UNSGW = SWUNG
LATLY = TALLY
LARLET =TALLER
GRIFDI = FRIGID
CARTOON ANSWER:
THE NEW OIL RIG COULD BE SEEN FROM THEIR FRONT PORCH SWING, AND THIS WASN’T – – –
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Jumble Answers for 10/10/2018
CIVEO = VOICE
CLOFK = FLOCK
GITAMS = STIGMA
NIRSPG = SPRING
CARTOON ANSWER:
WHEN ASKED IF THE SANDPAPER WAS ROUGH ENOUGH, HE SAID – – –
OIEFOCSTASRI = OF “COARSE” IT IS
Good morning, Jumble fans! Today’s game started out with four easily deciphered clue words that didn’t stump me in the least. All of them were recycled favorites from the past but their anagrams were new. FLOCK was the oldest of the quartet with its last appearance on 11/28/16. If you came here in search of the solution to one of them, my guess is that it would be STIGMA. Last used in gameplay on 3/7/18, it was jumbled as MATIGS which seemed a bit more difficult than how it was scrambled today.
Moving along to today’s cartoon, we see two Jumble characters that appear to be hard at work in a woodshop. The gentleman on the right can be seen sanding a beautifully crafted wood door that is laid out on a sawhorse. At first I thought the man on the left was handing the other guy some money but reading the dialogue and sentence quickly put that theory to rest. He’s actually offering him a different grit of sandpaper which our artisan rebuffs.
There were a few details in the panel that caught my eye. The most obvious one was the name of the business displayed on the window which was “Knock on Wood”. The next detail was that both of the woodworkers have name tags on the left side of their t-shirts but Jeff opted not to identify them for us. If you look closely at the extra sandpaper pieces on the door you can see that there isn’t much grit on them. Now look at the pieces that the gentleman on the left is offering up. You can see that Jeff strategically added more grit to the paper so we could differentiate between the two. My favorite detail of the piece had to be the design on the panels of the door. There is a gorgeous flower inlay on both panels with a small stem of leaves in each of the corners. While looking at the corners I noticed that there were two holes on the side of the door which represent a place for a door latch and lock. The only thing missing was the hole for the doorknob itself. Perhaps the woodworker got ahead of himself and started the finish work before the final hole was drilled, but he’s the professional so who am I to question his work!
The letter layout for the final solution was 12-letters in length. It seemed large at first but the answer was divided into four words with three of them only two letters in length. The visual clue of the differences in the sandpaper brought COARSE instantly to mind. IT and IS were neatly arranged together in the remaining letters leaving OF for a smooth finish. Have a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 10/09/2018
NSUGT = STUNG
RFYUR = FURRY
MHPREA = HAMPER
BOLBEW = WOBBLE
CARTOON ANSWER:
THE MATH TEACHER WAS VERY METHODICAL AND TAUGHT MATH – – –
Jumble Answers for 10/08/2018
HCIET = ETHIC
EGBIE = BEIGE
UNAAGI = IGUANA
YSIGNA = SAYING
CARTOON ANSWER:
LEVI STRAUSS WILLED HIS COMPANY TO HIS FOUR NEPHEWS TO KEEP – – –
Jumble Answers for 10/07/2018
CAITIL – ITALIC
SDUNED – SUDDEN
WODTAR – TOWARD
REGYUN – GURNEY
FANNTI – INFANT
CAUCER – ACCRUE
CARTOON ANSWER: SHE WASN’T SURE SHE WAS GOING ALL THE WAY IN THE WATER AND HAD A – – –
Jumble Answers for 10/06/2018
ITORA – RATIO
GLANC – CLANG
NOPHOC – PONCHO
NALHED – HANDLE
CARTOON ANSWER: THE BAND’S STAGE PERFORMANCE WAS GOING – – –
RAI CAG PON HNDL =. “A-CHORD-ING” (TO) PLAN
Good Morning, Everyone! 🎤POI MEETS GIRL…AND THE REST IS DISC..ORY🎤
🎶 Say that you’ll BE THE ONE...Drowning in my heart, to be…Drowning in your arms, (take me)…3 summers heat, tangled up In sheets (take me)…Breathing as you where..Lying on The floor. Take Me…Take Me🎶 “Be the One” – Poi Dog Pondering 1992
Dear Jeff:
🎤🎸October 6th and shall I guess where you’ll be at nightfall?
Poi Dog’s on tour and tonight will perform at Thalia Hall…
Or maybe you went last night? Either way I’m sure you’re there,
To hear your band especially play the song you love to hear.
So, RATIO and CLANG? I think I’ll just let them go by…
I doubt I could make sense of them…Let’s stay with old town Chi…
I’m looking for a PONCHO, but no one seems to be clad,
This just might be the lamest HANDLE on a poem I’ve ever had!
I’m Pondering band members but…Ah, Jeff, to guess each man?
Just wish me luck…I hope I get it “A-CHORD-ING” TO PLAN 🎸🎤
Our words today, all old favorites, caused four Early Morning Jumblers to have a tic or two with PONCHO. Having last been seen exactly four weeks ago, on September 8th, it was a bit of a poser that day too. But our other three words were easily deciphered…
Today’s cartoon brings us to what I believe to be Thalia Hall in Chicago. We see our noted Graphic Artist, Jeff Knurek and his lovely wife, Kathy, standing at the PIT at a POI DOG PONDERING concert. Booked into Thalia Hall for October 5th and 6th, PDP has been on tour, and is just releasing their latest album, 🎶Remnants of Summer🎶 For those of you who frequent our blog, you probably know that PDP is one on Jeff’s favorite BANDS, and today we see that Kathy hasn’t curbed that enthusiasm!. In fact, she shares in it! AcCHORDing to her dialogue, we see that my featured song choice this morning, 🎶Be The One🎶, is “their song”….and I might have guessed that it was 🎶Puppy Love🎶…PDP is comprised of a lot of musicians, but today we’re seeing only seven here, or perhaps just six, and for the RECORD, I’m going to try to identify them for us. If I get them right, VIN..YL be good for me…if I’m wrong, then the ball’s in Jeff’s court. Pro, me…CON..CERTainly he’ll help me out…Ok, left to right…Robert Cornelius, Charlotte Wortham, (or Carla Prather)? Frank Orrall, Susan Voetz, Paul Martens, and behind him, Ted Cho. The woman farthest right, praising the “perfect SET LIST” and the GREAT HARMONIES”, wearing the Headphones, and the Red POI T- Shirt? I couldn’t get a BEAT on ..Abra? Moore or less? No, I doubt it’s her.😉..She’s probably just the SOUND Technician…But it is this woman’s SOUND bite that’s giving us our solution today…The BAND’S stage PERFORMANCE was going...”A-CHORD-ING” (TO) PLAN! Now how good does that SOUND, Folks? This one’s a HIT! Great pun, David! You’ve COMPOSED a real winner today…
Ok, eye candy… There’s Frank’s two-toned Black and Red Guitar. And if you look very closely, at the top of the Headstock, above the Tuning Pegs, there’s the tiniest disc, reading POI. It’s an amazing detail. Kudos Jeff. There’s Susan’s Violin, and Paul’s Horn…Two hand-held mics, and the one on a stand. There’s the six lines of wiring on the floor, coming from the amplifier at the right of the stage, but oddly I can’t TRACK it’s CONNECTION to anything…But the eye candy…if I had to BUTTON it DOWN? It has to be Jeff’s Black shirt…It’s got sleeves, it’s got buttons…it’s got a collar..it’s got a white squiggly pattern! Can it TEE? Yes, it can! And I’ll be DOGgoned! So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone….And if you’re lucky enough to be at Thalia Hall tonight? EnPOI the show! 🎸🎤🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/05/2018
KENLE – KNEEL
UREES – REUSE
TIAFEX – FIXATE
PLTEOP – TOPPLE
CARTOON ANSWER: PEOPLE LOVED DON RICKLES’ PUT-DOWNS AND INSULTS. HE WAS WELL PAID FOR HIS – – –
Jumble Answers for 10/04/2018
UROBR = BURRO
DASEK = ASKED
PCETAS = ASPECT
MHRHTY = RHYTHM
CARTOON ANSWER:
TO BECOME BETTER AT GOLF, THE YOUNG GOLFER WOULD NEED TO —
UROASESECTHYT = STAY THE COURSE
Happy Thursday, Jumble friends! ASPECT is a new clue word this morning while the remaining three were old favorites from 2017. BURRO took me the longest to decipher making it my choice for the most difficult anagram of the day. ASKED ended up being the oldest of the group with its last appearance in gameplay on 5/31/17.
The setting for today’s cartoon is a golf course where we encounter two Jumble characters having a discussion. The cartoon sentence informs us that the young woman is having difficulty with her game and is on the brink of giving up. The gentleman is attempting to assuage her frustration by telling her that she needs a bit more playing time to sharpen her skills.
There were plenty of details in today’s panel to make it visually interesting. The golf course itself was impeccably maintained and we can see another hole amongst the trees in the background. The look of frustration on our young player was perfectly captured and you can’t help but want to offer up some positive words to give her encouragement to keep playing. She is also wearing a golf glove on her left hand which lets us know that she is most likely right handed.
The gentleman looks like he may be a caricature of one of Jeff’s golf buddies as he seems to have many distinct features that are atypical of his usual Jumble characters. On his hat is a small logo that looked like a tiger but it was so tiny that I had difficulty pinpointing exactly what it was. At his feet are a few golf balls, a broken tee and some rolled back grass indicating a very bad swing.
The letter layout for the final solution was 13-letters in length and kept the solution well hidden. The TH near the end of the anagram brought THE to mind as the possible 3-letter word. With those few letters out of the way, I was able to see COURSE next followed by STAY to finish it off. The surprise answer seemed familiar to me and a quick search showed that it has been used a couple of times in the past (6/23/17 & 11/04/16). Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 10/03/2018
SHYAT = HASTY
NEBUG = BEGUN
FUNXIL = INFLUX
VIRITA = TRIVIA
CARTOON ANSWER:
AFTER A NASTY DIVORCE, SHE STARTED REFERRING TO HER EX-HUSBAND AS HER – – –
HATBEFLTRI = “BITTER” HALF
Happy Wednesday, Jumble fans! Today’s puzzle was no pushover and started out with a new clue word in HASTY. The remaining three were all recycled favorites with BEGUN taking me the longest to decipher. It just wouldn’t come into view for some reason so it’ll be my choice for the most difficult anagram of the day. TRIVIA was the oldest word in the quartet and was last used on 11/24/15. David must have liked the way he scrambled it because he gave us the exact same anagram as last time. With all of the clue words out if the way, it was time to move over to the cartoon.
Today’s panel featured three Jumble characters in a very empty looking room. Besides the table that the two woman are sitting at, there isn’t another piece of furniture or decoration to be seen. Everyone seems to have a scowl on their face and the cartoon sentence reveals that two of the characters are recently divorced. The gentleman leaving the condo is pulling a suitcase and his dialogue informs us that he’s leaving for the last time.
With such an empty room there wasn’t much in the way of extra details in the drawing. We do see the two women nattering over a glass of wine and I noticed that the woman on the left has her pinky finger extended. The other woman has a full grip going on around her glass and she looks ready drink it in one giant gulp.
The letter layout for the surprise answer was a brilliantly crafted anagram of 10-letters. The leading nature of the sentence as well as the HA at the beginning of the anagram brought HALF to mind. BITTER was found after staring at the letters for a moment bringing this game to a close. Today’s cartoon was more on the serious side but the final solution was clever nonetheless. Have a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 10/02/2018
AZDDE – DAZED
WHONS – SHOWN
DAANSL – SANDAL
SUDJTA – ADJUST
CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN THE 1, 3, QUESTION MARK AND EXCLAMATION POINT MET, THEY DISCUSSED – – –
DED SON ND ADS = ODDS AND ENDS
Good Morning, Everyone! 1️⃣⁉️ THAT’S ONE WAY TO END IT… ⁉️3️⃣
🎶 Your pillow wasn’t slept upon your …closet was empty, too…All of your shirts and ties were gone there…wasn’t a trace of you. How could you go and leave so completely? Nothing was left of all the memories that…we used to share…
Just an empty tube of toothpaste, and a half-filled cup of coffee…ODDS AND ENDS of a beautiful love affair…ODDS AND ENDS of a beautiful love affair…🎶 “Odds and Ends” – Dionne Warwick 1969
1️⃣⁉️For a puzzle that loves letters, I think I’m a little DAZED,
With numbers SHOWN and characters, you think we should be fazed?
It’s easy to ADJUST, I guess…punctuation’s not a threat,
On 9/13 we had a bunch all dining, don’t forget.
And while no one’s wearing SANDALs, we’re not calling it slip-shod,
(I had no idea I’d fit that word, this one is kind of hard…)
What we do need to remember, is that here we’re amongst friends,
Whether numbers, letters…it’s all good, and it’s all ODDS AND ENDS! ⁉️3️⃣
With all of today’s words being Sweet Repeats, none of them caused a pause. I did though have three friends telling me that they first saw SWOON in what was SHOWN for our second word. But I still won’t COUNT it as a stumper. So, I’m leaving it up to you, Readers…What word did you QUESTION this morning?
Moving on to our cartoon, we see the Numbers 1 and 3, LINED up at the top of a page of LOOSE LEAF PAPER. Below them, we have an EXCLAMATION POINT and a QUESTION MARK. I was hoping our PAPER would be from a LEGAL PAD, but that’s not the CASE…Seeing the Hole Punch at left, below the Exclamation Point, makes that pretty Black and WHITE. The four are engaged in a conversation, and the BINDER here is how they feel about themselves…But if you pay close attention, you’ll NOTE that what we’re seeing are the ODDS: #’s 1 and 3...and the ENDS of sentences, the Exclamation Point and the Question Mark. So, in answer to our QUESTION? They discussed…ODDS AND ENDS! Well WRITE it down, and COUNT it as another great solution for David! The man definitely NUMBERS amongst the best!
Ok, eye candy…ODDly enough, the two Characters to the left, appear a bit more radical than the others…Number 1, in Yellow claims it isn’t easy always being first, and our Red EXCLAMATION, POINTS out that people STRESS him to no END…Our Number 3, to the right, a basic Brown color, seems more Conservative, and CHARMING…while our QUESTION MARK, smiling, is ASKING to be heard, all the while standing on a CURVE. If I didn’t know better, I’d think Politics were at play here…but to what END? Anyway, the eye candy today? It has to be the cute little pink TONGUES Jeff’s drawn within each of them…TALK about a clever TWIST! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…It’s good to make a POINT of COUNTING our Blessings…No QUESTION about it! 1️⃣⁉️3️⃣🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/01/2018
FHYTE = HEFTY
HOTOB = BOOTH
MUNSOM = SUMMON
SNIPTL = SPLINT
CARTOON ANSWER:
THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FURNACE BECAUSE THE ONE THEY HAD WAS – – –
HTOOONST = NOT SO HOT
Good morning, Jumble friends! The first puzzle of October gives us four anagrams that are in alphabetical order, but their clue word solutions were recycled favorites from various months of 2017. SPLINT was the only one that wasn’t immediately visible so it’ll be my choice for the most difficult anagram of the day. The fact that the anagram started with SNIP threw me off at first but it quickly came into view after staring at it for a few extra seconds.
Today’s cartoon is a situation that many of us can relate to at this time of year. With temperatures starting to drop in the northern states, we’re at the point where it’s time to start our dormant furnaces to take the morning chill off. I’ve already started mine and luckily there were no mechanical issues. The couple that we see in today’s panel weren’t as lucky and they’re in the basement trying to figure out what went wrong.
Mr. Fix-It has removed the front panel of his “Crosswords” brand furnace and moves in for a closer look with his screwdriver at the ready. This appears to be a gas fired furnace as there’s no visible oil line leading to the burner. Just above his head we see a pipe that has a shut-off handle which may be the gas feed. The handle is not crossed so there is a fuel supply to the unit and most likely not the problem. He thinks it just isn’t able to put out enough heat to battle the bitter cold temperatures and his wife thinks it might be time to have a new one installed.
There were some mighty fine details in today’s cartoon that you may have overlooked. The first one was the crack in the basement wall just behind the gentlemans rear end. Talk about a well placed detail! The female is bundled up from head to toe and Jeff lets us know that it’s brutally cold by drawing their breaths in front of their faces. There appears to be a spiderweb inside the furnace just above the gentlemans left hand. My favorite detail was the tiny mouse lurking in the shadow under the furnace. I missed it in my print copy but it was quite visible in the online version.
The letter layout for the final solution was an 8-letter anagram. The three O’s bunched together made it appear cryptic but the HTO in the front allowed me to instantly see HOT. NOT and SO came next to finish off this rather easy puzzle. I’ll take my win for today as we’ll most likely be challenged later in the week. Have a marvelous Monday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 09/30/2018
HHENPY – HYPHEN
GEINNS – ENSIGN
DULCOY – CLOUDY
BEGLIR – GERBIL
RWHAMT – WARMTH
DARMED – MADDER
CARTOON ANSWER: HE WANTED TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS. SHE WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH. SO THEY – – –
HHE ENS CLO GRI WAH ADD = SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW
Good Morning, Everyone! 🏄🏻🏂 TO BEACH HIS OWN? 🏂🏄🏻
🎶 We gotta keep SEARCHIN’ SEARCHIN’, find a place to hide, SEARCHIN‘, SEARCHIN’, she’ll be by my side..If we gotta keep on the run we’ll follow the SUN-ah, wee-ooh…Doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter what people might say,…She’s mine and I’m gonna take her anyway….Gotta keep SEARCHIN’, SEARCHIN’ find a place to stay, SEARCHIN’, SEARCHIN’, every night and day…..🎶 “Keep Searchin'” – Del Shannon 1964
🏄🏻 🏂Vacations can be tricky, when two people must decide,
If WARMTH is what they’re going for, without the CLOUDY skies.
You’re stuck at work, the rat-race makes us GERBILS on those wheels,
We want to get away and just relax and human feel…
But do you choose the Mountainside where snowcaps make you perk?
Or should you opt for Sun-Sand-Surf? (The HYPHEN had to work)!
Deciding where is hard enough, like ENSIGN is right now…
This rhyme is making me become as MADDER as a cow!
The bottom line is someone wins, and someone just must go…
Along with the decision, after they’ve SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW.🏂 🏄🏻
First thought this morning? “Be careful what you wish for”. Second thought? BEGLIR? For me personally, it’s been quite a while since I wasn’t able to look at our cartoon and just guess the witty phrase. Today? I had to write down the letters….and stare. This wasn’t an easy DECISION. I first thought the three last words were: Each his own. Made sense…But then I had two other thoughts. Why just his and not hers? …and what does HELGRADD mean in the English language? And then we had “Cold” besides. But I knew the first word would end in ED, because of the way the question was written, and it sort of stood to reason that AND would be in there, so I just tried to think what was the glaring DIFFERENCE between the BEACH AND the MOUNTAINS…And Eureka! There it was! One’s HIGH and one’s LOW! Anyway, that stumper we were all wishing for? The ship came in this morning…
So, we find ourselves at the home of a young couple. Why they’re dressed the way the are, while sitting in their living room, seems a little OVER THE TOP, but then again, as I’ve said before, I don’t make the news, I just report it…Trying to DECIDE where they’ll go on vacation, we see that the woman wants the BEACH, while the man has raised his sights a little HIGHER. We see that they’ve both found accommodations, while SEARCHING the web. So with our question asking…What they did? They SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW! Well, book the room and get going! Oh wait…Someone’s gonna have to change their clothes!
Ok, eye candy…I like the BEACH scene on the woman’s screen, where we can see the rates listed for Roomie.net. Her left hand lies atop the wired Mouse, and we see that there’s a few SEAGULLS, a FERRIS WHEEL, a ROLLER COASTER and the PIER. The SUN is setting. And the cutest piece of candy here? On the BEACH, are four people, and guess what they’re playing? SPIKEBALL! …No Sinking Sailboat today, but we got Jeff’s Spikeball! The woman is dressed in a Black Bikini, and is wearing a Yellow visor. Our SNOWman is dressed in a Blue and White Alpine-scene Ski Sweater, complete with Fir Trees, MOUNTAIN caps, and an Antlered Deer. (Spiked Deer)? His hat is Yellow, with a Blue band and Pompom…And he’s wearing Fur-trimmed Brown Ski Boots. Again, why he’s dressed like this while sitting indoors? Anybody? But today’s eye candy? On the back of the Tablet he’s using? Look closely…It’s not an Apple…It’s a PINEAPPLE! The FRUITS of Jeff’s labor! So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone!…And remember, Men: JAMAICA go somewhere she doesn’t want to? SNOW way you’ll have a good time…Decisions, decisions!!! 🏂🏄🏻🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 09/29/2018
SHYUK – HUSKY
LORDE – OLDER
UBPHAC – HUBCAP
PLATEL – PALLET
CARTOON ANSWER: SHE OPENED HER STORE IN A BUSY NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW SHE NEEDED CUSTOMERS TO – – –
SH O UB PT = STOP “BUY”
Good Morning, Everyone! 🎂 LIFE IS WHAT YOU BAKE IT! 🎂
🎶 SUGAR, I call my Baby my SUGAR…I never maybe my SUGAR, That’s why my baby is so CONFECTIONARY…Funny, he never asks for my money…all I can give him is HONEY…That he can spend anytime…🎶 “Sugar (That Sugar Baby O’ Mine)” – The Manhattan Transfer 2000
🎂 I’m taken with a place like this, we have a few by me…
There’s one that serves you waffles topped with anything you see.
They’d rival any HUBCAP, they are huge and piled with Sweets…
And you sit there and you dig in…it takes so much time to eat!
But I had to slow my visits, tight pants brought HUSKY to mind,
And with planning to get OLDER, the Cholesterol’s a grind…
(But how perfect if this PALLET could be Palate here instead?
The homonym would surely help me put this thing to bed)!
With this new store, I hope she has success and sales are high…
I know I’d be a patron, and hope people do STOP “BUY”! 🎂
Today’s words were a piece of CAKE, except for HUBCAP…After being fed UP with UPBEAT y’day…first instinct was to start this word with the UP…But after that hit rock BOTTOM…I had to really sink my TEETH into this one..When it finally came into view, it was a SWEET victory! And just to mention, HUSKY was last seen way back on October 10th, 2014! Now that’s a BIG gap in time, isn’t it?
Ok, let’s take a BITE out of today’s cartoon…We find ourselves on a busy city street, where a new store has opened, “SWEET TOOTH BISTRO”. The proprietor, CANDY, is seen standing by the front window, looking for CUSTOMERS. Let’s KNOT SUGARCOAT this, Folks…CANDY is one smart COOKIE. She knows that opening any new business is WHISK-taking, so since she took over CRUSTtody of the store, she’s been inviting passersby to “Please come in”, and she’s hoping they’ll STOP “BUY”. Boom! Short and SWEET! Good BUN, David! ICING your praises!
The eye CANDY: The adobe storefront is a beautiful natural color of sun-BAKED clay. The stores’ sign, plus it’s’ entire interior are shaded in Powder Blue, as is CANDYS‘ blouse. There’s drapery surrounding the window, (a shade darker than the Brick), something rarely seen on a Storefront window. It’s a SWEET touch. But there’s a lot of color CAST by the CHARACTERS. The sole male, at left, is wearing a purple shirt with green pants. The woman he’s accompanied by, sports an orange top, black pants, and she’s carrying a yellow bag. The woman seen walking the dog, has matching beige shoes and top, worn with a black skirt…She’s not carrying a “Doggie Bag” of any kind DOUGH. Doesn’t she KNEAD to? ..But I think the eye candy today has to be what makes the SWEET TOOTH BISTRO so inviting…We can see two round vintage BISTRO tables, with two chairs at each. There’s CUPCAKES on a stand, and a two-tiered FROSTED CAKE, atop a glass showcase. Inside it, we see displayed two PIES at right, and two MINI CAKES at left. Ah, La DOLCE VITA! It’s what you BAKE it! So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone!..I got a little JAMmed up this morning, trying to make some BUTTER puns, but the MARGARINE for error was too big. But I will leave you with this…A good BAKER will RISE to any occasion. It’s the YEAST she can do…🎂🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 09/28/2018
MRUST – STRUM
SLUPH – PLUSH
PUABET – UPBEAT
ECINET – ENTICE
CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING MONEY PLAYING BLACKJACK, IT’S HARD TO – – –
STR LUH BAT ENTE = TURN THE TABLES
Good Morning, Everyone! 🃏♦️ I CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE ♦️🃏
🎶 Close enough to start a war, all that I have is on the floor. God only knows what we’re fighting for…All that I say, you always say more. I can’t keep up with your TURNING TABLES ...Under your thumb, I can’t breathe. So I won’t let you close enough to hurt me…No, I won’t ask you, you to just desert me. I can’t give you, what you think you gave me…It’s time to say goodbye to TURNING TABLES…yes to TURNING TABLES…🎶 “Turning Tables” – Adele 2011 (Ironically from the Album: “21”)
♦️🃏 The funny thing ’bout Blackjack is it’s like a fine guitar,
Most of the time you’re better off just sitting at the bar.
You enter a Casino, the atmosphere so PLUSH,
You sit down with your System…and it starts out that you’re flush
This only helps ENTICE you, it makes you feel UPBEAT…
When really you should take your chips and quietly retreat.
But just like playing that guitar, where chords you sit and STRUM,
Thinking you’ve made the house your girl? I’ve got news for you Chum…
That System’s only gonna work…as long as you are able,
To act your age, not 21…’Cause you’ll never TURN THE TABLES! 🃏♦️
So today, we have UPBEAT…Which I WASN’T feeling after 3, yes 3 of my early morning Jumblers insisted was BEATUP…Which by now I WAS feeling…Trying to tell them that BEAT UP was 2 separate words just wasn’t enough, so I suggested we try keying it. Did it take? No, of course not. The keyboard went ahead and separated the two words. Because of all that, I think it might be the toughest of our words today. But isn’t it interesting that by reversing the 2 syllables, we have 2 words of such totally different sentiments? Just another one of those quirky little things…Ok, let’s TURN our attention to our cartoon, and it’s solution…
Today we find ourselves sitting at a BLACKJACK TABLE at the JUMBLE CASINO. Yes, you heard me right, the JUMBLE CASINO. And we see our favorite Graphic Artist trying his best to DRAW 21. Yes, you heard me right again, it’s JEFF, sitting along side a man who looks vaguely familiar, but I’m not DRAWing a bead on him. And what a PAIR! They think they have a SYSTEM! But, they’re losing, although we can’t see what cards they held. We can see the DEALER though, showing a winning hand of 21: An ACE of Diamonds, which is worth 11, and a PAIR of 5’s. And as many of you may know, to WIN at BLACKJACK, a PLAYER needs to acquire cards with a face value as close as possible to 21, WITHOUT GOING OVER. And unfortunately, too many PLAYERS think they’ll GET OVER the House instead! But as our dialogue is telling us…No matter how smart you think you are…”The ODDS always favor the HOUSE“…Which most seasoned GAMBLERS know, translates to..”They’ll clean you out of HOUSE and home”! So with our question asking what it’s hard to do when trying to win at BLACKJACK? It’s hard to..TURN THE TABLES! Good one, David…You definitely deserve a HAND for this one!
Ok, eye candy. Today’s panel is RICH with details. We have Jeff in one of his favorite Wilco T-Shirts, this one green, and showing a Bicycle. He just never gets TIREd of those shirts. His companion, holding what apPAIRS to be a Hurricane, is DECKed out in a Blue Chicago Cubs Jersey. The logo should be IN RED though, not GREEN….And think about it, Folks…How ironic is that? (Come to think of it, maybe he should have put his money on the Cubs instead. They’re PLAYING very well, and have WON a spot in the PLAYoffs)…At the TABLE we can see the SHOE at left, and the CHIP TRAY, and as noted above, the Dealer raking in those losing Chips. Our PIT BOSS is nattily dressed, in a Blue Suit and Red tie, while his colleague is seen HOLDing a DECK OF CARDS showing a Black Spade, and embossed with the words “Jumble Casino“. All three of the Casino employees are wearing name tags, but they’re all blank. But the eye candy? Off in the background, at another TABLE, there’s two chairs. And the backs of them reads “Jumble Casino”. A fine detail…Maybe our guys should have TURNED they’re attention to that TABLE…They might have had BETTOR luck! So, There you have it Folks, Done….Have a great day, Everyone! And keep in mind, those SYSTEMS? You know you can’t COUNT on them…Leave it to the analysts…BLACKJACK? Let me put it this way…I have a favorite T-Shirt too…It reads: “If this GAME was called 22? I’d own this town“! ♦️🃏🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 09/27/2018
TONEF = OFTEN
HAKIK = KHAKI
ELOPPE = PEOPLE
NCCIES = SCENIC
CARTOON ANSWER:
FOR THE POOL SHARK, IT WAS LIKE STEALING MONEY, THANKS TO HIS ABILITY TO:
OTEKKIPPSCC = PICK POCKETS
Happy Thursday, everyone! All of today’s clue words were old friends, but the anagrams are coming up as new. I was surprised to see OFTEN used so, well, often. Ten days ago it was in gameplay and jumbled as FNTEO. The only word to bring my solve to a standstill was SCENIC. I immediately recognized the letters as having been used in the past but the answer escaped me. Thinking that it was SCIENCE allowed me to try other SC words which ultimately brought it into view.
The setting for today’s cartoon is a billiards hall where we see four Jumble characters gathered around a pool table. The focus of the panel, as well as the only action that we see, is centered on the gentleman lining up his shot. There are only a few balls left on the table which indicates that the game is just about over.
Our sentence was on the wordier side which gave us quite a bit of insight into this not so friendly game of pool. We learn that the man taking the shot is a “pool shark” and he’s calling out his final moves to finish off his unsuspecting opponent. As the shark lines up his cue stick with pinpoint precision, we can see his opponent standing in the background with his mouth agape and eyes wide open in utter disbelief. Although we don’t know the value of the wager between the players, the body language of our characters lets us know that the stakes must be pretty high.
The fine details were sublime in today’s piece, proving that Jeff never disappoints! The pool shark has spiked hair with slick backed sides, but it was his eyebrows that gave me the feeling that he’s an unscrupulous individual. He’s also wearing a ring on his left hand — and what I noticed next left me in a state of shock. I counted FIVE FINGERS on his hand! His pinky finger is tucked underneath his palm and I literally stared at his hand for several minutes as I moved my iPad to different angles ensuring that I counted correctly. This really made my morning!
The letter layout for the final solution was 11-letters in length. Upon writing out the letters, I noticed KIP which brought PICK to mind. POCKETS came naturally for the finish leaving us with a hilarious surprise answer. Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
