SISNTI – INSIST

PSYELE – SLEEPY

CNATOE – OCTANE

NULEGO – LOUNGE

TERAGY – GYRATE

GRILEB – GERBIL

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE WEIGHTLIFTERS WERE IN THEIR 70s and 80s, BUT THEY WERE – – –

    INSSLOTNLOGGRTGI = STILL GOING STRONG

Good Morning, Everyone!          🏋🏼 “WEIGHT’LL YOU SEE ME NOW...” 🏋🏼

Todays words are all old favorites, but the anagrams are divine! Great words, a bit CHALLENGEing but with great PRESENTATION! UpLIFTing, to say the least. And now, our cartoon. Jeff has us in a Gym overhearing a pair of younger men talking about a pair of older gentlemen. All four of these man are PHYSICALly FIT. The conversation is BUILT on the fact that the younger ones are marveling over the stamina and endurance of the older ones. And they’re hoping that their lives will WORK OUT just the same. We see great BICEPS on all four, and ABS to ABSolutely  die for. Age is mentioned, and our question tells us that the older gentlemen are 70 and 80 respectfully. Respectfully is right! These guys are still LIFTing WEIGHTS! Talk about a REP! Kudos, Gentlemen! You’re an inspiration…you’ve definitely up LIFTed my spirits!  After all these years, these guys are “STILL GOING STRONG”. WEIGH to go, and ring that BARBELL! And that Folks, is the SWOLE story! So, eye candy? I’m going with older gentleman left. His GYM clothes, shades of green and gray? SQUAT a COMBINATION! So, there you have it Folks, Done!

Have a great a day, Everyone! And remember, WEIGHT LIFTING is nothing to be taken LIGHTly…🏋🏼🙋🏻

I’m going to take the liberty, and share a little story with you all today, if I may. Indulge me…For those of you who follow our site here on a daily basis, it’s a pretty well known fact that I don’t sleep very well. To the few here who REALLY know me…I know, I know…Let’s not do it here, Email me as usual. Some things still need to be held sacred! Anyway, this morning at 3:04 AM, I went to my tried and true website to look for the Jumble. I see the page is updated, and of course, the adrenaline starts to flow…I scroll down, and lo and behold…No Jumble…So I refresh the page…No Jumble..so I…You can see where this is going, right? Instead of our beloved Jumble, what I find are two Sudoku puzzles, one mistakenly marked Jumble. I’m crushed. I’m speechless…(yes, it DOES SO happen on occasion…) I figure I’ll check a second on line site that I use once in awhile for a colorized version. And what are the odds, this one is missing 4 of the 6 words. So now I’m thinking…Last day of the year…is this some kind of subliminal message? Is this some kind of sign that…? No, I think what this is is a little early New Years Eve celebrating in the print rooms! I could be wrong, and trust me, it wouldn’t be the first time…but Folks, what are the odds? Both web sites? Anyway, I take the 2 words I’m given, I look at our cartoon, and BAM, puzzle solved! Which attests to the brilliance of Jeff Knurek and David Hoyt. Just from the drawing alone, and 5 random letters, I could put this baby to bed! But…what about you guys? I need more for you…So I consider calling the paper of the first part, and asking if someone could email me a copy from print. And then I’m like..”Snap out of it…”! (With a shout out to Cher, and that wonderful movie…”Moonstruck”…Ah, Bella Luna…). “You can’t do that”! Anyway, now I got Cher in my head…so I fire up her rendition of “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” with Rod Stewart, and my mood is improving. A lot. I get that 3rd cup of coffee… (Don’t ask…) and I’m thinking…My paper will be here soon, I’ll get the other 4 words, and I can offer you what you deserve. But it’s Sunday, and while my NY Daily News is usually here each morning by 4:15, I think the guy looks forward to a little extra sleep on Sundays…So, no paper yet. And all the while, some emails are coming in, from the other night crawlers, asking…”So, what happened to the Jumble.”? And “So, New Years Eve, huh”? And, “So, you still haven’t called me…” (Don’t ask..) What it all boils down to is…What a way to end the year! And then it hits me like that Thunderbolt that got Loretta. So tonight when that clock strikes 12, and I put 2017 to bed, I’m going to do my usual…Go out into the night, look up for the first star I see, and toast my Dad. The first man I loved. The first man who loved me. The man who taught me how to read and spell, and do this here Jumble, when I was barely able to hold a pencil straight, and who gave me this voracious gift of loving words. And I’ll wish the New Years Baby that He is, a Happy Birthday…And if I’m lucky, maybe I’ll get to see that Bella Luna we both loved so well. Kind of a full circle…And STILL GOING STRONG...After all these years…
Here’s to the New Year, Everyone! Cento Anni! May you live a hundred years…🍾🥂🙋🏻

XEPLI – PIXEL

AOOCC – COCOA

GIMSAT – STIGMA

TUBENA – BUTANE

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN ONE OF THE BARNYARD ANIMALS GOT OUT, THE OTHER

ANIMALS BLAMED THE – – –

PECOSGATAE – “ESCAPE” GOAT

Good Morning, Everyone!      🐑 “DON’T IT JUST GET YOUR GOAT”?

🎶Déjà MOO…Could you be the dream that I once knew…Is it you? Déjà MOO
Could you be the dream that might come true, shining through?
I keep remembering me…I keep remembering you…Déjà MOO…🎶

🐑🐑 A temperature of 12°, a wind chill set at 2,
A cup of steaming COCOA sipped as I write this for you
We’re at a farm, the PIXELs showing colors mute and bright
It seems one of the animals escaped during the night.
I’m looking at BUTANE and thinking would there be a lamp?
On Farmland maybe there would be. Or is that at a camp?
Whatever it don’t matter, I’ll deal with what’s at hand
Four animals we see here and one out on the land.
Two of them ratted out the Goat, and now the STIGMA lies
Upon their heads of “Stoolie”, the name we gave the guys,
Who’d rat out any of their friends, who’d end up a turncoat…
What we see here, a classic case of who’s the “ESCAPE GOAT” 🐑🐑

Looking at PIXEL this morning, it may be hard to expel Expel, but one must PUT that OUT of their mind! And BUTANE may prove to be a bane. Actually, all of our words, despite being old favorites, are anagrammed well enough to perhaps prompt a second look. Ok, we looked. Now, our cartoon. So today, “What the HAY“? Jeff gives us a FARM scene, and old Mr. Bluejeans. One of his animals has gotten away; using that wire cutter on the ground to just MOOve on. And now, of course, the farmer has to TRACTOR down and bring her back. (Ok, maybe it’s a male, but Tracthim down wasn’t going to CUT IT,...so…work with me here, people…). The farmer’s probably thinking, “How’d this happen, Guys….It was PASTURE bedtime”? What he should be thinking is why’d he leave the wire cutter out? That was UDDER  nonsense, right? Anyway, instead of the animals looking to BALE out their buddy, you know like…”Go ahead, KID, we got your back”…What we have here inSTEED, is a classic case of “Well, who do you think EWE are? We’re making you the “ESCAPE” GOAT“. And HOE and behold, they did just that. The HEN, being an EGGSpert witness, came right out and said…”It was BILLY“. LAID that information right down. Left no MARGARINE for error…Cut him no FLAX…Uh, you know I could go on forever, right?…BUTT I may as well wrap this up, and MOOve on to the eye candy. Today, Folks, I can BARLEY contain myself. Jeff has given us a cartoon, BARN none! There’s the Wire Cutter. There’s a Spider web spelling out what seems to be “SOME PIG”. It could be a lot of BULL, but that’s what it looks like. There’s a purple WEASEL or is it a RAT, saying “It wasn’t us”. There’s the PIG, looking on SHEEPishly, there’s the HORSE, trying to make SENSE of it all. No, wait..There’s more…There’s little HOOF prints on the ground, and let me WALK you THROUGH this…Way in the background, up on a hill? There it is…The tiniest image of Billy…WILLIAM take a look at that! Bye, Bill…Godspeed..I’m glad you got away from all these FARMy brats…So, there you have it, YOLKS!  Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! And remember, If you’re going to play a game of Truth or DAIRY on a FARM, don’t be aMAIZEd if the game turns a little FOAL. After all, COW well did you know these comediHENS in the first place? Friendly GAME? Please…HOGwash…You ask me, they’re a bunch of ANIMALS…🐑🙋🏻

HANEY – HYENA

VARFO – FAVOR

TONINO – NOTION

EPTREM – TEMPER

CARTOON ANSWER:

RESTAURANTS IN TOKYO SELL SUSHI TO CUSTOMERS WHO – – –

HYAFAVOINTEER – HAVE A YEN FOR IT

Good Morning, Everyone!  🍣 SUSHI, OR NOT SUSHI…THAT IS THE QUESTION..”🍣

🎶Wake up little SUSHI, wake up…Wake up little SUSHI…wake up. The food didn’t have to be hot, we didn’t even need a pot. Chopsticks in hand, nothing is cooked…a Spider Roll we got…Wake up, little SUSHI…we gotta go home…🎶

🍣🍣 I’ve never been to Tokyo although my friends have been
I’ve never eaten sushi, and never will I yen…
My friends laugh like HYENAs at my attitude towards it
Shasimi don’t come near me…Maki, no doubt of it…
I FAVOR food that’s all been cooked, trust I don’t have a NOTION
To eat a California Roll that’s dipped in some weird potion.
I’m looking at the word TEMPER and thinking how much better
If Dave could have spelled Tempura, but he’d need one more letter…
So I’ll make jokes and use a pun, but there’ll be no regret
The Sushi thing? Nope, no way will I HAVE A YEN FOR IT!🍣🍣

So, today’s words. HYENA may be the only one that looks a little funny. Not that I was RAWin over the others, it’s just that we’ve seen them before. (Like TONINO, he’s my cousin)! Anyway, onto our cartoon..SUSHI said. Today, Jeff’s taken us to a SUSHI bar in Tokyo…Oh no. Not me. It’s 5 o’clock in the morning, and just the thought of RAW FISH has me…UDON know…It’s just not my cup of TEA. But, I’ll ROLL with the CRUNCHs, and get this done. We see a couple paying their bill, the man saying that they “were thinking about it all day”. He’s wearing a Stray Cats T-Shirt. Since The Stray Cats will be performing in Tokyo next month, this may be a ROLL out promotion. I have no idEEL. Anyway, we also have three diners, with one saying , “I’m buying”. And then we have a chef, and all that SUSHI. Jeff? Chef? Help me out here…What’s he cooking? I’m so out of my EELement, I really don’t know how MATCHA more I can take…Folks, I’m just going to WRAP this up. TEMAKI a long story short…He thought about the SUSHI…He had a YEN for it. She’s paying for the SUSHI..She had a YEN for it…Our question..Selling to customers who…“HAVE A YEN FOR IT“! Cute pun, Dave. And SOY awesome, because we have that double meaning. YEN-YEN…It’s just ROE cool! Ok, Eye candy. Jeff, you’ve done a great job with the deTAILS, but this isn’t how I ROLL. So I’m just going to mention, that even in Tokyo, 2 of the 4 women are in purple…hard to igNORI…So, there you have it Folks…UnDONE!
Have a great day, Everyone! And Jumble Guys, even though today you didn’t have me at HILAW, I still KURA lot about you both…🍣🙋🏻

TYTKI – KITTY

VICCI – CIVIC

GIDNIO – INDIGO

NIWONM – MINNOW

CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN THE COIN-PRODUCTION FACILITY WAS COMPLETED, 

IT WAS IN – – –

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CAINP – PANIC

KRELC – CLERK

SLAVYT – VASTLY

HWOTNR – THROWN

CARTOON ANSWER: THE NEW NATIONAL BOOK CLUB HAD – – – 

PACCLEASTLHRO –  LOCAL CHAPTERS

Good Morning, Everyone!  📚 These Are The TOMES That Try Men’s HOLDS 📚

🎶Oh I wonder, wonder who, who-oo-ooh… Who wrote the BOOK of love?
Tell me, tell me, tell me, Oh who wrote the BOOK of Love? I’ve got to know the answer…Was it someone from above? Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who…Who wrote the BOOK of Love?🎶

📚📚 My iPad has enough books in it, waiting to be read
It is a whole lot easier to carry into bed…
But nothing beats the feel, the smell of pages in a book,
Today we see a Book Club when we go to take a look.
Sometimes I start to PANIC since I think I’ll never get
To read all that I’ve downloaded…Yes, sometimes I forget,
That nothing needs to be returned, no CLERK do I need see
It’s VASTLY a lot easier, there is no Library.
No schedule THROWN off balance, no due date will there be,
So that part is a blessing, but again it’s just not me.
I love a book, a page to turn, I think my ever after…
Will have my fingers physically touch what’s in those Local Chapters! 📚📚

Boxing Day, St Stephen’s Day…Whiners Day. Yes, Whiners Day, with an “H”, not a CV! But you’ll find no whining here. Our words today are nothing to see READ about. I SCANned right through them…and TURNed to our cartoon. Well, well, well, take a BOOK at this…A Book Club Meeting. What a NOVEL idea! Jeff gives us a COLLECTION of CHARACTERS, some of which, once again, have the distinctive look of “real people”, not FICTIONal. (I remember that Tom Bosley look-alike). And once again, I wish I had the time to INDEX to do the RESEARCH. But, uh..no. So Jeff will just have to COVER my BACK, and come FORWARD with the INFORMATION. If not…Well, just one more MYSTERY that goes unsolved. So, five READERS, at what looks like a Library or a Book Store. The DIALOGUE is telling us that they’re all happy over the FACT that the BOOK they’re READING, “A Jumbled Life”, is the same one that other CHAPTERS of the National Club are READING. (You caught the name of the BOOK, WRITE Folks? “A Jumbled Life”? Talk about good PR…Jeff’s becoming a regular PUBLICIST, isn’t he? A regular WHOsier WHO…A regular FISHERs for compliments, a regular…Uh, ok, that’s all I got. I’ll just LEAF it alone for now, because the STORY LINE is just PLOTzing here, and it’s an entirely different SUBJECT)! And Jeff? I apologize in ADVANCE! 😀 I can only blame my SHELF! Ok, Books, “in town”, neighborhood branch…”LOCAL CHAPTERS“! BOOM! I mean..BOOK! CHECK THAT OUT! Is that a FINE pun, or what? DEWEY just love Dave? Yes, we do...NO HOLDS barred! Ok, the Eye Candy. Is it the owl on the bearded guys shirt? WHO is he, anyway? There is a “Learned Owl Book Club“, and a “Little Owl Book Club”, but I’m up a tree, and in the dark with the details. (Am I READING too much into this)? Is it the Jumble mug? (And no, I’m not TURNING back to that SUBJECT)! Hmm…I got it. The candy today is the tiny little Number 3, visible on the two open BOOKS. They’re up to CHAPTER 3. My favorite number! Hmm… “A Jumbled Life”…CHAPTER 3…Jeff? We’ve met?
So, There you have it, Folks! Done.
Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…We all have a STORY. GENRE has one, PAIGE has one, REID has one…But we should always LEAF a bit of MYSTERY to ourselves. Be the NOVEL one in your GROUP. Don’t be such an OPEN BOOK. Keep ’em wanting more…Let ’em say..”ISBN thinking about you…”
And trust me…They’ll always RETURN… 📚🙋🏻

PEHHNY – HYPHEN

FUTYFS – STUFFY

RMEEEG – EMERGE

RAYDLE – DEARLY

RNIHED – HINDER

SLYOGS – GLOSSY

CARTOON ANSWER: SANTA COULD SEE THE PRIDE HIS HELPERS TOOK IN THEIR WORK. IT WAS CLEAR BY THEIR: 

HETFMEELHIEGS – HIGH “ELF” ESTEEM

Good Morning, Everyone!       🎅🏻  🎶SANTAmental  Journey🎶🎅🏻

🎶SANTA Baby, slip a Sable under the tree for me….Been an awful good girl…
SANTA Baby….And hurry down the chimney tonight…🎶

🎅🏻🎅🏻 So, The Day before Christmas, here in Jumble Land
And we’re given “The Workshop“. Oh, isn’t it grand?
We can see Santa smiling, and his Elves happy too
‘Cause the toys they are readying for me and for you.
Know for sure I am still one of those who believe,
‘Cause if not, than pajamas is what I’d receive!
And I’d rather have jewelry, and maybe a fur
So, Oh yes, I believe. Santa? Count on this her!
And our cartoon today is lots more than it seems…
I wish all you of you reading…Have “HIGH ELF ESTEEM”🎅🏻🎅🏻

Christmas! What a wonderful word! And Dave’s DELIVERED some wonderful words here today! Right from the top, I couldn’t DASH past that HYPHEN. I was BLINKIN’ that’s for sure. (Yes, I know ‘BLINKIN isn’t one of the Original Reindeers, but if you look real closely at the cartoon, there he is, way in the background). The rest of the words I PRANCERed right through! Ok, our cartoon! Santa’s Workshop! There’s two little ELVES, Chris and Eve, showing Santa a toy motorbike that they’ve finished. And they’re so proud of their work. As well they should be! They did a WHEELy good job! It’s Golden! No, really it’s a Golden Motorbike...For those of you who can’t see this in color…And of course, he’s proud of them…Let’s face it, Folks, he’s a sELF made man! Anyway, I’m surprised to see that workshop’s pretty bare, there’s no tree. You’d think they’d have one, you know to SPRUCE up the place, but no. We just see the motorbike, and a workbench. It’s a NICE bench. Wonder if it’s knotty pine, and maybe that’s where they make the toys for the KNOTTY children…Just Sayin’. Ok, so Chris  and Eve are probably looking to clean up, and get ready to leave, maybe for Church. If you listen closely, you can almost hear someone calling out to them…”CHRIS?…MASS! EVE….“? 🎶 Do you hear what I hear?🎶 No? Hmm…Anyway, as I said earlier, the ELVES are very proud of themsELVES. And Santa sees their…HIGH “ELF” ESTEEM! Well, knock me down, and hold on for DEER LIFE! Now THAT’S a pun! Dave, you just SLEIGH me! So, the eye candy. I’m going with the Reindeer in the back, in the middle. The one who’s BLINKIN’. Trust me, he’s BLINKIN’! Jeff, you’re a GIFT! 
So, There you have it, Folks! Done!
Have a great Christmas Eve, Everyone! And I hope Santa graces you all with his PRESENTS! 🎅🏻🙋🏻

PS: After I hit this to publish, I realized that I mistakenly didn’t include today’s words in my poem! It’s the Christmas fatigue! (And we didn’t even start eating yet)!  I’m running to Mass..(Maybe I’ll see Chris and Eve)! and when I get back, I’ll DASHER off for you all.  It’s a little chilly out..I just hope there’s no RAIN DEER…See you in a bit! 🎅🏻🙋🏻

***Ok…Here it is. Maybe not my best effort, but you have noooo idea how much work I have to do…Enjoy tonight! It’s magical! 🎅🏻🙋🏻

🎅🏻🎅🏻 The Workshop so exciting. You know what happens here
The dreams become reality, cause Santa, he does hear.
And nothing’s gonna HINDER our dreams from coming true,
Soon he’ll EMERGE and DEARLY bring those gifts for me and you.
The paper all so GLOSSY, those gifts wrapped up real fine
Will soon be in our homes tonight. At yours, and yours and mine…
So STUFFY doesn’t work here, nothing STUFFY ’bout today
And HYPHEN’s not looking too good, maybe another day…
Yes, I know that I’m deflecting. Yes I want to get it done…
It’s Christmas Eve, and besides, Folks, I liked the other one!🎅🏻🎅🏻

NANLU –ANNUL

BKALE –BLEAK

AGAMDE – DAMAGE

CYWRES –SCREWY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THERE’S A JUMBLE CARTOON EACH DAY BECAUSE THE ARTIST HAS NEVER – – 

NNLBAKDAARW – DRAWN A BLANK

Good Morning, Everyone!       🐶🐱  “IT’S A DOGGONE SHAME” 🐱🐶

🎶 It’s a DOGgone shame you’re not home. It’s a DOGgone shame you left me alone…It’s a shame you’re not here, that you’re not around, sad you’re out running all over this town…It’s a DOGgone shame you’ve put me down…🎶

🐶🐱 Well look at what we have today, the Jumble Boys we get
Discussing a cartoon for us, surrounded by their pets.
I thought that Dave had cats though, so it’s a little SCREWY
Because unless I’m wrong, I don’t see Simon or Tootie.
The panel is a little BLEAK, look at those desks so clean
(ANNUL’s not going to work today, if you see what I mean…)
I know the names of Jeff’s two dogs, are Gizmo and Fifi
How nice that they all get along, no DAMAGE do we see.
Is it a cat, can I be wrong, looking at David’s feet?
This should have been so easy, and I’d just go off to eat…
But this morning seeing these three dogs, my heart just sort of sank…
I see no cat, I’ll need Jeff’s help, because I’ve DRAWN A BLANK! 🐱🐶

Ok, so I went to FETCH my paper this morning, and this is what I see:..Todays words are not RUFF, but I think the anagram of BLEAK may be NEUTER us. Very creative for 5 LITTERS. I mean letters. Ok, our cartoon…David, left, a Jumble board up on his screen, which is wired to his keyboard. Steaming cup of coffee by his side. Jeff, right, clad in a signature Wilco T-shirt, depicting the “Early Rising Since ’94” Rooster, his head COCKed to one side.  He’s holding a BLANK tablet, stylus in hand, and there’s a cell phone on his desk. And then there’s the dogs. THREE dogs. Listen, my FELINE about this? Threw my whole morning off! …I ask you, Folks, is this normal? I’ll answer you, Folks, “NO”. It’s a little SIC if you ask me. With all that I still have left to do, MEOWs not the time FUR this. I shouldn’t be CHEWsing to unscramble this cartoon. Yet, here I am! BARKING up the wrong tree… You know, my thoughts are so SCATtered, I’m just going to get right to the dialogue. Dave’s telling Jeff that he PICTURES someone eating a Butterfly, and “having a Butterfly in his stomach”. Cute. Jeff says…”Oh, no problem… I got this”… (Yes, I’ve put words into his mouth…he put doubt into my mind)…Anyway, the question states that the “artist”, Jeff, has never been at a loss for wor…Oh wait, that’s Dave. Jeff has never been at a loss for a DRAWing.  He’s never..”DRAWN A BLANK”. Clever, very clever… Good pun! Ok, eye candy. Hmm. Today? It’s what I don’t see. I’m just turning it over to Jeff. “Jeff..YELP me out here…Where’s the CAT…”?     So, There you have it, Folks, Done..Or Undone!

Have a great day, Everyone! And keep in mind…If one of your PET peeves is not being able to completely solve a puzzle, and as a result things are just not PURR-fect, PAWS for a minute, and consider this…It may not be a CATastrophe, but it is a DOGgone shame…And whoever’s responsible FUR the faux PAW, should SIT up and take responsibility. It’s the LEASH they can do….LITTERally…🐱🐶 🙋🏻

PENIT – INEPT

KTLEN – KNELT

CAMPIT – IMPACT

RANTOY – NOTARY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE MARSUPIAL COUPLE VACATIONED TOGETHER TO GET SOME – – –

IETKLMATOAY – “KOALA–TY” TIME

Good Morning, Everyone!       🐨 Why DO We KOALA Them Bears? 🐨

🎶Oh, I love you, I still care..All my affection’s there. I will walk with you to the end of the passage…My little KOALA type bear. Little KOALA type bear, I can see you sitting there. With your silent smile..I won’t talk to you for a couple of minutes…My little KOALA type bear, little KOALA type bear…🎶

🐨🐨 A couple on vacation just relaxing in the sun
Koalas spend a lot of time asleep, not on the run.
One wonders what they’re resting from, since all they really do
Is sleep 3/4 of the day..or do they Bill and Coo?
A person living life like this, quite INEPT would they be
But how good does a few days off sound now to you and me?
What IMPACT would it have on us, to just relax our bods…
I know that I’d be KNELT thanking the sleep-inducing Gods.
But we are not Koala bears, so dreaming does no good
And anyway a real good dream? Asleep, right? Understood.
I’m left with one word once again, NOTARY needs a rhyme…
But I need sleep, so I’m just giving you “KOALA-TY” TIME! 🐨🐨

Today’s words are nothing new, but NOTARY may have had us UP a TREE, and given one the desire to SIGN OFF  on this puzzle! But you know that’s not APPROVED by us…so just jot it DOWN UNDER Impact, and we’ll move on…
Our cartoon: KOALAS, on vacation. Dave, EU-CA-LYP-TUS all you want, but that word Marsupial? We knew! Yet I’ll admit, I’d BEARly looked at Jeff’s cartoon, and I said it! Koala “Bear“…🎶AUSSIE can you see…🎶 Ahem..Ok. The cartoon. The couple lounging in the sun, eating leaves and having a cocktail. I’m not BAMBOOzled into thinking it’s water, because they don’t drink water…Let’s just hope those drinks don’t make them POUCHy! And I’m a little emBEARassed  to mention this, but would you believe that Koalas have an extremely high rate of STDs? That Bill and Coo I mentioned earlier? Making a whole lot of sense right about now, huh? Just sayin’. Any…way!! We see them relaxing, and the dialogue is a hoot! “Take a nap”..! That’s all they do..Sleep! 16-18 hours a day! They could KOALAfy for one of those sleep studies, right? Ok, ok..So, our question? “Together to get some”? “KOALA-TY” TIME! Cute pun…almost as cute as these little Koalas! Ok, eye candy. I like the polka dot bikini. I like the little draw-string on the swimming trunks. I like the little umbrellas in the drinks…I absolutely love the Bamboo table! But I’m TILTING towards Jeff’s signature sailboat in the background. It always BUOYS my spirits!
So, There you have it, Folks, Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! Christmas is almost here…Good time to get in touch with old friends…Why not KOALA someone you miss today! 🐨 🙋🏻

** After writing this up this morning, news came through about the car attack in Melbourne, Australia. My heart 💔 goes out to our Aussie readers, and to all those affected by one more senseless tragedy. Prayers for Australia. Prayers for Peace. 

GOONLB – OBLONG

CNACTE – ACCENT

ROMEAL – MORALE

LEEUFY –  EYEFUL

WLIESV – SWIVEL

TONKYT – KNOTTY

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE BABY’S FIRST WORDS WERE ‘DA-DA…DA-DA’,

THE FATHER EXCLAIMED:

ONANORLYEUWIKT –         NOW, YOU’RE TALKIN’

Good Morning, Everyone!                👶🏻 WHO’S YOUR DADDY? 👶🏻

👶🏻👶🏻 A KNOTTY situation, spin or SWIVEL it what may
With an ACCENT on “You’re kidding me” on any given day.
For the young Mom who is tired, baby care all night and day
Her MORALE can take a crushing blow to hear her baby say…
“Da-Da” as his first word, after all that she has done
And then to get an EYEFUL of the smile on her husband.
He feels good and he’s gloating, but man, take into account…
The sound of “D” is quite often the easier to pronounce!
So the baby may not realize what a problem could begin…
When he’s making sounds and giving his Father that big grin.
And I’m left with the word OBLONG despite minutes just spent gawkin’…
This Mom is stressed, Dude, hug your wife…Yeah, ok “Now You’re Talkin'”👶🏻👶🏻

Sunday words. 6/6. A pause here and there? They didn’t stump me, but I SPACED them out, and I did blink once or twice. So, on to our cartoon. Jeff’s tribute to STAR WARS, which just opened in a theater near everyone. He’s giving us a new born, and two harried parents. No, wait. One harried parent. And one very happy parent. It seems Baby LUKE…(You know this is a set up, right? Jeff’s tongue in wayyyy into that cheek this morning..)! Baby Luke has said his first word, and..oh Mama, it ‘ain’t Mama! Ladies, how many of us have gone through this with our little STORM POOPERS? Total dedication, around the clock, and what do we get? We get to hear “Da-Da“. Talk about going SOLO! Talk about “R-you-2 kidding me”? Talk about...Obin-Wan CANNOT BE…ok, ok, enough…What do we see here? A Father obviously very taken with Star Wars. He’s dressed in a Star Wars Darth Vader T-shirt, there’s a Star Wars changing table, there’s a Star Wars mobile on the crib. Baby Luke is holding a toy PORG. The only thing not Star Wars related, is our poor Mom. She’s a blonde, with a purple shirt. Seriously, Ladies, where do you think these Jumble women shop? Maybe at the DARTH MAUL? Who knows…Anyway, the dialogue is telling us, that Luke’s first word, has impressed his Father, and the Fathers reaction is …”Right.., you got it right…”“NOW YOU’RE TALKIN'”! AT-AT a boy, Dave. YODAn a good job! Ok, so eye candy…Hmm…What is my bidding? I think I’ll go with the PORG. Something’s just FORCEing me to…
So, There you have it, Folks. It’s a FRAP!
Have a great day, Everyone! And whatever you do, don’t go looking for love in ALDERAN places…(And yea, yea...Luke…he IS your Father)! 👶🏻🙋🏻