JEYNO – ENJOY
GAILE – AGILE
RRAATT – TARTAR
ASCION – CASINO
CARTOON ANSWER:
IF U.S. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS COLLECTIVELY HAD A FAVORITE
FLOWER, IT WOULD BE THE – – –
NOAITARCN = “CAR-NATION”
Good Morning, Everyone! 🚘 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, WHAT CAN I DO?🚘
🎶Baby you can DRIVE my CAR, Yes I’m gonna be a star…Baby you can DRIVE my CAR…And maybe I love you…Beep beep’m beep beep yeah🎶
🚘🚘 I spent a pretty long time just sitting in a stare
And looking at these words today the who the what the where
I know for sure TARTAR is out I’m not looking to place
It into anything to do with cars and lack of space.
Our highways mostly overrun, the infrastructure taxed
(CASINO’s looking iffy too, as I poetic wax)
As much as I ENJOY this bit of daily repartee
There are those days when it becomes a little hard to say
Something not only witty but fitting to the theme
Like highways and flora today, not easy as it seems…
You notice that I’m dancing here, an AGILE word flirtation
I may as well just drive this home…Our answer’s the “CAR-NATION!🚘🚘
Happy New Years! We’re starting our year off today, with words not intended to DRIVE you crazy! Dave’s USED them before, and he’s STEERED us CLEAR of any SNAGS. So I’ll quickly CHANGE LANES, and get RIGHT to our CARtoon. Today, Jeff’s taken us on the ROAD. We see a major THOROUGHFARE, congested with CARS, with a National theme going. We’re asked what flower would be chosen if all these U.S. DRIVErs were COUPEd together? C’mon, Guys, this one’s WHEELy easy! “CAR–NATION“! WEAVE caught a BRAKE today, right? Cute pun. Ok, eye candy. Let’s see… The car in the front, on the LEFT, has a LICENSE PLATE reading “JMBLD“. Hmm…Pat, I mean Jeff, can I buy a vowel? On his DASHBOARD, I think I see a Carnation. But the real eye catcher is the look on his face. He looks so TIREd. Poor guy, he must be EXHAUSTed. We have the American flag. But the truck on the RIGHT, is WHEELy saying something. Besides seeing the word KING emblazoned on the back, there’s a BUMPER sticker that reads: “MADE IN THE U.S.A.” And Folks, it don’t get any TREADer than that! So, There you have it Folks! Done!
Have a great New Years Day, Everyone! How about making our CARdeologists happy this year…And try walking a little bit more…🚘🙋🏻
Jumble Answers 
Well done, Cara Mia. You DROVE this one home.
Good Morning, Caro. Thank you! I’m a little EXHAUSTed! 🚘🙋🏻
You really should have PIPE dreams when you finally get to sleep.
ROTFL!! Domani, Big Guy, Domani!! Today we celebrate! And we eat…(You know for a change of pace…)!! 😂 And I’ll sleep tomorrow…”After all, tomorrow is another day”! (Gone With the Wind)…And this is why my brother calls me Scarlett!
Hope you have the best day, Caro! 🙋🏻
Casino stumped me forever,but once I got that,car nation fell readily in place.
Hey Chuck.Where’ve you been hiding? Happy New Year!
CASINO seems to be RAISING the STAKES today! But as long as you GOT ON A ROLL and solved the puzzle….you’re a WINNER here!! Have a great one! 🚗🙋🏻
I cannot understand why someone would give this blog less than 5 stars. Why would they even be here if it was not great for them. Puzzle got a groan outta me to day. Happy etc all!
Harry, I just chalk it up to the fact that those stars are so tiny that it’s hard to hit the one you want sometimes, especially on a phone rather than a tablet or computer.
Good Morning, Harry. Happy New Year! Thank you for that shout out. Much appreciated. I just tell myself..Haters gonna hate! 😂
Wishing you a great day, Hoosier Man! 🚗🙋🏻
WOuld be cool to post a jumble like this:Two anestiseologists finding it hard to agree on a place to dine. The decided it: WAS OK ETHER WAY:
Good Morning, Sir. Your pun is a winner, but we’re not the ones who create the Jumbles. We just provide puzzle answers and have a little fun with them. You’d need to submit any suggestions to the creators. Thanks for stopping by, and please come back again. Have a great day! 🙋🏻
Morning, everybody, and Happy 2018!
This wasn’t an easy Monday for me. I needed the answer to back into casino.
The little jumble car is back, as Jeff and David again show their concern for the environment.
Good Morning, Caroline! Happy, Happy New Years!! And it’s the cutest little car!
Have a great day! 🚗🙋🏻
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. MY HUSBAND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAILY JUMBLE TO BEGIN OUR DAY. WE LOVE IT, BUT WE WERE STUMPED TODAY BY THE WORD “CASINO”.
Good Morning, Jane! Thank you, and a very Happy New Year to you and yours also!
I’m glad we can help start your day off with a smile! Thank you for saying so. Someone else has mentioned Casino also. I’m BETTING it may be the stumper of the day! Have a good one and be well! 🚗🙋🏻
Good morning and Happy 2018. Beep beep, beep beep,his little horn went beep. Now if only he could get it out of second gear.! A nod to the King and Queen of puns. Not a typical Monday puzzle but fun just the same. Casino would be my choice for the hardest word to get. It took an extra minute or so to hit home. The cartoon answer was s snap and thanks for pointing out the extras that you never see when looking at the paper. All and all a great start for the new year. Until tomorrow stay well and warm.
🎶Now we’re going a hundred twenty…As fast as I can go, The Rambler pulled along side of me…as if we were going slow. The fella rolled down his window, and yelled for me to hear…”Hey buddy how do I get this car outa second gear…Beep beep, beep beep, His horn went beep,, beep beep….🎶 😂 Thanks for the shout out Paul! And Happy New Year once again. I feel like we just left each other! 😂
Casino’s looking DICEY! We shall see…Hope you have a great day, and I said a Happy Birthday prayer for your Father at Church today. Be well, Brooklyn! 🙋🏻
Thank you and I’ll do the same at our only mass at 12:00 today.
You’re very welcome. ❤️💔
And thank you too…Be well. 🙋🏻
At the CASINO , be AGILE in the snowy parking lot, avoid the sushi at the buffet and brush away any incipient TARTAR after you ENJOY all that free coffee.
CASINO also slowed me down this AM—probably because I tend to look at words in typical English arrangement—not ending in O for example. It may also be because casinos are something I have to avoid.
Angela—great post for the New Year and I am happy to report that after re-registering, I did get an e-mail today. Perhaps you could indulge me by posting the lyrics to:
“A white sports coat and a pink CARNATION” in honor of today’s cartoon. Just asking???
Happy 2018 everyone.
Good Morning, Earl. As soon as I read your sentence, I wondered why you strayed! 😂😂 Then I read the rebuttal! I’m glad you got it straightened out. But before we break out the Champagne,🍾, check out your name again…Minor detail…but it looks like Word Press just likes pressing your buttons! Thank you very much for the shout out. Somehow, I didn’t feel that much inspiration from it today. Could be that I’m RUNNING on FUMES! And as my New Years Gift to you..Marty Robbins, 1957 #1 on the Country Charts, Columbia Label hit…Sit back and Enjoy!! 🌺
🌺🌺🎶A white sport coat and a pink carnation
I’m all dressed up for the dance
A white sport coat and a pink carnation
I’m all alone in romance
Once you told me long ago
To the prom with me you’d go
Now you’ve changed your mind it seems
Someone else will hold my dreams
A white sport coat and a pink carnation
I’m in a blue blue mood…
A white sport coat and a pink carnation
I’m all dressed up for the dance
A white sport coat and a pink carnation
I’m all alone in romance
Once you told me long ago
To the prom with me you’d go
Now you’ve changed your mind it seems
Someone else will hold my dreams
A white sport coat and a pink carnation
I’m in a blue blue mood🎶🌺🌺
Have a great day, Kind Sir! And Happy New Year to you and yours! 🙋🏻
Thanks Angela for finding that old song. Lots of memories for me. Not sure why name is disappearing?🤔 🙄
You’re very welcome, Earl. Anytime! Ssshhhh.. I see its back…! 😉🙋🏻
An easy start to the year, though casino did take some extra mental gymnastics. One more day of lying low, post-surgery. Drain comes out tomorrow, then I can get back to business! Should have biopsy results tomorrow, too. Fingers crossed!
Happy New Year, all!
Hi John. Happy New Year to you and yours. Casino seems to be causing a lot of grief today. It was masterfully anagrammed. Wishing you well with your recovery. And prayers for the biopsy results. Enjoy the day and be well. 🚗 🙋🏻
Hi all, and Happy New Year! It’s still me and I’m still here, just removing the no-longer-necessary “in Oakland” from my name – taking good advice for a new year.
The caissons weren’t rolling along, but then CASINO finally appeared, and the answer was obvious.
Our late Chronicle columnist Herb Caen often referred to the Golden Gate Bridge as “the car-strangled spanner.”
Angela, 🎵“You got no car and it’s breaking your heart,
But you found a driver, and that’s a start!”🎵
How delightful to see Earl jump in with “White Sport Coat” and Paul with “Beep Beep!” Thanks for making me smile; bring more anytime!
John, good luck!
Steve: 🎶One of the best, 🎶right? Casino proves to be a landslide! And here I thought you removed it so that no one could tell what teams you root for! 😂
Happy New Year, Grasshopper! 🚗🙋🏻
I adored Herb Caen while living in San Francisco 1980-1990. Left us too soon.
And we missed all the really iconic years from the 30’s on, but he still had plenty left in the tank!
Hi, all! I had the cartoon answer immediately. The first 3 words took a few seconds longer than usual, but all the combinations of letters I “gambled” on for the fourth word refused to give me CASINO until my 7th “bet” or self-jumble.
John, welcome back & glad you enjoyed a houseful of company as did we, but because Jerry & I just went through his 3 surgeries, drains, and biopsy reports, we are praying that you receive good news.
Angela, our family party lasted until late last night so I didn’t get to comment, but I want to tell you now that I just got to read your yesterday’s story and enjoyed it very much. First I laughed about everything going wrong because that’s what we do in our family when we have one of those days when everything that CAN, WILL go wrong/ a Murphy’s Law day. Then I shed tears reading about your toast to your beloved father. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Lelia, did you see the “Zits” comic today? You’re obviously not the only one who knows about black-eyed peas on New Year! 😂
Hi, Steve! Yep, saw Zits. Jerry, who has grumbled about that malady all day, couldn’t agree more with the dad & would have gone with Jeremy, their son, for tacos.
Good to say hi to you. Jerry has scrubbed floors all day and I have kept the washing machine going. Towels & another hot white load all done but still have 3 loads of sheets & many more chores that daughter wouldn’t let me do this week while we had fun. I took your advice and obeyed her rule of no work, play games, and eat.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you, your wife, your relatives, and friends!!!
The chickens (chores) have come home to roost, eh? Try not to overdo it.
Speaking of southern culinary matters, you reminded me of something my grandfather used to say – wonder if you ever heard it? – “You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die.”
On that cheery note, Happy New Year again, and get some good rest!
Hi, Steve! Yes-siree-bob! Those chickens who flew the coop for a week are back in full force so I thank you for your excellent advice to me, “Try not to overdo it” and “…get some good rest.” Thank you for reminding me to take care of me.
Both of my grandfathers died before I was born, but Jerry’s friend Charlie quotes his grandfather as having said, “You have to eat a POUND of dirt before you die.” I wish I knew whether my grandfathers said “pound” or “peck.” Happy dirt eating! LOL
Hi Lelia. Casino definitely today’s WINNER! Thank you very much for your kind words. I’m glad you had a wonderful day with your family. Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year! 🚗🙋🏻
Like others, I struggled with casino but once I got it the cartoon answer was easy. Happy New Year to all!!
Hi Betty. Casino definitely proved to be the stumper of the day. Happy New Year to you and yours. Hope you’re enjoying your day! 🚗🙋🏻