Monthly Archives: February 2018

Jumble Answers for 02/28/2018

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CONKK – KNOCK

SMURT – STRUM

GIROIN – ORIGIN

FBETUF – BUFFET

CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN IT CAME TO MUSIC IN THE MID-1960s, 

THE BEATLES WERE AT THE – – – 

NOTRORUFF – “FOUR-FRONT”

Good Morning, Everyone!           📻 THE FAB FOUR! 📻

🎶Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you…Tomorrow I’ll miss you, remember I’ll always be true….And then while I’m away, I’ll write home every day…and I’ll send All My Loving to you….🎶

🎸 With hair never beFOUR seen, and guitars they would STRUM
They just took on the world…The Beatles, they had come!
Singing songs never heard of, a whole new ORIGIN
And what was called British Invasion now would begin…
Record sales off the charts, they’d KNOCK artists all down
As they stole young girls hearts and the fame came renowned.
Parents thought they were crazed, there were fears to allay
As the whole generation joined the Beatles BUFFET.
And they never looked back, it was clear, it was blunt…
Music changed for the better with them at the “FOUR-FRONT” 🎻

I think BUFFET may be the blink word today, with STRUM possibly causing a tic or two. KNOCK and ORIGIN we’ve seen not too long ago. This morning Jeff’s brought us to a Record Store of days gone by. The 1960s. Vinyl. The only way to get your music back then. We see FOUR patrons shopping. Two in particular, a young guy and girl, are selecting BEATLE’S albums from the bins. She has RUBBER SOUL, he chooses MEET THE BEATLES. They’re both excited for what they’ve found. The dialogue tells us that she’s quite taken with the FAB FOUR’S new look, on the album released in 1965. The album he’s holding came out in 1964, so it’s funny that he’s saying “what they’ll do next”. They’re standing in the FRONT of the cartoon… Our question states that the Beatles were…at the “FOUR-FRONT“! No HELP needed here…Good one, Dave! Ok, eye candy. Jeff’s caricatures of the Beatles on both album covers are totally amazing. The young guys Beatle hair cut BOWLed me over. The name of the store WAX TRAX RECORDS is a great pun by Jeff. But I’m going with the shop keepers BOW TIE. Something you just don’t see anymore..Shop Keepers dressed so nattily! So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And I’m sure a lot of you can agree with me saying…The Beatles…Some of the best music…🎶In My Life…🎶 🎸🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 02/27/2018

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DLNAB – BLAND

NORGP – PRONG

RMILEB – LIMBER

SCUACE – ACCUSE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE FOUR-STAR MILITARY COMMANDERS RETIRED AND BECAME PART OF THE – – 

BLAPNGLIERCUE = GENERAL PUBLIC

Good Morning, Everyone!       🇺🇸  GENERALLY SPEAKING…🇺🇸

🎶 You can get anything you want, at ALICE’S RESTAURANT…You can get anything you want, at ALICE’S RESTAURANT. Walk right in it’s around the back, just a half a mile from the railroad track…You can get anything you want, at ALICE’S RESTAURANT..Da da da da da da da dum….At ALICE’S RESTAURANT🎶

🇺🇸 The food may be BLAND, but the company’s good
And they kept fit and LIMBER the best that they could.
No one could ACCUSE that retirement brought
Any reason for boredom, or days filled with fraught…
They created a three PRONG program to follow
So their days and their nights would never be hollow…
Looks like breakfast and lunch and dinner’s thrown in
And I can’t help but wonder…do they eat with their kin?
But Jennie and Charles and Carlton and Nick
Military retired, now GENERAL PUBLIC! 🇺🇸

Our words today have all been on the MENU before, and are SERVED up with some SAVORY new anagrams. Let’s take a look at our cartoon. Jeff has us at Alice’s Restaurant, where we see four Four-Star retired military commanders.
Just hanging out, in GENERAL. The three men and one woman are talking about what they miss. Nick, sitting backGROUND right, is drinking his COFFEE and lamenting the loss of the OFFICER’S club. Jennie seated next to him misses telling people what to do. Maybe she should open up that MENU, and give the WAITRESS her ORDER instead. We see Carlton announcing that he needs to be home by one, which seems to surprise Charles. Makes you wonder…is this breakfast or brunch? Or is Charles just reacting to the new price changes in that MENU? Changes…These four have retired, and their lives are filled with changes…What we’re seeing here are four people that are now just regular JOES…the GENERAL PUBLIC! Order me eggs, and bring on the bacon…WELL DONE! So, eye candy. I like the Eagle on Jen’s shirt, but I’m not PROFILing that. Nicks hat’s only showing three stars…FOUR-going that too. There’s great DETAIL on Charles’ MENU, with Jeff showing us tiny eggs over easy, and buttered toast. But that’s not really RANKing so high either….I’m going to go with the coffee carafe on the table behind Nick… Or is it a Syrup dispenser? Hmm. Either way, it SERVES me well! So, There you have it Folks, Done!

Have a great day, Everyone. And if you run into any of our GENERALS? Be sure to say TANKS! 🇺🇸🙋🏻

Mike’s on vacation, and he wishes you all a great week of Jumbling fun! Enjoy, Mike!

Jumble Answers for 02/26/2018

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TEADD – DATED

PLMIB – BLIMP

RUUYXL – LUXURY

BYRRUL – BLURRY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE WEIGHTLIFTER WHO DROPPED THE WEIGHT ON HIS FOOT WAS A – –

DEBMLUBL = DUMBBELL

Good Morning, Everyone!       💪🏻 WEIGHT A MINUTE…💪🏻

🎶DISTRACTIONS like butterflies are buzzing ’round my head…When I’m alone, I think of you, and the things we’d do if we could only be through with these DISTRACTIONS …Like butterflies are buzzing ’round my head, when I’m alone, I think of you….And the life we’d lead if we could only be free from these DISTRACTIONS…🎶

💪🏻 Disheveled and distracted, he gets into the gym
His life is one big BLURRY mess, but hey, this just is him.
A BLIMP could fly over his head, he may not even see
He’s looking at his phone and thinking of some LUXURY.
His mind is always racing, decisions over rated
He worries ’bout the silliest things..like if an APP is DATED…
He’s always running here and there..and people start to tell…
This guy is really out of it…This guys a real DUMBBELL! 💪🏻

We’ve seen today’s words before, but I’d say BLURRY may be the one word to cause a tic or two. Our cartoon…The use of the word Idiot, and Jeff showing us the DUMBBELL hitting the guys foot, WEIGHed heavily towards giving us today’s solve. With or without our letters. It was one of those puzzles that I call a gift. Ok, eye candy. I love Jeff’s use of motion showing the bouncing Dumbbell. I like the cell phone in one hand and the spilling water bottle in the other showing how distracted our boy is. But what got me today are the two earrings our guy is sporting in his right ear. Ring a DING DING! So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And remember, one can always SPOT the DUMBBELL…It’s TRAINING yourself not to say it out loud that EXERCISES RESTRAINT…💪🏻🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 02/25/2018

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KHNYCU – CHUNKY

USCOIN – COUSIN

TRIHEE – EITHER

BRATUP – ABRUPT

WEPDRO – POWDER

DHERSW – SHREWD

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE CAR REPAIRS WERE GOING WELL UNTIL THE AUTO MECHANIC – – –

CKCNIHEABWDRSHE = WRENCHED HIS BACK 

Good Morning, Everybody!        🔧 A GUT WRENCHING EXPERIENCE..🔧

🎶The MECHANIC raised up from under my hood…He shook his head and said, “This ain’t good. Your timin’ BELT’S done, shrunk one size too small, those SPARK PLUG  wires are a little too long. And your main prodsponder’s nearly gone. Your INJECTOR  ports are stripped and that ain’t all. The torque converter’s runnin’ low on torque, and that water PUMP’S nearly down a quart. But we caught it all in time so you’re in luck”. He said, “I’ve got the time and I’ve got the PARTS, just give me the word and I’m ready to start…I think we can bring her in for eight hundred bucks….🎶

🔧🔩 I think everybody’s COUSIN at one time or another
Has been “taken for a ride” by an in-laws sister’s brother
Or a SHREWD friend of a friend who knew,
A guy to do that job for you.
So you really thought it over…it was EITHER him or that place
Where that CHUNKY guy worked with all the grease on his face
And they both sounded ABRUPT when they were talkin’ that talk
And you wondered “Take a POWDER…Should I just turn and walk”?
But the price that he was quoting didn’t really sound that bad,
So you figured “What the heck, I don’t think that I’ll be had…”
So you told him go ahead, and fix the pinions and the rack…
Only half way through, wouldn’t you know?…

The mechanic WRENCHED HIS BACK! 🔩🔧

I sort of TOOK IN the entire puzzle at one time this morning. Jeff has us in an AUTO REPAIR SHOP, with two MECHANICS, one male, one female. The male MECHANIC AUTOmatically caught my eye, because it was obvious that he hurt his back. And then with the WRENCH in his hand, there wasn’t far to TRAVEL to get the solution. WRENCHED HIS BACK. Good one, David. That LIFTed my spirits a little. I’ve been fighting some kind of BUG for two days, and I’m so PLUGged up, that it hurts just to think. I needed the BRAKE, and my BODY needs rest…Anyway, today’s words didn’t cause any PROBLEMS, I think they’re all RETURNing favorites. Shrewd, Either, Abrupt and Powder were easily TREAD. Chunky and Cousin, I was able to GRAB onto quickly also, but they may be new. Nothing to STUMBLE over today. So I went looking for the eye candy. My head feels like it’s in a VACUUM, so my eyes can’t really WANDER that much. But, besides the UNDERCARRIAGE that’s visible, and the GREASE rags hanging from the Mechanic’s pockets, there’s not much at PLAY here. And I’m so cold, that I’m STARTing to SHIMMY and SHAKE. I wish I had one of those old fashioned RADIATORS in my house, like we had when I was a kid. Boy, you could CRANK up the THERMOSTAT, PULL a chair up next to it, and take that CHILL right out of you. Only problem with them, if I RECALL, is that INTERMITTENTly, there could be some FLOODING, if the WATER BLOCKed up and SURGEd out. But, we still did it without HESITATION. You sort of knew when it might happen anyway, because you’d hear the KNOCKING in the pipes…Wow, sorry…Did I just go way OFF TRACK! The eye candy…on the floor, to the REAR right of the LIFT, there’s a tiny SPARK PLUG. I’m RUNNING with that. So, There you have it, Folks. Done! I apologize for being such a DRAG today, and I hope this whole write up didn’t BACKFIRE.  Have a great day, Everyone! And I’ll leave you with this..It’s Sunday.

Go out there and shout OIL- lelujah! 🔩🔧🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 02/24/2018

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WERVA = WAVER

PYHPA = HAPPY

TTEEKL = KETTLE

CASECS = ACCESS

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE CARTOONIST SHOWED THAT HE HAD A – – –

AEHPYKTTCSS = SKETCHY PAST

Will he or won’t he? I guess we’ll have to wait and see if cartoonist Bill King makes Jeff’s final cut for “Guest Jumbler Week”. This will be the 6th time that Jeff has has coordinated this unique event that runs for one week in November. Until then, you can enjoy some of Bill’s cartoons here.

Bill King’s cousin is magician Mac King and together they’ve created a new book called the “Great Big Ol’ Book-O-Magic” that’s available for pre-order over at Amazon. I’ll definitely be ordering a copy and I hope you consider picking one up as well.

Mac’s Wikipedia entry states that he collaborated with Jeff to create and market the “Magic in a Minute” line of children’s promotions, toys, magic tricks, videos, books, and events but it doesn’t say if he had a hand in this upcoming book. Maybe Jeff can spare a minute to fill us in on the details because who doesn’t enjoy hearing from our favorite cartoonist!

Have a super Saturday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 02/23/2018

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RFOEF – OFFER

CYITH – ITCHY

NIESUG – GENIUS

CANUNE –NUANCE

CARTOON ANSWER: THE RHINOCEROS SHOWED HOW RUDE HE WAS BY – 

ORIHGNINN = HORNING IN

Good Morning, Everyone!              🗣COME BLOW YOUR HORN....🗣

 

🎶If I want to honky tonk around ’til two or three, Now, brother that’s my headache, don’t you worry ’bout me….Just MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS,
(Mind your own business)…If you mind your business, then you won’t be mindin’ mine.🎶

🗣 The jungle seems unlikely, a setting for this theme
One doesn’t think of privacy with animals it seems
But it don’t take a GENIUS to see the problem here
The Giraffe looks plain ITCHY as the Rhino does appear…
There’s no NUANCE in manner, he’s telling him right out
There’s no OFFER of welcome, instead it’s more “Get out”
They feel the Rhino’s nosy, he’s just being quite rude
Imagine if he came along and tried to touch their food!
But privacy is privacy, so once the talks begin
No man or beast should be so rude as to go HORNING IN!🗣

Today’s words may just bring out the BEAST in some of us. We’ve seen GENIUS and OFFER not too long ago, and Dave may have scratched up ITCHY before, but NUANCE? Nothing SUBTLE there! If it’s not new, maybe it should be, because that’s one SHADY word! And speaking of subtle…Today’s cartoon. Jeff brings us to what just may be a Rumble in the Jungle! We see a Zebra and a Giraffe having a conversation, as a Rhinoceros approaches, with his large HORN in PLAIN sight. Neither of the two are receptive to him. They feel he’s just RUDE to intRUDE on their private conversation, and they’re not happy aTALL! And since Jeff shows us the Rhino coming between them, he’s HORNING IN! Good one, Dave! RHINO you could do it! Ok, eye candy. Not much to see besides the animals…it’s pretty PLAIN. But Jeff’s given us a tiny little BIRD perched way back atop the Rhino. I hope he’s not one to carry a TALE! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And remember, 🎶If you mind your own business, then you won’t be mindin’ mine…🎶 🗣🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 02/22/2018

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SEMYS = MESSY

SUDEO = DOUSE

CLHINF = FLINCH

DEBOYM = EMBODY

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE COMPANY COULDN’T MAKE A PROFIT SELLING ORIGAMI, SO THE – – –

ESSDUSFLINEBOD = BUSINESS FOLDED

Happy Thursday morning, Jumble friends! DOUSE and EMBODY were the clue words that took an extra glance to figure out. EMBODY was probably the more difficult of the two because it’s just obsure enough that we don’t often see it in print. We’ve encountered some difficult clue words over the past few days so I felt redeemed in being able to solve all of them so quickly.

If you thought that folding origami shapes was a tedious and nearly impossible task, imagine how Jeff must have felt having to draw the 12 pieces that we see in today’s cartoon! I was hesitant to count the paper airplane that’s sitting on the counter, but I guess it technically is origami so I let it fly. My favorite shape was the velociraptor in the middle of the display tray that the woman is holding. I’ve added a close-up image of all three pieces down below.

The name of the business is FOUR CORNERS ORAGAMI and it can be clearly seen on the window in a font that we typically see on a Chinese food take-out container. The word “ORAGAMI” is spelled incorrectly on the window so perhaps that and the fact that the niche market this business caters to caused its demise.

The dialogue informs us that the business is going under because they weren’t able to make paper out of folded paper. That was a pretty cheesy joke but looking at some asking prices for origami figures on Etsy tells a completely different story. There’s a dragon on there with a price tag on it of $250!!! There’s no doubt the skill level involved in making that piece took years to master and we all know our time is worth something.

The surprise answer was unusually long containing both an 8 and 6-letter word. The letter layout was cryptic and didn’t give the answer away. David was back at it again today with his double consonant shenanigans but it wasn’t enough to throw me off track. BUSINESS took just a few seconds to come to mind leaving FOLDED for the finish. Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

 

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Jumble Answers for 02/21/2018

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LAMAL = LLAMA

SOYBS = BOSSY

ELOSSN = LESSON

OPITTE = TIPTOE

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN ASKED IF SHE COULD FINISH THE DRESS IN AN HOUR, SHE SAID IT – – –

LAMBSSESSIPOE = “SEAMS” POSSIBLE

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday! What do LLAMA, BOSSY, and LESSON all have in common? Besides all of them being instantly visible this morning, they all have double consonants! David was really on a streak that I thought he’d continue into the fourth and final clue word but he decided to switch it up right at the end. TIPTOE does have two T’s, but we saw this clue word last month so I didn’t take the bait. With all of the clue words solved it was on to the cartoon!

Monday and Tuesday’s cartoons didn’t have much detail in them and I figured Jeff would be saving his creative talents for something later in the week. Well today’s the day that he pulls out all the stops and astounds us with not only a spectacular panel, but a personal one as well.

In the cartoon we see two characters having a discussion while looking at a female dress makers form that is in between them. We can see that the dress isn’t finished yet as there are 16 straight pins (yes, I counted) holding the fabric together. By reading the dialogue and sentence, we gain a greater understanding of what Jeff is illustrating and we can piece it all together.

If you’re a fan of the tv show Project Runway, you’ll instantly recognize that the male figure is none other than Tim Gunn who serves as the on-air mentor to the designers of the reality themed program. Tim asks the young woman if the dress will be ready for the runway in only an hour which put’s her seamingly under his Gunn. With the pressure on, our young fashion designer looks confident and determined to complete the project and dazzle the judges!

While most casual players of the Jumble will think that the woman in the panel is just an ordinary contestant on a tv show, it’s in fact Jumble artist Jeff Knurek’s daughter, Sydney! Jeff has told us that Sydney is a fashion design major at the University of Cincinnati and today he’s made her the star of the show and chosen to adorn her in a UC Bearcat t-shirt. I bet she thinks her outfit is sew perfect! Way to go, Jeff!

The layout for the final solve starts with a 5-letter word in quotations and a larger 8-letter word at the end. Writing out the clue letters, I noticed the double consonants again and the P brought POSSIBLE quickly into view. After crossing out the letters, SEAMS was a quick solve for the finish. This puzzle was an excellent challenge and a lot of fun to complete. Let’s hope Sydney agrees!

Have a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 02/20/2018

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OAKAL = KOALA

VONWE = WOVEN

RWATDO = TOWARD

DRYEEE = REDEYE

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN TEACHING HER KIDS ABOUT THE MARIANA TRENCH, SHE GAVE THEM THE – – –

OLWNOWD = LOWDOWN

Good Tuesday morning, Jumble friends! David chose some rather interesting words to Jumble today, with one of them leaving me rather perplexed.

KOALA has given me some trouble in the past, and the last time we saw it was on 12/21/17 where it was actually part of the surprise answer. WOVEN and TOWARD were both jumbled well but instantly visible and not much of a challenge. REDEYE took the longest to decipher with it’s three E’s masterfully grouped together. REDEYE is often used to describe a long or overnight flight, or when someone’s eyes appear red in a color photograph taken with a flash. The problem with this word is that it should actually contain a hyphen for it to be spelled correctly. A quick search in the Merriam-Webster dictionary also shows it containing a hyphen so David made a tiny error that didn’t have any significant impact on the puzzle itself.

The setting for Jeff’s cartoon is a classroom where we see a teacher pointing to a picture on a smart board. Reading the dialogue we learn that she is introducing her students to the Mariana Trench which is the deepest point on earth. She shows them that if Mount Everest was placed at the bottom of the trench it would still be covered by 2,246 meters of water. This example elicits a response from one of the students and he exclaims “Wow! That’s deep!” proving that he’s grasping the material being taught to him.

The surprise answer was only 7-letters long and wasn’t much of a challenge after looking at the clue letter layout. LOW and DOWN were both grouped together leading me to an instant solve. Have a terrific Tuesday everyone, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

March Giveaway!

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March is quickly approaching and it’s almost time for another giveaway. Please vote below for what you’d like to see offered as a prize! 🙂

 

Jumble Answers for 02/19/2018

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CAHWK = WHACK

MHYET = THYME

GHIYET = EIGHTY

GDISIN = SIDING

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE APP THAT COULD TRANSLATE “HELLO” INTO ANY LANGUAGE WAS – – –

CHEHTI = “HI”-TECH

Good morning everyone and happy Monday! It’s also President’s Day so just a friendly reminder that most US banks and federal institutions (like the post office) are closed.

Looking back at last weeks puzzles is how I start my Monday morning and we definitely had some excellent clue words that gave us a challenge. COVIRT, GUMSPY and EGNEVA were the most difficult for me to decipher and Tuesday’s Valentine’s cartoon was my favorite panel of the week. Let’s see if Jeff and David can stump us again during this last full week of February!

WHACK gave me a hint of trouble right at the start and it required just a few extra seconds before it came into view. We’ve seen both THYME and EIGHTY before so they were instantly visible. SIDING took the longest to decipher and would be my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day. It was jumbled so well that I didn’t even notice the -ING ending.

Today’s cartoon was very basic and featured two men meeting on a sidewalk. The cell phone that the man on the left is holding was unusually large with all of the text easy to read even in my newspaper copy. On the screen we see hello written in different languages and the man on the right responds with namaste.

The letter layout for the final solve was in a 2-4 format with the 2-letter word in quotation marks. With 6-letters to work with, HI was instantly visible leaving TECH for the finish. If words in quotes tend to give you trouble during the final solve, today’s surprise answer was just challenging enough to teach you the basics of word play. Have a marvelous Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow!

 

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Jumble Answers for 02/18/2018

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TOSOHM – SMOOTH

GILWEG – WIGGLE

PPPREE – PEPPER

GENNIE – ENGINE

LFRUEF – RUFFLE

WORDSY – DROWSY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE JANITORS’ UNION WANTED TO MAKE CHANGES AND WAS ASKING FOR – – –

SMIGEPRENRFEOWS = SWEEPING REFORMS

Good Morning, Everyone!       🚮  ANOTHER ONE FIGHTS THE DUST….🚮

🎶Take this JOB  and shove it…I ain’t WORKING here no more. My woman done left and took all the reasons I was WORKING for….You better not try to stand in my way, ’cause I’m walkin’ out the door…Take this JOB and shove it…I ain’t WORKING here no more….🎶

🚮🚮 Negotiations can be tough, demands need to be met
And to run SMOOTHly one must send the best that they can get
To sit down at the table, and fight for what they need
And if need be RUFFLE some feathers…all without the greed.
There has to be some WIGGLE room, one needs to possess tact
Whoever ENGINEers the talks must definitely know the facts.
Some talks go on for hours, and DROWSY one may get
Relentlessness is PEPPERed with a persistent mind set…
But trying to agree on things, determining the norms,
May sometimes call for nothing less than new SWEEPING REFORMS! 🚮🚮

Today’s anagrams simply SWEPT me off my feet! The words weren’t new to us, but that collection of consonants were enough to make ones eyes cross! Very well done! And what was up with WORDSY? Show of hands…Who was happy just to leave it as is??? Ok, our cartoon. Today Jeff’s taken us to a basement. We see five JANITORS, discussing their WORKING conditions. They’re not happy. SALARIES and BENEFITS are not enough. They need new MATERIALS...Like the old Janitor joke…”What does a Janitor say when he jumps out of his closet”? “SUPPLIES! SUPPLIES”!! Well, same thing here. They need Supplies…(and I need new Material, huh)?? Ahem…Anyway, they need MOPS, and BROOMS…to SWEEP. They need CHANGES! The dialogue, the question? They’re asking for…SWEEPING REFORMS!! Really good one, Dave! You’ve definitely CLEANED UP today! Ok, eye candy…Not much here, this puzzle wasn’t really MAID for eye candy. The bearded guys ear buds are cute..but they left me HANGING…I like the bonnet on the woman with the mop…but I want something WETTER…I’m going with the tiny little WATER FOUNTAIN on the wall in the background…Now that WHET my appetite! So, There you have it Folks, Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…Even though we’re all waiting for Baseball Season to start…CLEAN UP isn’t just batting Fourth…🚮🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 02/17/2018

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NIRWG – WRING

PLOEE – ELOPE

NETTNA – TENANT

HEDNIB – BEHIND

CARTOON ANSWER: TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL THE MUSICIANS WOULD – – –

RNGEOETATBHD = BAND TOGETHER

Good Morning, Everyone!       🎸 GROUP…”FATES” 🎸

🎶He say one and one and one is three….Got to be good looking, ’cause he so hard to see. Come TOGETHER, right now, over me…Come TOGETHER,
Come TOGETHER…over me….🎶

🎻🎸Musicians we are shown today, their instruments in hand
Deciding that the five of them would join and form a band.
Like lovers who ELOPE and hope their future will be bright…
These struggling musicians feel a quintet sounds just right.
The WRINGing of the hands will stop, the worries will be few
Together they can find success, some money they’ll accrue…
As TENANTs now they scrimp and save to come up with their rent,
Now hopefully the tide will turn and money can be spent.
No longer unsuccessful, no longer left BEHIND
This new arrangement will play out and happiness they’ll find.
So what was two and what was three, now five will be much better…
And what we’ll have is a new group, as they now BAND TOGETHER! 🎻🎸

Our words today are all old favorites, with maybe just TENANT putting a little RENT in your armor. Our cartoon: Jeff takes us to the streets of Waikiki, Hawaii, where we see five struggling musicians trying to make a few dollars. They dream of migrating to the mainland…And one day, in 1986, they decide to fly to Los Angeles, and then move on to Austin, Texas. And the rest is history, as they say…So, deciding to take a chance like them, I’m going to do my best to try and name these people here. And Jeff? Be kind…I haven’t worked this hard since…I can’t even remember when I worked this hard…And for free besides! Ok…Here goes: Left to right: Susan Voelz, playing violin/fiddle. Frank Orrall, (founder), guitar. Ted Cho, mandolin/ukulele. Paul Martens, or John Nelson, percussion, and Dave Crawford, accordion. TOGETHER, they form the POI DOG PONDERING band, a favorite of Jeff’s. And, as a quintet, they hoped they’d make beautiful music TOGETHER! So, our question asks what would they do to become successful? BAND TOGETHER! Drop the mic, we got ourselves a HIT! Good one, Dave! Ok, eye candy. Now here, once again, Jeff’s given us the plethora of details we’ve come to know and love…They’re amazing! The mountains and palm trees at the left background…Way up on top right, his signature sinking sailboat, so, so tiny…And the quintet’s got me ROCKING! Susan’s barefoot, as is Paul/John. Frank has a big red heart on his shirt. The accordion has that tiny POI logo...Paul/John’s toes are curled upwards, as he rests them on the drum stand, and Dave’s legs are adorably hairy…But the winner today is the guitar case opened at Frank’s feet…Inside are coins and bills..the signs of struggling musicians…That brought it all home to the mainland for me! So, There you have it, Folks…Done!   Have a great day, Everyone!

And just so you know, “POI DOG” means “mutt” in pidgin Hawaiian. PONDERING just means…Pondering. What’s in a name? In this case? Success…🎸🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 02/16/2018

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LITET – TITLE

TLASN – SLANT

TAVLYS – VASTLY

EGNEVA – AVENGE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEY KNEW THE TIME OF THE AUTHOR’S READING BECAUSE OF THE- – –

ITLSLASTLENGE – TELL-TALE SIGNS

Good Morning, Everyone!       👻 SIGN Me Up! 👻

 

🎶There’s a GHOST out in the hall…There’s a GHOUL beneath the bed
Now it’s coming through the walls …Now it’s coming down the stairs
Is that SCARY for you baby? Am I SCARY for you oh, Is it SCARY for you baby?
Is it SCARY for you..?🎶

👻💀The TITLE of the book’s not shown, I wonder if it’s grim
The scary and the macabre’s attributed to him…
He’s written a short story, it’s SLANT we can’t be sure
But signs that show his name alone will get them through the door…
Wherever Stephen King appears it’s sure to draw a crowd
And this is so exciting, ’cause he’s reading this aloud
His works are VASTLY noted, books of murder and revenge
And stories of the dark side where the characters AVENGE.
So fans of his will gather, for they know the date and time
They’re happy that they store displayed so many TELL-TALE SIGNS! 💀👻

None of today’s words are new to us Jumble fans, and notice how the letters in the word AVENGE are anagrammed in order right to left. We don’t see that very often. Our cartoon. Jeff brings us to a local bookstore, where two men and a woman are discussing an upcoming event. Stephen King, the noted author, is being announced as having a short-story reading later that day. He’s TELLing a new TALE. The posters, each displayed on THE STAND, state that the reading will begin at 3PM. The three patrons are so excited, no MISERY here! They’re in JOYLAND! Our question asks how they knew the time…Because of the TELL-TALE SIGNS! Good play on words, Dave, we caught your meaning. We’re DREAMCATCHERs! Ok, eye candy…Jeff’s done a remarkable job of capturing Mr King’s likeness. Kudos, Jeff! The panel’s pretty straightforward, bookshelves, a few chairs set up, a stool for Mr King. But in the background, on the right side, is a section of books with the heading:“GAMES AND PUZZLES”! The NEEDFUL THINGS…We all need our puzzles! So, There you have it, Folks. Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! I wish you a day free from DESPERATION, a night free from INSOMNIA, and a whole lot of (The) SHINING in between! 👻🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 02/15/2018

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NGUTS = STUNG

VLAHE = HALVE

BRMEAK = EMBARK

GUMSPY = GYPSUM

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN B.B. KING PASSED AWAY IN 2015, HIS FANS – – –

STNHLEEBAGSU = SANG THE BLUES

Happy Thursday, Jumble friends! Mr. Hoyt stepped up the game with his clue word choices this morning. STUNG and HALVE were both on the easier side and didn’t take any effort to figure out. I did pause for a short period of time on EMBARK after first trying to make a couple of words with the consonants. GYPSUM by far was the most challenging of the quartet, taking several self-jumbles to figure out. It appears to be a new word after a quick search showed that it hasn’t appeared in a Jumble puzzle over the past few years. After seeing the anagram consisting of two correctly spelled words (GUM & SPY) all I could think of was GUMSHOE which means detective.

Jeff has really taken us on an emotional roller coaster with his drawings this week. Tuesday’s cartoon was about a couple separating and Wednesday’s was a romantic Valentine’s encounter. Today we find ourselves in Memphis with a small group of characters gathered outside of B.B. Kings Blues Club remembering and honoring the life of “The King of the Blues”.

Not being into music all that much, I did a quick search of the dialogue that the man with the guitar was saying and found out that it was the title of one of Mr. King’s greatest hits entitled “The Thrill is Gone“. The last bit of dialogue between the man and the woman didn’t give any hints to the surprise answer and was meant as a somber reminder that even though he’s passed away, his music will always live on for his fans to enjoy.

There were two superb details in this panel that are barely visible in the newspaper version. They are both located on the sides of the man playing the guitar and I’ve included them down below so you can enjoy them in their larger size.

The final solve wasn’t overly difficult and was surprisingly much easier for me to figure out than GYPSUM was. The letter layout was wonderfully cryptic and didn’t give anything away, but the cartoon gave me all the information that I needed. BLUES was my first guess leaving THE and SANG for a quick finish.

Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

 

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