MELTHE – HELMET

FRAYDT – DRAFTY

MMLEEB – EMBLEM

BONDOY – NOBODY

RULPLA – PLURAL

TANDET – ATTEND

CARTOON ANSWER: TO RAISE MONEY QUICKLY, THE ATHLETE SOLD HIS

OLYMPIC GOLD BY PUTTING THE – –

HEDATEEMODPLLTED = “PEDDLE” TO THE “MEDAL”

Good Morning, Everyone!       🚴  RE-CYCLING? 🚴

🎶Put the PEDAL to the METAL and I’m off and never getting lost..Which way will I turn when roads cross? Press the PEDAL to the METAL little more when it’s scary….But one thing for sure, keep my foot on the floor. Put the PEDAL to the METAL and I’m off…Put the PEDAL to the METAL and I’m off…🎶

🚴 Olympic cycle racing, precision and the rush
Is featured here for us today, but something seems hush hush
An athlete looking to unload his medal for some dough
I recognize the medal…but the athlete I don’t know
He holds a HELMET in his hand, NOBODY comes to mind
The EMBLEM on his shirt, “Jumble”, does nothing to define
I don’t ATTEND my thoughts at all to racing on a bike
I’m thinking it’s quite DRAFTY after miles and the like
I’m stuck on PLURAL..so I’ll just move on to price to settle…
The athlete says “That’s not enough…put “PEDDLE”TO THE MEDAL! 🚴

I found all of today’s words, returning favorites, to be pretty FAST solves. But moving on to our cartoon, sort of stopped me in my TRACKS. Not the solution, the question of who our athlete might be. Today, Jeff puts us in the MEDICI PAWN SHOP This gave me a chuckle, since the three spheres suspended from a bar, a pawn shops symbol, is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy. It’s owed to its symbolic meaning of Lombard, which refers to the Italian region of Lombardy, where pawn shop banking originated under the name of Lombard banking. The more you know, Folks!!…Actually, all I know of pawn shops is what I’ve seen on TV. I’ve watched the show Pawn Stars a few times, and the clerk shown here looks like Chumlee, the clerk featured on that show. He’s telling the athlete, who’s wearing a Jumble shirt, and who I’ll call SPEED, that he’s willing to pay only $2,000, since he’s seen quite a few of these medals already. But SPEED, is outSPOKEn…He’s TORQUEing the talk…”I’ve had three better offers”…Hmm. See this is where the confusion comes in. I’m WHEELY stumped. Has this actually happened? Is it common knowledge? Is Jeff trying to make me a CYCLEpath trying to figure this out? IDK. And I’m really TWO TIREd to research it..I could use a BRAKE…Anyway, let’s RE-CYCLE back to solving.. Both of our men look angry. Chumlee’s offer is made, and SPEED disaGREASE on the price. Could it be INFLATION, or is there really no demand for these medals? The dialogue tells us that SPEED needs the money quickly, so he…put the “PEDDLE” to the “MEDAL“! PEDDLE as in sell…PEDAL as in bike racing? MEDAL as in this Gold here, METAL as in speed? Well there goes my comPUNCTURE! Now that’s a great PUN! Kudos, David, very well SPOKEn! Ok, eye candy. Chumlee has a belt buckle that reads”TCB“. There’s a mask on the shelf with a $20 price tag. There’s a Football. On the desk, we can see a few rings, and a guitar. And of COURSE, there’s the Olympic Medal, with its 5 symbolic rings and a cyclist emblazoned on its front. But I think I’ll totally SWITCH GEARS, and go with Chumlee’s earring. It’s a tiny skeleton head. I think it’s AUSTIN! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember, Anger can start a CHAIN reaction that leads to a vicious CYCLE of unhappiness. It’s easier to just get a GRIP, clear the AIR, and simply HANDLE things. 🚴 🙋🏻