Monthly Archives: March 2018

Jumble Answers for 03/16/2018

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VNARE – RAVEN

MDTIA – ADMIT

TUROFH – FOURTH

RASCEO – COARSE

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE HOUSE PAINTER CALLED IN SICK, ANOTHER PAINTER- – –

RVEDMIFOHCORE – COVERED FOR HIM 

Good Morning, Everyone!        🖌 50 SHADES OF RAY? 🖌

🎶 I don’t PAINT myself into corners anymore, in a brittle heart of clay, I threw my BRUSHES away….The tools of the trade that chained your memory to me are out the door…I don’t PAINT myself into corners anymore…🎶

🖌 Today we see three painters, with rollers in their hands
The FOURTH one sick is leaving a void within this band
The one with RAVEN hair named Mike, is asking where is Bill
The other pony-tailed painter says, “I’ve got time to kill…”
Yes I ADMIT I made that up, it’s not what we can see
But rhyming all these words each day is far from that easy…
We see that Ray is willing to double up the task
Not getting rude or COARSE at all, and he’s not even asked…
The job will still go smoothly, they’ll paint the walls and trim
Cause Ray stood up and with a smile simply COVERED FOR HIM! 🖌

So, we’ve made it to Friday, and we really haven’t been PAINTED into a corner. The week’s words have been a good MIX of easy, breezy with maybe a slight BRUSH with a STICKler or two. And today’s words FINISH out the week with the same TONE. We’ve seen them before, and we’ve come through with flying COLORS! So, on to our cartoon. We’re being told that four men were hired to PAINT a house. Mike, Bill, Ray, and RED. We see Mike, asking Ray, “Where’s Bill”. We see RED, indifferently just ROLLing along. We learn that Bill has called in sick. Not looking to get CANned from the job, Ray has offered to do his share of the work. No big deal, He just BRUSHES it off. Our question asks, what did one PAINTER do when the other called in sick…he COVERED FOR HIM! Good one, David, I like what HUE did there! Ok, the eye candy. This is a ROUGH one today. We have the Bucket, the Tray, the Drop Cloth. We have the GREEN  Paint. There’s the little Hook on Ray’s pants. Mike has one too, with a RAG attached. IDK, it’s just not very COLORful…Maybe I’ll just COAT over it for today…So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! It’s Friday…Get out there and PAINT the town RED!🖌🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 03/15/2018

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CATEU = ACUTE

TREXE = EXERT

XREVOT = VORTEX

ARYPOD = PARODY

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE DIRECTOR ASKED THE MOVIE STAR TO DO THE SCENE AGAIN, SHE – – –

CTEERVREAOD = OVER REACTED

 

Happy Thursday, Jumble friends! The clue word choices were rather interesting for a Thursday. They weren’t overly difficult and were all solved in seconds which is uncommon for a puzzle near the end of the week. My choice for the most difficult anagram would be ACUTE because I’m guessing that some folks will think that it’s not spelled correctly unless it has 2 C’s. The X’s in EXERT and VORTEX narrowed the range of words that could be made making them instantly visible. Last but not least was PARODY which took an extra glance before coming into view making it the most challenging of the quartet for me.

Moving along to the cartoon, we see a couple of costumed characters that appear to be doing battle on a movie set. Reading the dialogue and sentence we discover that the director was not happy with the take and want’s to film it again. The actress doesn’t want to hear any of it and can be seen spreading her arms very wide and out to her sides in a motion that indicates that she’s had enough. The antagonist to our hero says “Now that’s anger!” and seems to agree with the director that the sequence was a bit off.

Kudos to Jeff for making the lead superhero a female as it’s uncommon in the comic book industry to have women in such powerful roles. This is changing with Wonder Woman doing phenomenally well at the box office and Captain Marvel making her way to the big screen early next year. I could care less if the lead character is female, male or alien as long as the story and acting are top notch!

The layout for the final solve allowed me to see OVER instantly upon writing out the letters. Crossing it out left REACTED to be found for a quick solve of this action packed Jumble.

On a final note, Congratulations to Scott S. for being the winner of the March Giveaway! We’ve been in contact and his David L. Hoyt “Word Winder” board game is on the way. Thank you to everyone who entered and be sure to keep an eye out for next month’s prize. Have a great day and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 03/14/2018

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RAHHS = HARSH

CRTAT = TRACT

FEWLAF = WAFFLE

OPSPEO = OPPOSE

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

DURING THE BIG ECLIPSE OF 2017, THE SUN WAS THE – – –

HSHTRATWFEOOS = STAR OF THE SHOW

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday. Today’s clue words had me seeing double this morning with each word containing two of the same consonants and the last word having both a double consonant and vowel! WAFFLE had me staring at it the longest so it’ll be my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day. TRACT was also jumbled very well and was close to clinching the top spot but it’s been used many times in the past. We last saw it on 7/7/17, and if you didn’t notice, the date has double 7’s (triple if you count the 7 in 2017)! My mind is blown!!!

Moving on to the cartoon, the first thing that you notice is that Jeff incorporated lots of shading into his piece. I’ve mentioned numerous times in the past that drawings with this technique all turn out to be my favorites because it adds a whole new dimension to the panel. By reading the sentence and dialogue we learn that the reason for this effect is that everyone is getting ready to view “The Great American Eclipse” that happened on 8/21/17. As the crowd patiently stares into the heavens waiting for the magical moment when day becomes night, we see a man in the back that seems to have misplaced his viewing glasses. Jeff had him covering his eyes because looking directly at the event without protection could cause eye damage or blindness. In the top right corner of the panel, there’s a person holding an indirect viewing device which was my preferred method during the eclipse. And is that David L. Hoyt making an appearance in today’s cartoon? It sure looks like him and his Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” shirt is such a PERFECT detail. You really outdid yourself today, Jeff! 🙂🙂🙂

The final solve was a bit tricky with 13 letters to work with. I figured THE would be the third word so I crossed it out. OF seemed like the obvious choice for the 2-letter word leaving SHOW and STAR to be found in that order after staring at the letters for a few seconds. I thought the letter layout was cryptic and it surely didn’t give anything away.

Today’s the day that the winner of the giveaway will be chosen. Be sure to enter your name here if you’d like to get in on the drawing. You only have a few hours left! Good luck and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 03/13/2018

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SINYO – NOISY

YARLO – ROYAL

OTAGEE – GOATEE

GRETTA – TARGET

CARTOON ANSWER: THE PIZZA PARLOR’S EMPLOYEE FOUND SHREDDING

SO MUCH CHEESE TO BE – – 

NIRGTAG = GRATING

Good Morning, Everyone!        🍕 PIECE..BE WITH YOU…🍕

🎶Take it..Take another little PIZZA my heart, now Baby…Break it..Break another little bit of my heart, now Honey. Have a..Have another little PIZZA my heart now, Baby…You know you’ve got it, it makes you feel good…🎶

🍕 The thought that hit me right away, was “Dude, what’s with that hair”?
The hairnet that you’re wearing doesn’t work sitting up there…
I think that it’s a ROYAL sin to miss the TARGET base
And handle food with all that hair uncovered head and face…
A soul patch or a GOATEE? Which one is that we see?
I’m thinking there’s a whole lot more that’s coming ‘cross cheesy…
But NOISY as I’m being about what just looks awry
We’re seeing that a lot of cheese is needed for a pie.
The shredding can go on all day, it’s probably aggravating
And we can see that all this cheese on this guys nerves are GRATING! 🍕

Ok, what do we KNEAD to get us through these words? Could ROYAL be the winner of the crown? Or is TARGET the one catching your eye today?  Either WEIGH, we’re definitely SERVEd up some GRATE anagrams here….But let’s CUT to the chase…A Pizza Parlor’s on our MENU today. We see the owner, and two employees. One employee’s working the oven, while the other is shredding pounds of CHEESE using a flat cheese GRATER. He looks and sounds exasperated. As the owner brings him another fifteen blocks to be shredded, he’s saying..”Are you kidding me“? But he’s probably thinking …”You want a PIZZA me..? At YEAST give me a chance to finish the four I still HALVE here”! Yea, he’s probably thinking that…AnyWEIGH, our question asks…What does he find all this shredding to be? GRATING! HA! Good one Dave, nothing half BAKED about this! Ok, eye candy…I’ve pretty much covered it OIL already. Not much more to see, no matter how we SLICE it…We see a few mixing Bowls and a Pizza Cutter, but I’m not BOWLed over, it’s really not cutting it…I’ll just go with the places logo…It’s a PIZZA PIE minus a SLICE..Hmm. I figure somebody EIGHT it! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a GRATE day, Everyone! And enjoy some PIZZA today…Just be sure to consider the SAUCE! 🍕🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 03/12/2018

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INOON = ONION

UNDOR = ROUND

TEGRAH = GATHER

FLUREF = RUFFLE

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

AS SHE TRIED OUT FOR THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD, HER FRIENDS WERE:

OIORONGTHRRFE = ROOTING FOR HER

 

 

Good morning, Jumble friends! Happy Monday and I hope you all had a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend. We start the week with a puzzle that was on the easier side allowing us to get back into the Jumble groove. Let’s take a look at what Jeff and David had in store for us.

The first two clue words were no challenge at all and they were both instantly visible upon first glance. ONION was the only word that had three vowels while the rest of the words contained just two. GATHER took a few extra seconds to figure out and is my pick for the most difficult anagram anagram to decipher. RUFFLE took just one extra look but gave itself up pretty quickly. With all of the clue words finished in no time at all, it was on to the cartoon!

The background for Jeff’s piece was instantly recognizable as a gymnasium and it appears as though some type of competition is taking place. Reading the dialogue and sentence we discover that we’re looking at tryouts for a cheerleading squad. The young woman on the left looks rather nervous and hesitant that she’ll make the cut but her friends are assuring her that she’ll do just fine by offering up words of encouragement. Although the drawing was well done and provided lots of detail, I was surprised that Jeff didn’t add a mascot or team name on the uniforms. The best part of the cartoon was the addition of a few horizontal lines on the floor that gave the piece the look and feel of a real basketball court.

The surprise answer was on the larger side with 13 letters to work with. David did a great job at keeping the answer hidden in the layout and all I saw at first was ONION. Noticing the -ING in the layout eliminated three letters leaving HER to come into view. The O’s brought ROOT into view leaving FOR for the finish. Overall it was a terrific Jumble that gave me the pep I needed to start my day and left me excited for what the rest of the week will bring.

If you haven’t entered your name into the March giveaway, you only have two days left! This month’s prize is a copy of David’s Word Winder board game and you can enter into the contest here. Have a terrific Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 03/11/2018

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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. 🚴 🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 03/10/2018

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WYENL = NEWLY

PADIL = PLAID

KAWNEE = WEAKEN

SILVUA = VISUAL

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE WINERY’S GRAPES WERE FINALLY READY TO PICK.  THEY DESCRIBED THE TASTE AS – – –

NIDEVI = DIVINE

 

HAVE A SUPER SATURDAY AND I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW!

 

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Jumble Answers for 03/09/2018

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KNOTE – TOKEN

FIRTD – DRIFT

SCEWHA – CASHEW

GOINGN – NOGGIN

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE HARBOR MASTER HAD A BUSY DAY SCHEDULED, WITH SEVERAL SHIPS – – 

TOKDTCHEOIN = ON THE “DOCK-IT” 

Good Morning, Everyone!        ⛴  THE MOOR, THE MERRIER?...⛴

🎶 MOOR than the greatest love the world has known…This is the love I’ll give to you alone. MOOR than the simplest words I try to say, …I only live to love you MOOR each day…..I know I never lived before and my heart is very sure…No one else could love you MOOR….🎶

🛳 The guy with the bald NOGGIN, where have we seen that face?
A TOKEN shot at David, Jeff has put him in this place
At a Harbor Master’s office, working hard to keep things clear
Determining the right dock, being sure which ship goes where…
Maybe snacking on some CASHEWs, getting in that Vitamin K
(I had to throw that line in, there was just no other way…)
So the Masters giving advice, and Dave wants to be sure
Before he tells that cruise ship it’s ok for it to moor…
They can’t have ships just DRIFTing, they must maintain the flow
It’s tedious and so precise, a dock for each to go…
The agenda must be followed so that everybody fits
It’s all worked out, the day’s plan is right there ON THE “DOCK- IT“! 🛳

Ok, so maybe today David decided we DRIFTed along all week, and now he’d pull out all the STOPS. Today’s words…Hmm…maybe a little MOOR than a quick glance? CASHEW? Phew! And NOGGIN had you GOING there for a minute, am I RIGHT? Yes, today’s words maybe we’re KNOT all that easy…AnyWEIGH, on to our cartoon…So, Tuesday we were CRUISING, and today we’re back to solve another NAUTICAL themed puzzle. WATER the guys trying to tell us? I WRECKen they’ve BOAT CAUGHT Spring Fever, and their thoughts have TURNED to the SEA…Of COURSE, I can SEA that! So, a HARBOR MASTER is seen speaking with his assistant. The assistant,,DAVID, is asking where the CRUISE SHIP should park…which DOCK should he direct it to…The HARBOR MASTER is holding the days Agenda..a DOCKET. And our question asks..Since it’s a busy day, there are several SHIPS…ON THE “DOCK-IT”…Ding, Ding, Ding…once again! As SKIFF it could get any better! This is a pun! Great job, David! I’m in OAR! Ok, eye candy…I like the BARGE,,laden with CARGO. I like the CRUISE SHIP and the LIGHTHOUSE…But today… I FATHOM I like DAVID the best…He’s just SWELL!

So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember..Let’s be nice to the  HARBOR MASTERS..It’s a big responsibility handling all that BERTH CONTROL! 🛳🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 03/08/2018

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RAHOD – HOARD

NUDOH – HOUND

SERDYS – DRESSY

TAREMU – MATURE

CARTOON ANSWER:

COMPETITION BETWEEN MOUNT RUSHMORE’S PRESIDENTS WAS – –

HADHODEATE – HEAD TO HEAD

Good Morning, Everyone!          🇺🇸 ARE THESE..PRECEDENTS?? 🇺🇸

🎶Anything you can do, I can do BETTER …I can do anything BETTER than you.
No, you can’t…Yes, I can. No, you can’t…Yes, I can. No, you can’t. Yes, I can,
Yes, I can! 🎶

🇺🇸 On February 1st, the Jumble took us to this place
That day we looked at 1 and 2, someone mixed up a face?
The question started HOUNDing me, and Jeff came by to say,
Stage left and right in theory could explain the glitch away.
As one who loves to HOARD info, I thought I’d be MATURE
And take his word on this one, even though I wasn’t sure,
But I suffer from mixed direction syndrome so with me…
The left and right that’s in my head’s not always what should be.
Like I’ll get the kids all DRESSY, but it’s often the day’s news
That once again that left and right made me mix up their shoes!
But anyway, I’ve gone off track..The cartoon must be read…
Today the men upon Rushmore are going HEAD TO HEAD! 🇺🇸

The last time we saw DRESSY here, it caused a few of us to PANT. While it might again, today I think HOARD may be the word to STOCKPILE the most votes. Let’s FACE it, it just looks odd. Ok, let’s move AHEAD to our cartoon. Once again, we find ourselves at MT RUSHMORE.  Today, Jeff decided to show us a bit of SOCIAL UNREST, among the Best. It seems that our Presidents Washington and Lincoln are arguing over who’s really the TOP banana. Can this be the FRUITs of all that labor? That’s just cold, STONE COLD. And sadly, Jefferson and Roosevelt are caught in the MIDDLE! What’s UP with this? By GEORGE, can this be TRUE? You know me, the Doubting THOMAS…I really don’t believe the CLIMBate UP there can get this bad. Competition, really? “Lah Dee dah”? Really? Hmm. Is this all etched in STONE? Again, there’s my doubt..I really don’t want to be a PARTY to all this…But anyway, our question asks: The competition between the Presidents was…HEAD TO HEAD! Good one, David! You’re always taking us to new HEIGHTS! Ok, eye candy…I’m looking at every FACE, LIFTing my eyes UP and DOWN the panel…Hmm. LEFT to RIGHT…We have..Animosity, we have Skepticism, we have Shock, and we have Anger. Politics as usual? I think I’ll just pass on the candy today…So, There you have it, Folks, Done!  Have a great day, Everyone!  And let’s all keep our HEADS UP and ROCK ON!🇺🇸🙋🏻

PS: Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY! CELEBRATE WOMEN! 👭

 

 

 

Jumble Answers for 03/07/2018

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CHAHT = HATCH

HURGS = SHRUG

MATIGS = STIGMA

NOIRUJ = JUNIOR

CARTOON ANSWER:

AFTER FIGHTING OVER WHO MADE BETTER BREAKFAST POTATOES, THEY WOULD – – –

HTHSHGSTIAUNO = HASH THINGS OUT

Happy Wednesday, Jumble friends! After a week of fun in the Florida sun, I’ve made my way back home to the Arctic tundra of New England just in time for another snowstorm. With the forecast calling for 12+ inches of the white stuff, it was sure nice to see that Jeff has things heating up in the kitchen for today’s cartoon. More on that in a moment after we first take a gander at David’s handiwork.

All of the clue words were quickly solved this morning with HATCH being the only anagram to require an extra look. It wasn’t difficult after I gave up trying to make words starting with “CH”. I suppose David layed it out that way on purpose to throw us off track and I definitely took the bait. If you’re visiting for the first time today, I’m pretty sure that you came for help with STIGMA so it’ll be my pick for the most difficult anagram to decipher.

Moving along to the cartoon we see three people in a kitchen and everyone looks so upset. At first glance, I thought the man on the left was holding a clevar while he was arguing with the woman at the grill! After reading the dialogue and sentence, and upon closer inspection of the cartoon, it turns out that he’s holding a turner (sometimes mistakenly called a spatula) instead. The argument is about who cooks tastier tubers, and they are both adamant that their style is the better choice. The waitress with her butterfly hairpin could care less about the petty argument as she has hungry customers waiting for their orders.

The surprise answer was an instant solve with all of the detail in the cartoon and the key words of “breakfast potatoes” in the sentence. HSH was coupled together in the layout giving me HASH and the rest of the answer flowed naturally.

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

Jumble Answers for 03/06/2018

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NUWSG – SWUNG

RIHEK – HIKER

CRUPES – SPRUCE

CAYPFI – PACIFY

CARTOON ANSWER:

AFTER ALL THE PASSENGERS LEFT, THE OCEAN LINER WAS THE – – 

SWHISREPC = “CREW’S” SHIP

Good Morning, Everyone!      🛳 SEA CREWS…? 🛳

🎶I got to get to rockin’, get my hat off the rack…I got to boogie-woogie like a knife in the back…So be my guest, you got nothin’ to lose, Won’t ya let me take you on a SEA CRUISE? Oo-ee, oo-ee baby, Oo-ee, oo-ee baby, Oo-ee, oo-ee baby…Won’t ya let me take you on a SEA CRUISE? 🎶

🛳 Looking at the cartoon, one just can’t help but think
How crews upon a passenger ship must get that little kink…
To catch a break from catering to everybody’s whim,
And SPRUCE themselves up for a change, and just be her and him.
No one to have to PACIFY, no HIKERs for the walls,
They just can chill and be themselves with all their own foibles…
Lie in the sun, all care be SWUNG, raise drinks up to their lips…
And just relax, enjoy the port, and make it the “CREW’S“SHIP! 🛳

t Today’s words except for maybe PACIFY are old favorites. Ironically, SPRUCE WOOD have worked well y’day, right? But Pacify? Is it new? Can we make PEACE with it? What do you think, Folks? SAILING over to our cartoon, Jeff’s placed us ABOARD a Cruise Ship. Without any passengers on board, we SEA the CREW being afforded some time for themselves. We have four men, three women, and various means of diversion. For those of us who’ve been on cruises, we know how hard these people work. It’s no day at the beach! I’m sure there’s been many a time when these crew members have become SHE SICK, and HE SICK of catering to so many guests. So this down time is well deserved. Our question asks what the Ocean Liner is, now that the passengers are gone…The ShuffleBOARD player is saying,,”We never get a chance”… Ding! Ding! Ding! it’s the “CREW’S” SHIP! All Hands on Deck! …What a LINE ER, good job, David! Ok, eye candy. There’s a plethora today! Below the ships Funnels, we see a man, in uniform, the Captain perhaps, looking VERY relaxed, if you catch my DRIFT…Is that PORT he’s drinking? The women next to him is speaking into a wired HAND mic, the PA system, which Jeff shows us to be blaring off to the side. Below them is a guy with his fingers extended on both HANDS…Who he’s gesturing to, I’m not sure, but he’s smiling and happy! And then there’s the guy in the hot tub…with his hat on, and a drink in his hand…He’s VERY, VERY  happy! We have the couple playing shuffleBOARD, giving us the dialogue, and lastly, the woman sunbathing, with a drink, while using her phone. Phew! What a CREW! So what’s my pick for the day? Way off to the right side…STARBOARD?  Jeff’s signature sinking sailboat! Gets me every time! So, there you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember, MOOR often than KNOT, in life, SHIP happens…WATER you gonna do? Just get out there, and SEAS the day!  🛳🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 03/05/2018

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NIHTK – THINK

FARET – AFTER

MOSTOH – SMOOTH

GULJEG – JUGGLE

CARTOON ANSWER:

HE WASN’T SURE HOW MUCH SANDPAPER HE’D NEED, BUT HE HAD A – – 

THIAERSMOTUGE – ROUGH ESTIMATE

Good Morning, Everyone!      🚪TABLE FOR TWO…?🚪

🎶Stranded at the drivin’, branded a fool…What will they say Monday at school?
SANDY, can’t you see I’m in misery? We made a start, now we’re apart, there’s nothing left for me…Love has flown, all alone, I sit…I wonder why yi-yi-yi,
Oh why, you left me…Oh SANDY, SANDY, SANDY...Why yi-yi-yi? Oh SANDY🎶

🚪I recently was sanding an old door that we had found,
The surface getting SMOOTHer as the Garnet in it ground.
On the sawhorse did I JUGGLE, this beautiful piece of wood
My friend saying, “Go slower, is what I THINK you should”…
Cause I tend to get excited with the sawdust and the grit
And AFTER find my finish time was just ROUGH ESTIMATE! 🚪

Today’s words, typical Monday fare, were easy, breezy, and I smiled at AFTER…after yesterday. LUMBERing over to our cartoon, we find ourselves in the lumber section of a Home Improvement store. LOWEs and behold, we see our man, DEPOT looking for SANDPAPER. Sandpaper, despite its name, isn’t made of sand. It’s made of either Aluminum Oxide or Garnet, which are abrasive minerals. The store clerk, WOODY, is AXEing DEPOT how big the table is he’s working on. But DEPOT’s like..”I’m KNOT really sure.” Hmm. He looks a little BOARD. I’m thinking if he really wanted this job to go SMOOTHly, he WOOD have had the details a little more inGRAINed into his thoughts. PLANE and simple…But that’s DUST me. If I don’t have all my details hASHed out before I begin, I’d sooner TABLE the whole job. But anyway, WOODY, trying not to let DEPOT RUB him the wrong way, and not wanting to sound ABRASIVE, is trying to help him decide how much he needs to take HOME. DEPOT doesn’t have an exact MEASUREMENT, so they’ll have to go with a …ROUGH ESTIMATE! Get it? ROUGH? MAPLE KNOT? ..No, you get it. Good one, David, in my oPINEion! OAK-ky, eye candy. I see some SAWS hanging on the WALL..NUT that though. I’m going with WOODY’s eyebrows. A little wild…I think they could use some SHAPING! So, There you have it FOAKS, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And don’t ever be afraid to try a WOODWORKING project...YEW can NAIL it in no time…🚪🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 03/04/2018

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GELAGH –  HAGGLE

AMFEEL – FEMALE

TUTELO – OUTLET

TINKET – KITTEN

NUKHYC – CHUNKY

TRITSH – THIRST

CARTOON ANSWER:  THE MEDIEVAL TAVERN WAS OPEN DAILY UNTIL 12 A.M. AND SERVED CUSTOMERS – – 

HGGFAETTKINHNKTRI – “KNIGHT” AFTER “KNIGHT”

Good Morning, Everyone!     ⚔ KNIGHT TIME…IS THE RIGHT TIME ⚔

 

🎶KNIGHT and day you are the one…Only you beneath the moon or under the sun. Whether near to me or far, it’s no matter Darling where you are, I think of you..day and KNIGHT, KNIGHT and day…🎶

⚔ We’re at a Medieval Tavern, one FEMALE’s all we see
Four Knights and a bartender make the rest of the party,
The place serves as an OUTLET for them to quench their THIRST
We see two Knights have just arrived, two others got there first.
The men are fit, not CHUNKY, the owner sports a tie
The bar wench don’t look happy, she sits and rolls her eyes…
She says the men are regulars…do these guys HAGGLE her?
‘Cause she sure don’t seem thrilled right now to be there in the bar.
But here the Knights are gathered, like KITTENs turned to lions
I wonder if they play those darts to see who may be buyin’
It seems like it’s a nice place, there’s torches burning bright…
So check your swords and hoist a few…they’re here...KNIGHT AFTER KNIGHT!⚔

Sunday words. A little harder perhaps…If I had to pick JOUST one? Maybe THIRST, because with the SH together, the mind starts heading in that direction..Which today, would only get you lost…So, our cartoon. Today we find ourselves at a Medieval Tavern. Knights are shown drinking, while others are just arriving. The only serving wench, (which by the way, is a word I dislike intensely), is sitting at the bar, having a drink herself. She states that her “regulars” are coming. We have Sir Roger entering first, followed by Sir Amic. He makes pottery. Seated are Sir Cumference who’s gained some weight lately…He eats too much PI. And lastly, seated but not shown to us, is Sir Render, the quiet one, the one who hates to fight. Our question tells us that the tavern is open until 12 A.M., which is when morning begins. The Tavern served customers…”KNIGHT” AFTER “KNIGHT”! Jump on that horse…and knock down a KNIGHT! Great one, David! Ok, eye candy. The emblems on the Knights armors are interesting. A tree, a dragon, and a…? I have no idea! A non-descript shape of some sort. The forerunner to a Dart Board, with three knives protruding, is very clever. The torch sheds some light…But my choice today? Looking through the open door, there’s a Quarter Moon visible! It’s KNIGHT Time! So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone. And is anyone else wondering that if they stayed open past mid-KNIGHT? …Would there be a SIR CHARGE? ⚔🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 03/03/2018

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DRUFA – FRAUD

LIEGA – AGILE

GLIEPT – PIGLET

KENURB – BUNKER

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE TEAM WAS FOR SALE FOR ABOUT $800 MILLION. THE PRICE WAS A – – –

FRAAILPGLEBUKR – BALLPARK FIGURE

Good Morning, Everyone!    ⚾️ So..What’d ya FIGURE…? ⚾️

🎶Take me out to the BALL GAME. Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out…At the old BALL GAME..🎶

⚾️ So Jumble Stadium’s up for grabs, the team part of the deal
We’re shown a tycoon owner, papers ready for the sale.
I’d hate to think there’s room for FRAUD, but doesn’t it seem strange
That standing in a stadium’s the place for this exchange?
We see a lottery winner, a new found millionaire
About to spend a lot of dough on something he holds dear
His jersey is emblazoned with a J upon his chest
He looks so young and AGILE but is he up to the test?
I think that any one of us would be PIGLETs in mud
To have a chance like this guy, would you do it if you could?
Spend so much money just like that, no agent by your side
Could he be getting BUNKERed, cause excitement he can’t hide?
Does it all seem legit to you, going on in the stands?
And what comes next? A pen whips out and then they’re shaking hands?
I wish I saw an agent, because this guys vim and vigor
Is not enough negotiating such a BALLPARK FIGURE! ⚾️

Today’s words, all returning favorites, shouldn’t cause anyone to BALK. They were all pretty easy to FIELD. So let’s move on to FIRST BASE and tackle this puzzle.(Yes, yes, I know…”tackle”, wrong sport, but it just fit so well). Today Jeff brings us out to Jumble Stadium, home of the Baseball Jumblers. We read that the team along with its HOME stadium is up for sale. The present owner, Mr. I.M. Rich, is seen negotiating with a potential young buyer, I.M. NowToo, who has just won a huge lottery prize. Mr Rich is quoting a selling price “about” $800 million. Young NowToo is like…”Ok”. Ok? Just like that? Who do you think you are? Derek Jeter? Where’s your agent? Where’s your financial advisor? Where’s your negotiating skills? (Where’s your BARBER)? It just seems a little OUT OF LEFT FIELD. But, hey, it’s not up to me to unSCRAMBLE this puzzle…Oh wait…it is. Oh, ok. So, our question asks that since the sale price was “about” $800 million, and we are talking about a TEAM and a STADIUM here…the price was a ...BALLPARK FIGURE! Well…Drop the ball and…No, Don’t drop the ball and bring me HOME! This one’s OUT OF THE PARK! Good PLAY, David! Ok, eye candy. We have Mr. Rich’s Baseball Diamond bolo tie and belt buckle. We have young I.M’s Fitbit…obviously keeping him so AGILE. There’s the team name, Jumblers written atop the DUGOUT. There’s the SCORE BOARD…And there’s the handlebar mustache and the soul patch. Ah, all neither HAIR nor there. But, the big WINNER today, Folks, has to be the billboard in the OUTFIELD CORNER. It reads “Jeff Knurek…10 Years, 4180 Cartoons” and features a picture of Jeff. Wow…Congrats, Jeff! That’s some RUN! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And get ready…It’s almost here…”PLAY BALL“! Music to my ears…⚾️🙋🏻

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