competition…still a little too EARLy to tell. But, it’s all good. I’m in fighting CORNdition! Feeling blue with this car mowing down people in Times Square. Always something in NYC. π’
Hadn’t heard that, sorry to hear that. Take care.
Taken over all network broadcasting here.So unnerving. Was able to get in touch with everyone that I know that works there. Exhaling.
Had to look at utmost and gerbil longer than the other two but really no struggle. Had to write the clue letters down before the answer came rising up like corn on the Fourth of July!,
I do have a slight issue with farmers in the 19th century portrayed with paunches — my ancestors had to work way too hard on their farms to have any flab and most of them wore bib overalls, city-slickers who don’t now what those were may recall they were fashionable in the 60s, if memory serves me right.
Just rub it in why don’t ya, Earl! I’m glad your brain was on this morning. As for the horizontally challenged farmer, it’s just a cartoon. π
Aw shucks, I was trying to insert a kernel of historical relevance. I’ll take my silk hat with tassels and sit in the corner for the rest of the day.
Shucks and kernel in the same sentence. Not bad my friend!
Earl, Did you mean…”sit in the CORNer for a while”? π½ ππ»
Aw shucks, I was just trying to insert a kernel of historical relevance. I’ll take my silk hat with tassels and sit in the corner for a while.
Ha! Excellent observations Earl! I was thinking that the red patch on his blue jeans would probably cost an extra $200 today.
Also got stumped on gerbil but the answer was easy once I got gerbil. Great day today in,Connecticut finally some warm weather enjoy everyone
I think Angela was correct in saying GERBIL will be the stumper today. Enjoy the βοΈ, Marlene!!!
Puzzle just plowed me under, on to the next puzzle – and the Sudoku got me also. Thank goodness for the crossword.
Yay, I have company! We’ll knock it out of the park tomorrow, Rita!!! πππ»βΎοΈ
Since you’re playing our sad-SACK Oakland A’s, that will probably be easy!
“PLOWed” me under”….LOL!!! Good one, Rita! π½ ππ»
Utmost and gerbil had me stumped too, Mike! I had the puzzle solved early on, though.
Good to hear from you, John!
Hi all – Got the first two words at a glance. GERBIL came to me quickly because Angela accused me of having a “thing about wildlife” yesterday after the One-pig=Pigeon and other comments π UTMOST took a little more time. Then, like Mike, I thought it was POPPING UP, especially when there were what looked like cornstalks in the background. But, that was one too few letters, and the C POPPED up to PRODUCE the answer.
Angela, I think you’ve got some good potential competion in the pun dept. from Earl.
I too got stuck on gerbil and utmost, but finally got them. I was hoping totums was a word!
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Angela– I meant CORNer yes and I guess I was being too much a farmer with my references in SILK (the material,silky, at the of a corn cob and TASSELS–the pollen carrying top of the corn stalk. Oh well so much for trying to be YOU!!
Oh Earl, you don’t want to be me! Sometimes I don’t want to.be me! LOL And you taught me something today. I didn’t know about the silk and tassels. I usually look up anything I don’t get right off the bat, but I’ve been distracted today. But I will tell you: That I too notice that Jeff draws most of the men with paunches. And for some reason, the farmers looked Amish to me. But I’m guilty of thinking tooooo much into things, so I just let it go! I own a pair of bib overalls, but I’ve learned to wear them only when I work in my garden! And I applaud your defense of your ancestral farming. Where’d we be without farmers? And lastly, you do know that I was complementing you with the “corn”er reference I just believe that if it FIELDS good, go for it! Hope you’re enjoying your day! π½ππ»
Not at all, Earl. This suburban boy knows all about silk and tassels ’cause I’ve always loved corn on the cob.
My late entry here says it all. Had to walk away a few times to conquer this one.
Welcome to the club, Ron! We’ll crush it tomorrow. πππ»
Hi Mike et al! Loved the cartoon about farmers. I read the question first, glanced at the first clue word, saw 3 pβs in PUPPY and immediately exclaimed, βCropping up.β I then got OUNCE quickly but joined the majority by bogging down on the last 2 words. After finally spelling GERBIL correctly, it dawned on me that I could back into UTMOST. Done.
LOVED Earlβs comments. My ancestor farmers wore bib overalls, were lean & strong, and I donβt remember seeing many beards in pictures of them but the hats were right on. You donβt work outside all day without wearing a substantial hat. I am surprised at myself, as many ears of corn as I shucked for my grandmother to blanch & freeze, that I did not get silk and tassels on first read. So many puns in one sentence!
The last time I visited in Arkansas, I got to ride in the cab of a combine (the machine that harvests a grain crop) with my cousinβs son while he harvested corn. It was dirty & loud but fun for me. Jerry said that the combine he rode on in Nebraska was pulled by a tractor.
My uncle, whose huge wheat farm in Washington state was near Lacrosse & Dusty, became very ill one year right at harvest time. He and his wife were desperate, but one morning they were awakened by very loud sounds. Looking out, they saw, coming up over every hill, huge combines driven by their neighbors who, by working together, got his crop harvested & taken care of in a day or two. Even after hearing & telling that story many times, I am still sitting here weeping happy tears.
Enjoy your late afternoon & evening. See you tomorrow.
What a wonderful and uplifting story, Lelia! π
Mike, thank you for your comment. Your enjoying that story with me makes me smile.
You ALWAYS make me smile. Be well & Jerry too! By the way, what has Josh been up to?
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Lelia always makes you smile?
π΅I second that emotion. π΅
Dusty, Washington? What a great name!
….And Dusty Baker and Dusty Springfield….and…ππ»
I agree with Mike. What a moving story! Your book arrived today, Lelia, from South Carolina. The testimony topics, ranging from almost drowning in the Mediterranean to losing your cell phone , should make for excellent reading. As for the puzzle, utmost took me the longest.
Can’t wait to hear your review, Caroline!
Great imagery, Lelia. ππ»ππ»
Anyone gonna be up for #JumbleAnswerAfterDark? Red Sox @ Oakland with 10:05pm est start time. Join in!!! Tomorrow’s puzzle answers may be delayed!
Possibly, Mike. I’m still in hockey mode though, and I’m going to watch Ducks/Nashville first on tape delay. The game action speed difference between hockey and baseball makes my brain hurt when I switch! So the Sox game may be over before I log in here. But, you never know, maybe they’ll play 18 innings!!
I’ll be watching until I fall asleep, so maybe I’ll hear from ya! βΎοΈ > π
Hey Mike….and it’s only the 1st inning! π΅
Tell me about it! VΓ zquez is just AWFUL tonight… π‘π€π‘
We’ve seen it all already… a Sportcasters delight….π³
To top it off my NESN feed is all wonky and keeps freezing up and then coming in again. Not a good start at all…
And you know if you just blink…you won’t know what the h–l happened…I’m going back and forth to the Ducks game…Is there a full moon tonight?
Horrible thunderstorm ripping through here. Lot’s of power outages in the area so might have to watch it on my iPhone
Really? It’s still so d–hot here.
It was so hot here all day as well. Not even a sea breeze.
Lotta pitches.
They better get someone going in the bullpen….
Yea. He just doesn’t have it tonight. It’s not gonna get better
Mitchy “2-bags” Moreland for the home run!
Shoulda pulled him out.
Still nobody going in the bullpen!!! I’m eating my peanuts like a nervous nellie…
LOL. ππYou’re too funny! Still having a lot of lightning?
Tons of rumbling! Sounds far off but it really lights up the sky. Ahhhhhh summer is almost here π
Thunderstorms scare me. Just hope it’s a normal summer. Hate the 90-100 degree days. Jeez Mike. A lot of pitches. He’s gotta go
And still nobody up!!! I’m going nuts over here
Going nuts….eating nuts. ππ
You get me!!! π Lock, STALK, and barrel!
Simple pleasures! ππ
Dear Lord, please don’t let us lose to Oakland!!! Baltimore and NYY both lost today so we need the win.
Yankees played like c–p. You think you guys need a win? HA
And the Reds are getting CREAMED! π½
Corny jokes were so yesterday!
You gave me Stalk. I gave you Corn! π
Finally Robbie Ross is warming up
I’m not that familiar with the Reds. Isn’t your bullpen decent?
Ya, but they stretched it thin last night against the Cardinals.
Becoming everyone’s bane. Killing the bullpen.
You get NESN out in New Yawk?
No watching on the phone and iPad. 2 on…Start chewing Yawk? LOL
The actual game or just updates?
Virtual Game on one. Updates in the other. MLB TV
Should have said video or Gameday
8-3. This is crazy town banana pants….
πππ Literally laughing out loud!! Maybe should of kept Velazquez in.
Feel like I’m watching the Mets π΅. And to think I’m staying up for this garbage
WAY OUCH!!! And you got school trow! I’m kinda past tired. We went to see Seinfeld tonight. Laughed even tho I was feeling so cra–y over that Times Sq thing. Better laughing than crying
Wife is off tomorrow so I get to sleep in a bit. Daddy gets a much needed break.
Well deserved
Post tomorrow if you want to, Angela. Might not get up until 9!
And you think 9 is too late? ππ what happened here? I went to get my charger and a drink and another pitcher?
Ha Ha Ha! My wife put out the peanuts and a bowl so she wants me to sleep in. π ππ€£
No problem. Peanuts and a bowl….! π
She gets me. She really does πβΎοΈβΎοΈβΎοΈ
God, I’d hope so! LOL
If you were at the park, would you leave if they blow this inning?
NEVER Angela!
Just checkin’
You saw Jerry Seinfeld?! JEALOUS RIGHT HERE.
Yea. Beacon Theatre. NYC. I so like him
Glad you had a great evening, Angela. Ever been to Monk’s Cafe?!?!?!
No I haven’t! LOL
Well if we meet, that’ll be the spot!
ππ» You got it! How cool is that?
Like when a woman I worked with casually said “When I saw the Beatles in Milwaukee..”
“YOU *SAW* THE BEATLES.??? I’M NOT WORTHY!!!”
Wonder if John is up watching his Mariners…
Back in your domain again, eh? (Oh, no, let’s not start *that* again!)
My favorite show in 8th grade! Larry David was genius βΊοΈ
Where’d you come from? LOL
You’re making me nostalgic for my days as a Sox fan with comments like that! At least we got Curt Gowdy as our announcer. I saw NESN a lot during hockey season – excellent crew, great Bahston accent on the color man (not the same as a Rhode Island accent!)
Nothing beats Jerry Remy, Steve. π
Glad you have an enjoyable crew to listen to. So many baseball crews are unlistenable – see Ken Harrelson, White Sox. We’ve been blessed here with great announcers for both Giants and A’s.
Any new plans to replace the Coliseum? Looks a bit dated… The Trop looks like a circus tent so they need one first!
After all the years of dithering, the new-look owners have promised a decision on a new stadium site IN OAKLAND by the end of the year.
ROOTED IN OAKLAND! HOLY TOLEDO!!!
You are truly knowledgeable, my man!! Did you hear about the light-up HOLY TOLEDO sign in the outfield? The thing about Bill King is that he totally deserves to be in the Football and basketball hall of fame as well!
Gotta go. The A’s could still totally blow this!! See yall tomorrow.
Thanks for checking in, Steve. You’re a man of your word. πππ»
He’s a man of a lot of words tonight…..sure it’s only 10 o clock there
I know, right?! Must be dark under the table….
Mike. You truly come alive in the witching hour huh? Lol. πππ
#JumbleAnswerAfterDark. No rules (but tasteful)!
Yes you are. A true gentleman. This game was such a bust.
It’s not over yet. Only need 5 runs!
Ha 5 runs….You’ve fallen asleep and started dreaming, huh? ππ
Just remembering the Super Bowl. Boston teams are incredible in the clutch…
One time…that’s all it was.
On to the Dodgers/Marlins now. I’m EXHAUSTED after that game. π΄π΄π΄
You really take this sleeping in serious, huh? I’ll tell you what’s going on here. I’m downstairs watching the 11 o clock news I missed and enjoying the witty repartee, and my friends are upstairs cooking bacon and eggs. And it smells so good! You know those fridge magnets that say…”Kitchens always open”? I’m burning it. LOL. And everyone asks me why I don’t sleep more! So Mike, Steve’s comment about Bristol Stop? Any clue? ,
Bacon and eggs this late at night (or early in the morning)?! You should go knock on their door and show ’em how to kick it up a notch! The Bristol Stop comment — no clue. I’m still crying over here. πππ
No they’re in my house. They were upstairs watching hockey. I’m down here. I have 2 kitchens. The one down here is being redone, remember? They do sports and eat. But now the aromas killing me! Lol. Bristol stomp was a song and a dance. I know about the crying. Mets fan, remember?
Dudes and dudetttes – just google it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stomp
Beatles never came close enough to Providence, too young, had no car, had school, etc.
I’m outta here – think we set a record for number of posts.
I’m know what it is I was just telling him.
Ok. Good night. I’m going to eat I guess. Lol. Steve, what do you mean by Providence?
Not to leave you hanging, but I’m hitting the sheets. Thanks for taking part tonight as it was so much fun. I’ll stay up if you’re cooking chicken parm though… π
Goodnight!
Providence, Rhode Island, where I spent my first 21 years.
Oh, LOL. I didn’t realize. I thought it was like a Divine Providence reference! I didn’t know you grew up there.
I did see the Rolling Stones in 1965, because they *did* come to Providence.
I’m still getting bombarded with like a zillion emails from last night. Or this morning…or whatever! What day is this? π ππ» (We’ll talk rock groups later)! Did you catch my rock group joke in the post?
Isn’t the Dodget game over? Oh tape delay?
What the heck is tape delay anyway? It’s 2017!
I have no idea. This is what Steve keeps saying. “Don’t tell me about the results, I’m watching it on tape delay”!
Well, some people still say “dial a phone”, “broken record”, “pinballing around”, etc.
However in this case, tape delay means exactly what it says. For various reasons including inertia, my cable company and much better control over replays, I don’t have a DVR and am still using my trusty two VCR’s to time-shift hockey games. They start here at 4:15 or 5 PM, right when I want to eat dinner, so I just begin recording, take care of eating and cleanup, and start watching aruond 6 PM. That also lets me cut out all the commercials, delays, icings, intermissions, etc and see the game in about 2 hours instead of 3 or more.
Greetings from inside H. G. Wells’ Time Machine!
Steve, I still say dial a phone, and broken record I hear all the time….It could be one of my nick-names! …And then there’s… “where the hell is your off switch”…”Do you ever slow down”?..Can you come up for air”? etc. All these terms of endearment from my loved ones! I have to get back to you on this, because I’m buried in emails. Something isn’t right with my server maybe. And please, you sound defense…there’s no need. Swear. π ππ»
No no, not defensive at all; no offense taken at all! It’s the lack of tone in text that Angela always notes. The effect I was trying for was just me poking fun at myself for having Luddite tendencies. Still, with my VCR’s, I can zero right in on a specific frame of video and then go back and forth frame-by-frame if I want. When I use the digital controls for in-demand on my cable box, half the time it doesn’t even recognize that I pushed the button, and I have to re-rewind, and it only comes within. couple of seconds of where I want to be. Very frustrating (Electronics these days! Get off my lawn!)
Thought I was replying to Mike – Too many posts here! I think we overloaded the WordPress server!
I know. And mine too. I’m inundated with all this stuff! π΅
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I see Jerry Remy was born in Fall River, Mass like my father, and went to Roger Williams college in Bristol, RI
π΅Kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol, when they do the Bristol Stomp! π΅
Emeril Lagasse is from Fall River too, I believe.
The order of the comments are getting a little JUMBLED. Steve, the Beatles. Why haven’t you?
You saw the Beatles, Angela? Might have missed something…
Haven’t you?
You better be pulling my leg! I need to read the comments section of this blog more closely. π΅π΅π΅
Ok wait. Who am I responding to and why am I pulling your leg? ππ
Game over. Grabbing my tissues…. BRB
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Seeing the Beatles LIVE. Well did you?
Yes I did. But I didn’t mean didn’t you, I meant didn’t Steve. Didn’t he mention the woman he worked with?
That’s AMAZING! I won’t keep your EAR, but I’ll add it to my STALK of questions to ask later. πππ
ππYou really need to stay up late more often! π
Mike, you know I only meant the not you about the Beathles because I’m sure you’d have been too young.
I do and how about wasn’t born or even a glimmer in my fathers eye. π
Im sure you were a glimmer even then! LOL. π All of a sudden like whosh..,all these emails came in. I’m trying to look at then in order.
Really surprised you didn’t know about cornsilk or tassles, since you sound like such an excellent and experienced cook! No corn on the cob in Italian cooking?
Know what’s funny? I was really having a bad day. I kept thinking silk? And then I was like OMG! Silk! Nothing registered today. The tassel thing? No I didn’t know. Sure we eat corn. We’re not barbarians! π
Hey guys, did I miss anything? π
Ducks almost QUACKED UP! To lose on a shot with 34 seconds in the third would have doomed them.
I may have to drop out suddenly – apologies in advance if I leave a question hanging or anything. Had a great dinner, so I’m not HUNGARY, and then a nice cold CZECH pilsner, so π΅life is good tonightπ΅.
The only thing I miss about the East Coast – great thunder and lightning!
The only thing I miss about the midwest – great Chicago deep-dish pizza and thunder and lightning!
Waning gibbous moon.
The A’s haven’t given us anything to cheer about in a long time. Now at least the ownership turned around, committed to Oakland, are listening to the fans, but the team’s not there yet. Good luck Sox – we’re not going anywhere this year.
The Sox really gave this game away, Steve. Glad you’re here to join in. π
8-3 ouch! Where’s Sandoval these days?
Knee sprain. 10-day disabled.
Hockey game over. Think I rather watch Jimmy Kimmel.
Phew!
Mike, to answer your question about Josh; the latest I heard was he was excited to have sung at a gig where people had to buy a ticket to get in, no restaurant, no eating & talking while he sang, just listening to him. Now his dad is planning a tour to people who answered on Instagram that they would βdefinitelyβ book Josh. Thanks again for your lavish praise for the singing of my youngest one.
That’s so exciting, Lelia! If he ever gets to Boston, or New England, please let me be the first to know. π
Carolyn, thanks again for purchasing my first book. South Carolina?!! LifeRich publishing is in Bloomington, IN. I do so hope you enjoy the stories, especially now that Mike has requested a review. lol
I’m waiting for an autographed copy! π€
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Mike, if it is my first book that you would like an autographed copy of, tell me how to do it and I will have it in the mail immediately. I have many copies left that I bought just for giving away and would be delighted to mail one to you and any of your regular commenters who ask for one and tell me where to mail it. I have mailed them all over the U.S. to relatives & friends.
That is very kind of you to offer, but I couldn’t ask you to do that. I’m sure our paths will cross some day and I’ll get one from you then. π
Lelia – The return address on the envelope has a corporate name but I see there’s a bookstore there in Rock Hill, SC called Booknack. I’m sure I’ll enjoy your stories very much, as I do here. Thanks for the update on Josh. I hope he makes it to western NY.