DALNG – GLAND
HNEEC – HENCE
LLOGAB – GLOBAL
FSMITI – MISFIT
CARTOON ANSWER: THE DELAYS AT THE SKYDIVING SCHOOL WERE A RESULT OF – – –
LND HNE GLBA IFI = FALLING BEHIND
Good Morning, Everyone! 🛩 LEAP OF FAITH….AWAITS 🛩
🎶 Then JUMP…For my love…JUMP in, and feel my touch, JUMP if you want to taste my kisses in the night then...JUMP, JUMP, for my love…JUMP, JUMP…for my love..🎶 “Jump” – The Pointer Sisters 1983 https://tinyurl.com/yb87mt6e
🛩 I’m one of those who strongly feel that floating through the sky
Attached to strings and canvas is a sure fire way to die…
My GLOBAL sights are satisfied by looking at a map,
I’d rather have a MISFIT with some shoes or with a wrap…
I feel my sweat GLANDs acting up just thinking of a jump,
To leap out of an airplane makes me need an oxygen pump…
HENCE here I stand, feet on the ground, the way God has designed…
And late for lunch is more my speed regarding FALLING BEHIND!🛩
The only things new about today’s words are our anagrams, since collectively we’ve seen these words 11 times before. HENCE, comes in as our easiest solved, with GLOBAL holding the honor of being both our most recent at July 17th, and the hardest one to get past. 5 of the 11 Early Birds FELL BEHIND because of it…
Our cartoon today places us on an airstrip, which we learn is the location of a SKYDIVING SCHOOL. We see a man and a woman, looking terribly disappointed to hear that their lesson has been DELAYED. Another man, presumably the FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR is heard telling them that everything’s UP IN THE AIR, (PUN intended)…because both the MECHANIC and the PILOT missed their ETAs. The Mechanic called in sick and the Pilot’s late. Has he FLOWN the coop, or is it just a case of FALLING BEHIND SCHEDULE? We don’t know…The male student, is quiet, while the female is stating how she needs the JUMP for her certification. Certification? I’m thinking more along the LINEs of Certifiable! What is it with this seemingly sudden urge to Skydive? I mean we’ve always known it was there, but doesn’t it seem that lately every TIME you turn around someone else is FALLING for the idea, and making headlines with their head DIVES? Getting a RISE out of being strapped BEHIND another person and JUMPING out of an airplane? Seriously…don’t they see the GRAVITY of the situation? Personally, I just don’t get the attraction, and I do consider myself a pretty well-GROUNDED person. Anyway, that’s just my TAKE. OFF the mark? Perhaps. But in answer to our question, the DELAYS are a result of…FALLING BEHIND! Kudos, David…it SOAR is a good one!
Ok, eye candy…The aforementioned looks on the Students faces..mouths WIDE OPEN. Both have Parachutes strapped on their backs. The Instructor, looking sharp in his black FLIGHT Jacket and blue cap matching his pants, is holding a WRENCH. Hmm. A Wrench? Is he an Instructor? His cap displays a tiny Parachute! How CHUTE! There’s the Grassy field…and a Black silhouetted Control Tower. A Light Beige Airplane…But here’s where things get a little FLIGHTY…Back at the Plane? There’s a ladder, and a man in a red cap standing on it. He’s intently looking into the engine well, with his tongue hanging out, showing his degree of concentration…But I thought the Mechanic called in sick…So who is he then? And now that I mention it? Why’s our guy UP FRONT holding the Wrench? This opens up a whole new Pandora’s Tool Box, don’t you think? And the Wrench? Mikita? DeWalt? No, it’s the JUMBLE Brand! Hmm..What kind of a School is this anyway? The FLY BY NIGHT Skydiving School? Well, I guess it’s better than the School of HARD KNOCKS, right? So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And always remember…CHUTEing off our mouths when we’re faced with an unforeseen DELAY is never the best move…Don’t let it go on reCORD that you cause adRIFT…Better to remain calm, FLY under the radar and just stay GROUNDED…🛩🙋🏻
Jumble Answers 
Good morning. Had little trouble with today’s words but my pick for hardest would be Misfit. It took an extra few minutes to get. The cartoon answer was a struggle in that it took over an hour to get because I put it aside and then went back to it. It worked because I had a different trend of thought. I wasn’t going to fall behind on this jumble. It took me all that time to get Landing out of my head for the first word. Angela,you surprised me with not picking Fly Me To The Moon by the chairman of the board. Knowing how much you love the guy,I thought for sure,for sure. Girl,you nailed it with your choice. Perfect in keeping with the theme. Loved everything else about your post. Until tomorrow stay well.
Hey Brooklyn, Good Afternoon. You know how it is once you have a word stuck in your head. Very hard to get around it. But how great is it when you finally get that V-8 moment, and the right word hits? Priceless! I’m glad you didn’t FALL BEHIND! And you’re getting to know me so well, Brooklyn. I laughed, because I had Frankie in my head for two old classics. Yours and 🎶Come Fly With Me🎶. But I’m going to put this back on you…Why do you think I changed lanes? Think about it…I’m glad you enjoyed my choice, I always liked this song, and I loved the video…The clothes? I always had a thing for peplums, I’d welcome their return..Thanks for the Shout Outs, Bud..and I hope you’re having a great day! Ciao, Bello! 🛩🙋🏻
Global was looking like ‘go-ball’ a PE sport in gym class,then oblong,before I came upon global.Behind was a given for the second word,and with the ‘ing’ readily available ,falling quickly followed to finish the solution.Enjoy the end of week one in 2019.
Good Afternoon, Professor. My friends were seeing Oblong too this morning…until I told them they needed to SHAPE up.. 😉 Glad you had an easy go of it, and I hope your days going well! 🛩🙋🏻
Hi everyone,
It took me an hour, but I finally thought of falling. I had a mistake in my letters and didn’t come up with the second word of the answer. I guess I was too burnt out to double check my letters, which I usually do.
Burnt out? I hear you! I’m this close to cremation! 😉 Hi Caroline, Good Afternoon. Isn’t it funny how some days it seems like no matter how you twist and turn, nothing JUMPS out at you? It gets like that…(of course the correct letters do help)! 😘 Not to worry, there’s always tomorrow, right? Have a great day, Caroline! HANG in there! 🛩🙋🏻
Very funny, Angela, but don’t work too hard. Are you doing the blog every day now or is Mike on vacation? I may have missed something.
It’s been a longgggg Holiday Season, Caroline..and I’m looking forward to Little 🎄Christmas on Sunday to put it all to bed! And Mike’s planning to be back on Monday… Perfect timing! 😉🙋🏻
You did a great job keeping it going during the holidays.
Thank you, Caroline ..you’re very kind. It’s much appreciated. ❤️🙋🏻
Hi all – HENCE was my word that took a second look. Nice to see one where the CH trick didn’t work. Then thought FALLING, and writing out the letters gave the rest.
🎵”You got to roll with the punches to get to what’s real…
Ah, can’t you see me standin’ here
I got my back against the record machine
I ain’t the worst that you’ve seen
Ah, can’t you see what I mean?
Ah, might as well jump (Jump)
Might as well jump
Go ahead an’ jump (jump)”🎵. David Lee Roth must have written that in a DIVE bar.
Sign in every music store addressed to those trying out guitars and organs:
“NO ‘STAIRWAY!’
NO ‘JUMP’!” (The employees were so sick of hearing them.)
I feel the same as you, Angela; if I strapped on a PARAchute I’d need a PARAmedic!
Have a great day, everybody!
…Signed…Love, Wayne, huh? 😂 Parachute! CHUTE! Not this girl…Have a great day, Steve! 🛩🙋🏻
I also got led stray by seeing LANDING as the seven-letter word.
Hi Mike…Ah, we all stray once in a while…The real test would have been making a word out of the remaining letters! 😂 Hope you’re having a good one! 🔠🙋🏻