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Jumble Answers for 07/12/2018

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CEEEM – EMCEE

KEIHR – HIKER

SURBAD – ABSURD

SPUPHU – PUSHUP

CARTOON ANSWER:  HE LONGED TO BE A BOUNTY HUNTER AND PLANNED TO – – –

MEE   HIR   ASRD   USUP   =   PURSUE HIS DREAM 

Good Morning, Everyone!       🏃🏻🔫 CHASE, RATTLE AND ROLL 🔫🏃🏻

🎶There’s fear and darkness all around you…The criminals are on the run.
No use in hiding in the dark, I’ll hunt you down…’Cause I’m the dog….I’m the dog…The big bad dog…THE BOUNTY HUNTER…🎶 “Dog, The Bounty Hunter” – Ozzy Osbourne 2005

🏃🏻🔫 A Bounty Hunter’s job involves the chase to get the money,
The man who is a HIKER to these guys is far from funny…
Run from the law? No it won’t do – Jump bail? It’s quite ABSURD,
They’ll PUSHUP every obstacle…by money they are spurred…
A flair for the dramatic, an EMCEE of a kind…
They can be quite flamboyant, once they have someone to find.
These criminals who are at large, they think they have a scheme?
The Bounty Hunter’s chase is on – Watch him PURSUE HIS DREAM…🔫🏃🏻

And…So It begins…Thursday, WORSE-day? And here we were doing so well, right? RUNNING along, easy, breezy, maybe a tic or two…And then, today? A few words to CAPTURE our attention! We have three Sweet Repeats, and another new word in PUSHUP. RECORD breaking in my opinion. So many new words. And how funny is it that the Auto-Correct gave me a RUN FOR MY MONEY trying to type it? It kept hyphenating the word. PUSH-UP! So, I Googled it…and lo and beHOLD, there it was, both ways. And being one of those Combination words that so many of us try to AVOID, I’m choosing it as the word that’s BOUNTY give us some grief today! And BY THE WAY, yesterday’s JIGSAW? It was also a new addition to the Jumble Vocabulary, which if my figures are correct, now brings our total to 3,217 words. Anyway, enough of this wordplay…Let’s TACKLE our solution…Today, Jeff’s brought us to the office of the “GOTCHA BOUNTY HUNTERS“. We see our Man of the COWER, who I think I’ll call PUP, shown interviewing a new recruit, SKIP, who’s voicing his life-long DREAM to PURSUE criminals, and become a BOUNTY HUNTER. PUP is obviously very TAKEN IN by the guy, so he hires him right on the spot. I mean let’s face it, anyone with this kind of enthusiasm, you can’t let GET AWAY, am I right? So with our question asking what SKIP’S planning to do? PURSUE HIS DREAM! Good one, David! Take ARREST after this one…you’ve EARNED IT!

OK, eye candy…We have a few angles to PURSUE today…There’s the WANTED POSTERS on the wall. Two men: David, on the right, and perhaps Jeff at left? Looks like him, but it could be a case of MISTAKEN IDENTITY. SKIP’S shirt is emblazoned with a Star, but that remains to be SEEN…We’ve got PUP, outfitted with those Spiked HANDCUFFS you may have seen AROUND. Oh, it’s called ARREST cuff? Sorry, my bad. He’s also sporting a hanging earring, HOLDING a Wanted Poster, and wearing an odd pair of boots…TRACKING boots perhaps…But what really CAUGHT my eye this morning? PUP’S TATTOO…It’s Monopoly’s UNCLE MONEYBAGS, in character as JAKE THE JAILBIRD, being dragged off TO JAIL, by the truncheon-wielding OFFICER MALLORY! Now what are the CHANCEs of that? Way TO GO, Jeff! You’re a real CARD! And I’d say you COLLECT major Kudos for this one! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! GET OUT there and CHASE your DREAMS…🔫🏃🏻🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 07/11/2018

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YOFRE – FOYER

RINLE – LINER

DALPED – PADDLE

GJWIAS – JIGSAW

CARTOON ANSWER: THE INVENTOR OF THE SADDLE HAD THE  – – – 

ER   IE   DD   IA   =   “RIDE” IDEA 

Good Morning, Everyone!      🐎 Now That Was Using HORSE SENSE! 🐎

🎶 MUSTANG Sally, think you better slow your MUSTANG down…MUSTANG Sally, think you better slow your MUSTANG down…You been running all over the town now…Oh! I guess I’ll have to put your flat feet on the ground…All you want to do is RIDE around Sally, RIDE, Sally, RIDE…All you want to do is RIDE around Sally, RIDE, Sally, RIDE…All you want to do is RIDE around Sally, RIDE, Sally, RIDE…🎶 “Mustang Sally” – Wilson Pickett 1966 

🐎 Way back in the 4th Century, a man, a horse a PADDLE,
A thought, perhaps a LINER ‘tween the man and horse…a Saddle?
A man sat in the FOYER of his home, he was Sarmation,
With JIGSAW-like precision, he worked with determination…
He looked for balance, comfort too…a hide his horse could wear…
The Saddle was invented and voilà, the “RIDE” IDEA! 🐎

With the exception of JIGSAW, today’s words are Sweet Repeats. Unable to find JIGSAW in the files, if it does prove to be new, it looks like we may be BREAKing some sort of record with so many new words in such a short period of time. Yesterday’s SNAZZY was a first as suspected, so it looks like our Jumble FOALcabulary is  just FOAL of new words! But did anything BREAK my STRIDE this morning? NEIGH, NEIGH…it was an easy, breezy RIDE right through…So, ok, our cartoon. Today, we find ourselves in what I believe to be the year 365 AD, among so COLT SARMATIONS. I don’t think I’ve ever HERD of them before, but HAY, there’s a whole lot I STALL don’t know after all these STEERS…We see three men, one astRIDE a HORSE, and they’re discussing the invention of the SADDLE. One man is asking how the other came up with the IDEA, and he’s like..”.CUD you believe I was just TROJAN some thoughts around in my head, and there it was? I figured why should we always be sitting up here FRIESIAN? This SADDLE will keep us warm in the winter, and in the summer? No SWEAT, it’ll work well then too”! And then a third man is HERD CHAIRing him ON…So, in answer to what the INVENTOR had? He had a great solution! He had the “RIDE” IDEA! HIP-HIP HOORAY! I’m HORSE from CHAIRing so loudly! Really good one David…You just keep surPASTUREing yourself every day!

Ok, eye candy…There’s a HORSE alone in the background…Meh, SOLE what…I like the ancient facial HAIR, but I’ll BRUSH PAST it. The hats are nice, but they don’t look very STABLE…Let’s just go with that eye-rolling look on the HORSE’S face…That’s a pretty pRUMINANT glance…I guess the whole IDEA JOUST isn’t SITTING so well with him, huh?..So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And don’t settle for MAREly getting by today…Get out there and ROAN around…It’ll beHOOVE you…you’ll see…🐎🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 07/10/2018

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PUYSO – SOUPY

GORNP –  PRONG

ZAYNZA – SNAZZY

TINKET – KITTEN

CARTOON ANSWER:  WHEN HE FAILED THE DRIVING PORTION OF HIS DRIVER’S TEST, HE WAS IN A – – – 

SOP   ONG   SNAZ   IEN    =  NO PASSING ZONE 

Good Morning, Everyone!           🚦DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION? 🚦

🎶 Can you take me to the store, then the bank?…I’ve got five dollars we can put in the tank…I’ve got a court date coming this June…I’ll be DRIVING soon…Passenger side, passenger side, I don’t like riding on the passenger side…I don’t like riding on the passenger side…🎶 “Passenger Side – Wilco 1995

🚦 A young boy with a license, a story old as time…
The road he travels getting there not always so sublime,
He wants to be behind the wheel, he’s positivity smitten,
He’s thinking what he’ll name his car, perhaps it might be KITTEN.
But SOUPY thoughts had filled his mind, confusion blocked his view…
He passed some cars, not a smart move, the act strictly taboo.
His Mother stands there waiting, she senses something’s wrong
I’m now going to use this line to get rid of that PRONG…
No SNAZZY car for our boy here…once more he will bemoan,
And maybe next time he’ll stay clear of the NO PASSING ZONE! 🚦

Just the second day in, and we may already have another new word with SNAZZY. But our three others, Sweet Repeats, caused no TIE-UP at all. So, on to our CARtoon: Today Jeff places us at the LICENSE BUREAU. We see a young teen, bemoaning the fact that he’s once again failed his ROAD TEST. We see the TEST Examiner, bemoaning the fact that he was possibly DRIVEN to drink, and we see the teens’ Mom, bemoaning the fact that she’ll still be STUCK chauffeuring him around. Mom’s thoughts…”Gimme a BRAKE“! The Examiner’s thoughts, “I’m EXHAUSTED“! The teen’s thoughts, “I didn’t know…The SUSPENSION was killing me”. With the dialogue telling us that he went around cars in error, and our question stating his FAILURE…The solution to this TEST is…He was in a ...NO PASSING ZONE!…BEEP! BEEP! Hand us the KEYS, Dave’s given us the GREEN LIGHT! Good one, David! You’ve DRIVEN it home!

Ok, eye candy…Hmm…The ROAD’S pretty CLEAR this morning…Let’s just go with the Examiners’ CLIP BOARD…It reads, “FAIL“…and we’ll STOP right there…So, There you have it, Folks. Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…Don’t PASS on the RIGHT…You may find yourself LEFT BEHIND! 🚦🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 07/09/2018

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MOUGB – GUMBO

AGGUE – GAUGE

BLDLAA – BALLAD

JADINO – ADJOIN

CARTOON ANSWER: THE CARPENTER WAS VERY MUSCULAR, AND HIS ADMIRERS NOTICED HIS – – – 

BO   UG   LD   DOI  =   GOOD BUILD

Good Morning, Everyone!           💪🏻 BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP? 💪🏻

🎶 Why do you BUILD me up (BUILD me up) Buttercup, Baby, Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around….And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, Baby, when you say you will (say you will) but I love you still…I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’, you know that I have from the start…So BUILD me up (BUILD me up) Buttercup, don’t break my heart..🎶 – “Build Me Up Buttercup” -The Foundations – 1968 

💪🏻 A man upon a ladder…they’re thinking stud it seems
A Pergola is going up…but they’re not thinking beams…
They’ve come outside to watch him, you think to GAUGE his work?
But au contraire what they’re thinking is…”Wonder if he twerks”?
A BALLAD’s playing softly, as they stare mesmerized,
A mumbo GUMBO mix of thoughts are showing in their eyes…
The Pergola will help ADJOIN the outside with the in,
But right now all they’re thinking is perhaps adjoining him?
Here’s hoping that the work gets done ’cause fantasies fulfilled?
Might not be good for business, Girls…despite that real GOOD BUILD! 💪🏻

A brand new week, a brand new group of words to WORK with. All Sweet Repeats, and WOOD you believe we’ve seen GAUGE as recently as June 12th? Now who PLANned that? Hmm..So, on the LEVEL? I don’t think we could call our words today totally easy, breezy, but I will say that the anagrams are really GOOD. The one I blinked at? ADJOIN…Our cartoon: Today we find ourselves in a backyard watching a CARPENTER put up a Pergola. Perched upon a LADDER, he seems oblivious to the admiring glances that he’s getting from the HOME owner and her friend. Our ladies are a little agog over his CHISELED jaw among other things, and they’re not ASHamed to show it…Or say it. I mean, he does have quite a BUILD…Those arms, that chest…Yes, he is rather graciously enDOWELed…And he does look as GOOD as the WORK he’s doing…Let’s FACE it…he’s JOIST a STUD…So our ladies can’t help but notice his GOOD BUILD! Well that HAMMERed it HOME now, didn’t it? I guess David SAW AXEactly what our ladies did!

Ok, eye candy…I like the CIRCULAR SAW on the ground, but I could get aROUND it. And the PLANKS of WOOD?…Too PLANE. The NAILS in our CARPENTER’S mouth? I guess there’re AWL right, but a little BORING…LOOK…SCREW am I kidding? ? I’d be MALLETjusted to KNOT admit the obvious…The eye candy? “It’s definitely HIM“, she SHED! So, There you have it BOLTS, Done! Have a great day, Everyone!…And a little adVISE? …Don’t go AXEing for trouble…Hire a CARPENTER who’s KNOT a TOOL! 💪🏻🙋🏻

FYI: Good Morning, Everyone! I think I’ll put this out there…
My struggling-actor Hoosier friend Chip called me last night. We usually speak every morning before the sun comes up, but on Sundays he likes to sleep. Or he’s MIA…Either way, I didn’t get to speak with him until late last night. And he called to voice his disappointment in me! Yes, that’s how he phrased it…”Disappointment”! He does has a flair for the dramatic..Obviously not that great a flair…Hence the “struggling” actor part! 😂 (Payback, Chip)! Anyway…Yesterday’s puzzle…The Tower. Encased in scaffolding at the bottom..Shows right there in the cartoon. And I missed it completely. The Tower has been under construction since August of last year, and will be until 2021. So, my musings about the couple possibly being David and Claire? Uh…obviously not. My theory about Throw-Back Sunday? Uh…obviously not. My eagle eye? …According to Chip? Definitely not!! 😂  I just didn’t see it…And ENCASE you’re reading this Chip? A public Kudos for you, my little Hoosier Honey!

Jumble Answers for 07/08/2018

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CAULTA – ACTUAL

DMEIPE – IMPEDE

SENTEL – NESTLE

CIHLGT – GLITCH

TRHEOB – BOTHER

PETTIO – TIPTOE

CARTOON ANSWER:  WHEN IT CAME TO DRAWING TOURISTS, LONDON’S FAMOUS CLOCK AND GREAT BELL WERE A – – – 

ATA  IM  NTE   GIC   BTR   ITO  =   BIG-TIME ATTRACTION

Good Morning, Everyone!        🇬🇧 THAT VACATION RELATION! 🇬🇧

🎶 TIME after TIME, I tell myself that I’m, so lucky to be loving you..So lucky to be the one you run to see In the evening, when the day is through…And TIME after TIME you’ll hear me say that I’m, so lucky to be loving you…🎶  “Time After Time” Frank Sinatra – 1947 

🇬🇧 Vacations are a wonder, we visit far and wide
And once we become tourists, enthusiasm bides…
We get caught up in all the hype, which sometimes can IMPEDE
Itineraries that we’ve made…Why BOTHER? Comes the creed…
We TIPTOE through some places, at others we get loud,
The only GLITCH is knowing which is which among the crowds.
The romance of some places makes us NESTLE and we hug,
While others sometimes let us down, and we just give a shrug…
But bottom line we smile and pose and give ACTUAL reaction…
So some pics will be blah at best, and some BIG-TIME ATTRACTION! 🇬🇧

Considering we’re dealing with all six letter words, I think David’s gone pretty easy on us today. Except for a slight STRETCH at TIPTOE, one of those dreaded-by-some compound words, the rest were easily recognizable. So, without further ado…Our cartoon. Today, for the fourth time in recent Jumble history, we find ourselves in LONDON. We visited here in May, and in August and September of last year. Someone is fond of visiting ‘CROSS the Pond! We see a group of TOWERists, most notably, a young couple, that looks vaguely familiar. If I were to speculate, I’d say it might be DAVID and his lovely wife, CLAIRE. IF I were to speculate, I said. I mean I know the woman’s wearing a Michigan sweatshirt, and Claire received her education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, but then again, the man has HAIR, and is wearing an iconic Rolling Stones “Tongue and Lip” T-Shirt, from 1969.  And he’s no Mick Jagger…if you catch my drift!  So, could this possibly be a Throw-Back Sunday? Have we gone back in TIME? Hmm. Anyway, the lovely couple are all excited to be visiting ELIZABETH TOWER, home of the famous CLOCK, and BIG BEN, it’s BELL. Obviously, it’s a BIG deal to them. And we can see that they’re having a great TIME. So, in answer to our question..the TOWER was a ..BIG–TIME ATTRACTION! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Good one, David! We can always deBENd on you!

Ok, eye candy…Yes..I know there were no iPhones back then…But maybe Jeff just threw a Monkey SPANNER into the mix…it’s possible, no? Ok, let’s just make it simple then, and go with the LONDON LANDMARK itself. Let’s FACE it, it is a TOWERing presence! So, There you have it, BLOKES! LON DONE! Have a great day, Everyone…Enjoy your vacations! And don’t ever let TIME pass you by! 🇬🇧🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 07/07/2018

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SLAOS – LASSO

MIGER – GRIME

LOWHOL – HOLLOW

FRAISA – SAFARI

CARTOON ANSWER:  WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS HAPPY TO SPOT LAND,

HE SAID  – – –   SO   ME   H   ARI  =  I “SHORE” AM 

Good Morning, Everyone!            ☠ SHORE….LEAVE? ☠

🎶 Any minute now, my SHIP is coming in…I’ll keep checking the HORIZON
I’ll stand on the BOW, feel the WAVES come crashing, come crashing down down down, on me..And you say, be still my love, open up your heart…let the light shine in…But don’t you understand…I already have a plan… I’m waiting for my real life to begin…🎶 “Waiting For My Real Life To Begin”- Colin Hay 1994

☠ Piracy upon the seas, is what we’re seeing here,
A ship and men all full of GRIME with ratty looking beards…
Ubiquitous the HOLLOW leg we cannot tell for sure,
The captains’ legs are hidden, but it’s usually de rigueur…                                               Are they back from a SAFARI, are they carrying hides and skins?
Have they taken every LASSO and tied up kit and kin?
Is there Mutiny on the Bounty…are we seeing a Flim Flam?
Do you think I’m glad to finish this? You can bet that I “SHORE”AM! ☠

After a week of having a considerably easy go of it, with the exception of y’days solution THOROUGHLY stumping a few; and seeing 6 new words, (Baboon wasn’t), we come to Saturday, which can SAIL either way. Our words are masterfully anagrammed today, but still easily solved..Why? CORSAIR Sweet Repeats, that’s why! And our answer is for SHORE a gift, despite the”Quotation Trepidation” it causes some readers. So let’s SAIL over to our cartoon, and see what hints we can acCREW! Finding ourselves out on the HIGH SEAS, we’re aboard a PIRATE SHIP that’s coming within sight of LAND. We know this, because up atop the CROW’S NEST, a MATE is yelling...”LAND HO“. The Captain, one hand on the wheel, is HOOKED up in a conversation with a barefoot SHIP MATE, who’s seen saying that the Captain must be happy for SHORE to see LAND. Behind them, we see two more MATES, who seem ready for an ARRRgument. Wielding a knife and a CUTLASS, they seem ready to attack. To CUT MORE, perhaps? Do you think there may be a MUTINY aRRRising? Right before our very AYES? WOODEN that be something? And could that be the TREASON that the Captain is saying…”I “SHORE” AM”? Well, SHIVER ME TIMBERS, we got our solve! Good job, David! ARRREN’T you the clever one!

Ok, AYE candy? I like the Captain’s HOOK, but that’s not it..Something seems aMISS, and yet I can’t put my FINGER on it…And there’s that FIRST MATE not DECKed out with socks, but that’s BAREly it either…So, I’m going to go with the oddest thing I SEA…There’s a member of the CREW standing behind the two MENacing Mates, who’s looking up at the CROW’S NEST, and yelling..”WAIT“! Wait for what? What most of us wait for…Our SHIP to come in?? I don’t know…I’m just drawing a PLANK…So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And remember…When at SEA, always carry a bar of SOAP…You know, just in case you need to WASH ASHORE!☠🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 07/06/2018

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PRAGH – GRAPH

RFAWH – WHARF

PUYTED – DEPUTY

BBOANO – BABOON

CARTOON ANSWER:  HER DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HOW THE TOLL MONEY WOULD BE USED WAS A – – –

GRH   HRF   EUT   AOO   =  “THOROUGH-FARE”

Good Morning, Everyone!         🚙 THOROUGHLY UNDERSTOOD 🚙

🎶 She WORKS hard for the MONEY, so hard for it, Honey…She WORKS hard for the MONEY…So you better treat her right…🎶 “She Works Hard For The Money” –  Donna Summer 1983 

🚙 A GRAPH or two was all it took to get her in the door,
And then she pulled out all the stops with details and much more…
Convincing DEPUTY members assigned to work it out,
The WHARF, the bridge…It’s all considered in this brand new route.
Her company’s named BABOON, a boon it proved to be,
The money spent she let them know…invested quite wisely…
And bottom line she covered all the how, the what, the where
And now they had it all planned out..the brand new “THOROUGH-FARE”! 🚙

After having two new words y’day, SALSA and MINING, two on Wednesday, and another two Tuesday, I didn’t think there could be another today…But I’ll be a monkey’s uncle! We may just have hit PAY dirt again, with BABOON! Six already for this one week! And if today? 7? It’s a LANDslide! Can this be a record? The Word Absurd? David? Jeff? Anybody? WHEEL, just the same…I do think that BABOON may be the word to DRIVE us all a little BANANAS today. Ok, our CARtoon. This morning, Jeff’s placed us at a boardroom meeting, perhaps in Shelbyville, Indiana. We see a woman, a representative of BA-BOON DESIGN standing before an easel, explaining how the money generated from the new TOLL BOOTHS will cover the costs DRIVEN up by the city of Shelbyville’s new planning. She’s a very meticulous person, and has THOROUGHLY worked out all the details. And even though no one likes paying TOLLS, it’s only FARE that a portion of the costs be passed on to the public. The two DEPUTY city planners, are very impressed, and appreciate how it’s all MAPPED out. So when our question asks what her explanation was…It was a “THOROUGH-FARE“! BEEP BEEP! We have our solution! Good one, David! You’ve DRIVEN it home!

Ok, eye candy…The MAP on the table is CONGESTED with detail. Truly the Minute Absolute Jeff is known for. I’m able to make out some of it, and I’ll expLANE as much as I can…I see STREET TYPE, INTERSTATE, U S HIGHWAY, NEW HIGHWAY, CORRIDOR LOCATIONS, AND PRIMARY CORRIDORS. There’s more, but I’ve decided that my eyes are more important than the eye candy…The buck STOPS here! A BUCK? For the FARE?..No? Really? Well I tried! …So, There you have it Folks Done! Have a great day, Everyone! …It’s been SWELL..You know..”For Whom the Swell TOLLS…” 🚙 🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 07/05/2018

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SSLAA – SALSA

CNFEE – FENCE

GNMINI – MINING

RIFDOB – FORBID

CARTOON ANSWER:  RUNNING UP A HILLSIDE CAN BE GREAT EXERCISE

IF YOU ARE – – – 

LS   NCE   IN   OID  =  SO INCLINED

Good Morning, Everyone!                 🏃🏻 IT’S UP TO YOU 🏃🏻

🎶 I RUN for hope, I RUN to feel…I RUN for the truth, For all that is real…I RUN for your Mother, your sister, your wife…I RUN for you and me, my friend…I RUN for life…🎶 “I Run For Life” – Melissa Etheridge – 2005

🏃🏻 I do a lot of running, but in no way can relate,
A hill to me is made for ants!…I keep a steady gait.
I pass a FENCE, a park or two, a pothole here and there,
Some look like one’s gone MINING…City life? Always beware!
But up a hill, then down again? Uh, no way, God FORBID…
I like to get the exercise, but c’mon who’s to kid?
I’ll do SALSA, skip sour cream, it’s all the give and take,
I’d rather ditch the calories, so hills I can forsake.
The running’s good, it keeps me fit, but there’s no never mind…
To entertain an uphill run? No, never SO INCLINED!🏃🏻

So, it might feel like a Monday morning…but it’s not. Always seems a little OFF TRACK like that the day after a Holiday, right? But it’s Thursday, and as our week WINDS DOWN, we find two words that are Sweet Repeats, and two that may be new. I looked for SALSA and MINING, but it proved to be an EXERCISE in futility…And I think they may also turn out to be the two words to give us an UPHILL battle today…We shall see. Ok, our cartoon. So, where do we find ourselves today? Out West perhaps? At a West STRIDE Story? Hmm. Jeff shows us two male RUNNERS. One we can see and “hear” has been RUNNING for a while now. He’s happy, he’s fit, he’s a regular Man of HEEL…And he even has a favorite hill. The other THIGH, his Buddy, seems pretty much at ease, despite not exactly looking like STRIDER Man. But he’s willing to take a “shot” at RUNNING UP that HILL. No STRIDE and Prejudice here…So with our question asking...UPHILL RUNNING is great EXERCISE, if you’re what?... SO INCLINED! Good one, David…Right on COURSE!

Ok, eye candy…Not much to see. Except for the RUTS in the GROUND, showing that neither the PATH nor the HILL is a ROAD LESS TRAVELED, there’s really nothing JUMPing off the page…Kind of just amounts to a HILL of beans really. So…I’m just INCLINED to let it go today…And There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone…I’m late…I gotta RUN! 🏃🏻🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 07/04/2018

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HACRI – CHAIR

ROBMO – BROOM

GRAFLU – FRUGAL

DEELTS – ELDEST

CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN ASKED TO HELP WITH HIS INDEPENDENCE DAY 

COOKOUT, HIS FRIENDS – – – 

CHA   OM   FRU   ET   =   CAME “FOURTH”

Good Morning, Everyone!              🇺🇸 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 🇺🇸

🎶God Bless AMERICA, land that I love, stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above…From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam...God Bless AMERICA, my home sweet home, God Bless AMERICA, my home sweet home….🎶

🇺🇸 To gather with our families, our friends are welcome too,
To celebrate the Land we love with grills and barbecues…
The ELDEST joins the little ones, we’ll need that extra CHAIR…
No time to think of FRUGAL, there’ll be lots of food and beer.
Get the BROOM and sweep the patio, and hang some colored lights,
This gathering should easily go far into the night…
Get together folks and come to offer what it is you’ve brought,
The Birthday of America…and all our friends CAME “FOURTH” 🇺🇸

With all of us hopefully enjoying some time of leisure with family and friends, I wish you all a safe, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY…
…And to everyone out there named “Buzz“…Jeff labeled that little can of soda just for you! Have a great day, Everyone. Fly our FLAG and be proud!

GOD BLESS AMERICA! Today and every day! 🇺🇸🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 07/03/2018

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CATHW – WATCH

RNIDG – GRIND

MYITLE – TIMELY

TUONDL – UNTOLD 

CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN HARRY AND MEGHAN SPLASHED EACH OTHER 

ON THEIR HONEYMOON, IT WAS A – – –  

WAT   GRN   IEY   TOL   =     ROYAL “WETTING”

Good Morning, Everyone!          👰🏻👑 WETTER OR KNOT? 👑👰🏻

🎶 Come with me, my Love ..To the SEA, the SEA OF LOVE...I want to tell you how much I love you…Do you remember when we met…That’s the day I knew you were my pet….I want to tell you how much I love you….🎶 “Sea of Love” – Phil Phillips 1959

👰🏻👑 A sea of blue the newlyweds are frolicking about,
There’s no way Harry has a paunch, so that I’ll do without…
We WATCH them looking happy, with no cares upon their minds,
It seems they’ve gotten far away from what’s their daily GRIND.
The graphic’s very TIMELY, since they’ve recently returned,
From the UNTOLD destination and the wagging tongues still burn.
But does it really matter where they went to celebrate?
What is the fascination with this pair of Royal mates?
To Anglophiles it’s such big news, there’s guessing and there’s betting…
I like them both, but let’s get real…it’s just a ROYAL “WETTING”! 👑👰🏻

With all our words today being Sweet Repeats, I was surprised to see that TIMELY had just appeared here 15 days ago. WATER the odds? And besides perhaps a slight tic at UNTOLD, they’re all easy, breezy entries for today. So let’s move one to our solution…🎶Somewhere Out There🎶 is where we find ourselves today. PRINCE HARRY and his Bride, MEGHAN MARKEL are shown REIGNING supreme in our cartoon. Since no one knows for SHORE where they HONEYMOONED, we can only go by what we SEA. And what we SEA is the lovely couple, getting along SWIMMINGLY, frolicking in the WATER. The ROYALS are in the WATER. So being asked what it was when they SPLASHED around on their HONEYMOON?..It was a ROYAL “WETTING“! Now how cute is that? Well done, David…you still REIGN amongst the best!

Ok, eye candy. There’s an adorable little FISH grinning up  happily at HARRY…Who wouldn’t? There’s Jeff’s signature sinking SAILBOAT adorning the background…but that ship has sailed…So the CROWNing Glory today? MEGHAN’S wearing a DIAMOND RING and a CROWN! And that topped it off for me! So, There you have it, Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And HEIRS 🍷 to the Happy Couple!👑👰🏻🙋🏻

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MIKE: 🎈Happy Birthday! And many, many more! 🎈

Jumble Answers for 07/02/2018

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SUPEA – PAUSE

DUIMH – HUMID

DLORCE – COLDER

TEMMON – MOMENT

CARTOON ANSWER: WITH DIRTY CLOTHES EVERYWHERE, HER ATTEMPT 

TO CLEAN HER ROOM WAS BEING – – – 

PA   HD   ER   ME   =   HAMPERED

Good Morning, Everyone!            👗👠 CLOTHES THE DOOR? 👠👗

🎶 Why do birds suddenly appear…every time you are near?…Just like me, they long to be CLOTHES to you…Why do stars fall down from the sky, every time you walk by?…Just like me, they long to be…CLOTHES to you….🎶 “Close to You” The Carpenters 1970 

👗👠 Considering that Fashion can make or break a look,
The flair that’s often needed can’t be learned from any book.
What’s hot now, what’s gone COLDER, what’s in and then what’s out…
That MOMENT when you realize this and that you’ll have to flout.
While searching for that certain look one often has to PAUSE…
With closets emptied, clothes all strewn…now you can’t open doors!
What’s clean and what’s gone dirty, can I wear this to go there?
It’s HUMID out, this dress won’t work now with this frizzy hair!
You want to be a Clothes Horse?…It’s a life that’s not all pampered…
And until you get a grip on it?…Your style may be HAMPERED!👠👗

CLOTHES the door on one week…Open it on another! Here we are at the start of a new week, and what might be a new word…I searched for COLDER, and …er…I came up empty…Can this simple word possibly be new to the Jumble Family? We’ll have to adDRESS it later, because now let’s get to today’s solution. Today Jeff really  BROUGHT IT HOME..No, really…we’re in his home. We see Jeff’s lovely wife, Kathy, trying to enter the room of his equally lovely daughter, Sydney. Syd, resplendent in her Bearcat T-Shirt, is a FASHION DESIGN Major at the University of Cincinnati. We see her, trying to SORT OUT her situation, and having little success stuffing all those CLOTHES into that little colLAPSEable HAMPER. Presumably home for the summer, it seems Sydney has found herself a bit hampered by her situation, and as a result just CLOTHESed the door on it! But you know what they say…Eventually, it all comes out in the WASH! And WASH what happens here…Our question? Her attempt was being? HAMPERED! HA! Good one, David…You’ve conRINSEed me once again!

Ok, eye candy…Jeff has two dogs. We can see Gizmo peeking through the door…But where’s Fifi? Look real CLOTHESly..Underneath an item of CLOTHING emblazoned with a Cactus design? It’s moving! Could it be Fifi?…Is she PANTing under there?  OMG! I need to PAWS…So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! …And DRESS lightly…until we can CLOTHES the DOOR on this Heat Wave! 👠👗🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 07/01/2018

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TNIKET – KITTEN

RALGVE – GRAVEL

CDDOEE – DECODE

TTHISC – STITCH

NRIYEW –  WINERY

OMEBAN – BEMOAN

CARTOON ANSWER: THE GIRAFFE DIDN’T LIKE WORKING FOR THE OTHER GIRAFFE. HE FELT HIS BOSS WAS ALWAYS – – –

KTN   GAE   DOE   ICH   WNR   BN  =  BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK 

Good Morning, Everyone!    💻 WORKING WITH A HEIGHT DISADVANTAGE 💻

🎶 The monkeys stand for honesty, GIRAFFES are insincere, and the elephants are kindly but they’re dumb…Orangutans are skeptical of changes in their cages…And the zookeeper is very fond of rum…At the Zoo…At the Zoo…At the Zoo….🎶                     “At The Zoo” – Simon and Garfunkle – 1967 

💻 He’s very conscientious, no STITCH is out of place,
He sits and works to DECODE with a look upon his face…
That shows the pressure’s mounting…he’s ready to embark,
And hit the GRAVELly pavement that will lead him to the park.
Always looking at a deadline, he needs fresh air to breathe,
The WINERY sounds good right now…he’s starting a slow seethe…
Like a KITTEN he feels cowered, his Boss is such a jerk…
How long can he BEMOAN the fact?…Above this guy just lurks!
He has to quit before he cracks, he’s such a nervous wreck…
No more will he put up with this guy BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK! 💻

Good Sunday morning, and welcome to JULY. We start our month with no new words, but perhaps a good mixture of HIGHS and lows. Of our 36 letters today, 1/3 are vowels…Will that prove to be a BEAST or the Least? Let us know: Write in and tell us what word challenged you today…Ok, our cartoon…We find ourselves this morning in the Offices of GIRRAFIC JAMB, a company that supplies Door and Window Jambs, and the LADDERS needed for their installation. We see our featured character,  STRETCH, working diligently at his keyboard, recording STEP and EXTENSION LADDER shipments, and trying to get a LEG UP on the workload.  But his Boss, the beSPECKtacled HY, looming over him, is being a major pain in the NECK, demanding to see the final numbers. STRETCH is STRETCHED! And the pressure is MOUNTING, as he tells HY that he’s REACHING his limit. I mean, C’mon, this guy HY is constantly…BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK! ..And BOOM! Now how LONG did that take? Good one, David! You’re always REACHING new HEIGHTS!

Ok, eye candy…HY is holding a steaming cup of coffee in his HOOF. Fancy FOOTwork, but a little hard to swallow…He’s wearing a SPOTTED TIE. From a relative perhaps? Family Ties? And in the background we see a CREATURE that seems to resemble the Tasmania Devil. I can’t identify him…It’s going OVER MY HEAD…But the LONG SHOT here? The POST-IT on STRETCH’S Cork Board...”WORK ON RESUME“! SHORT and to the point! So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone! …And it beHOOVES me to mention…Please stay cool…Because is it hot enough around the country? With the temperasure and humidity running NECK and NECK? You bet your GIRAFFE it is! 💻🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 06/30/2018

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GEWIH – WEIGH

FNEOT – OFTEN

YUFTAL – FAULTY

BEEEFL – FEEBLE

CARTOON ANSWER: WITH THE OIL FIELD DEPLETED, THEY SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS. BUT THE OWNER WAS –  – –

WE   O   FL   FL   =   WELL OFF

Good Morning, Everyone!     💰 OIL’S WELL…THAT ENDS WELL 💰

🎶 There’s a million OIL RIGS pumping that black gold all over the world…Sheiks and cowboy billionaires, in limousines loaded with sparkling girls….But money can’t buy happiness, just listen to the stories they tell…All you need to really succeed in life is ONE GOOD WELL… It takes ONE GOOD WELL, deep and ever flowing, It takes ONE GOOD WELL,  to draw from night and day…Pure and fine it’s yours and mine and it’s always enough…We got ONE GOOD WELL overflowing with everlasting love…🎶 “One Good Well” – Don Williams 1989

💰 I’d like to own an Oil Well…I OFTEN give it thought,
A nice gift it would be for sure, ’cause definitely not self-bought…
I think that if I WEIGH my odds, and play my cards just right,
And not make any FAULTY moves to underscore my fight.
Then maybe I could be like this…A Baron of the fields,
And get so rich and laissez-faire about all that it wields…
But then I stir and turn around and see I’ve been asleep,
I wake my other telling him again that dream did creep…
He looks up and with FEEBLE half-drawn eyes he quietly scoffs…
“You keep this up? Well trust me…you won’t hardly be WELL OFF“! 💰

LOL! WELL, a girl can dream, can’t she? And if you’re gonna dream? May as WELL dream big, is OIL I’m saying! So what if they’re all just PIPE dreams? Ok, reality…This has really been a week of easy, breezy-no one’s getting queasy Jumbles, wouldn’t you say? A little tic here or there, but for the most part… A WELLth of puzzle pleasure, with today being no exception. All Sweet Repeats, the only fault perhaps lying with FAULTY. On to our cartoon…At an OIL FIELD we’re listening to the conversation between the OWNER, Mr. GREENMEANS, and his foreman, DERRICK. The FIELD’s gone Belly Up, and Derrick’s telling the BOSS-man how sorry he is…But instead of Mr. Greenmeans having a CRUDE awakening, he just answers, very RESERVED….”It’s ok, because I’m so…WELL OFF! Well I’ll be.. POUR me a glass of that Texas Tea…You’ve STRUCK BLACK GOLD once again, Dave! Good one!
So, eye candy…We got Mr. G’s Belt Buckle: Longhorn Steer, Oil Rig, Wrench…His Bolo Tie Slide, an OIL WELL…And the ubiquitous 10-Gallon Hat...FLOWING fashion sense. An there’s OIL RIGS that ADD UP to six…His car sports a Cowhide Longhorn Ornament lying upon the grill..But I’m going with Mr. G’s License Plate: “DINOMNY”!  I guess it doesn’t get any BIGGER than that! So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And OILways remember the DRILL…No PIPE dreams allowed! 💰🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 06/29/2018

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IPNTU – INPUT

YAMOF – FOAMY

WARELY – LAWYER

DEONLO – NOODLE

CARTOON ANSWER:  THE SUN HAS BEEN COMING UP IN THE EAST EVERY

MORNING SINCE THE – – – 

IT   FM   AWE   NOD   =    DAWN OF TIME

Good Morning, Everyone!                🌞 THE MAINE EVENT 🌞

🎶 Here comes the SUN (doo doo doo doo)….Here comes the SUN, and I say…It’s all right….Little Darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter, Little Darling, it feels like years since it’s been here…Here comes the SUN, Here comes the SUN, and I say, It’s all right…🎶:  “Here Comes The Sun” – The Beatles. 1969 

🌞 Since 1808 there has been a Lighthouse to guide ships,
Through Quoddy Narrows there in Maine, ‘oer all the FOAMY whips…
A LAWYER isn’t needed, no NOODLE scratching’s called,
The information’s all on-line, for reading, one and all…
The INPUT is amazing, an interesting read…
The things one learns from Jumbling’s amusing…yes indeed.
The clock face reads 4:45, I’m finishing up this rhyme…
And just like our cartoon we’ll see another DAWN OF TIME! 🌞

Watching the SUNRISE has to be one of the most beautiful sights to behold. And even though I do it almost every DAY, it never ceases to amaze me…But today’s puzzle did, because I never knew about WEST QUODDY HEAD. I knew about the SUN first RISING over MAINE but it never really DAWNED on me where in MAINE. But that all changed today…What hasn’t changed though is our DAILY ritual of looking for a Jumble solution, so let’s SEE what ARISES…All Sweet Repeats, the only word that may give us a sLIGHT pause today, is LAWYER. And I’ll tell you why…The “L-Y“. We’re sort of programmed to see “LY ” as the ending of a word, and with David printing it as such, it only adds to the belief. And if you reSHINEd yourself to SEEing onLY that this MORNING?…Well…you may find yourself in the DARK. Ok, our cartoon. Today, we’re at WEST QUODDY (pronounced like COD), HEAD, MAINE, the Easternmost point of the contiguous United States. This little spot is one of three places in MAINE where the SUN RISES first in the U.S. And today, June 29th, the SUN ROSE at exactly 4:45 AM. So, in answer to our question…the SUN‘s been COMING UP in the EAST every MORNING since the…DAWN OF TIME! Good one, David! Let’s SHINE a little LIGHT on you!

Ok, eye candy..Aside from the iconic Red and White striped LIGHTHOUSE in the background, and the Lobster Trap with its’ buoy seen still attached, this panel’s all about the SUNRISE. The entire cartoon is bathed in a beautiful Golden Hue, with the RAYS of SUN emanating outward, as it peeks over the HORIZON. Candy? It doesn’t get any Sweeter than that! So, There you have it, Folks, SUN! Have a great day, Everyone! And may the SUN SHINE upon you today! 🌞🙋🏻

 

 

 

Jumble Answers 06/28/2018

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TTOEC – OCTET

CIVEO – VOICE

TYKONT – KNOTTY

TFOHMA – FATHOM

CARTOON ANSWER: THE NEW BISTRO WAS THE MOST ELEGANT IN TOWN, 

AND DINERS –  – – 

OTT   OIC   KNY   FATO   =  TOOK A FANCY TO IT

Good Morning, Everyone!             🧀🍾 BON APPETIT! 🍾🧀

🎶 There’s a BISTRO where we would dine each evening..CANDLE LIGHT and California wine….Love is holding hands across the table. I still go past each night…Look for his car outside…🎶: Whispering Waves. Donna Summer. 1975

🧀🍾  A bistro holds distinction as a place that’s dim and small,
No KNOTTY pine you’ll find here, instead Art Deco walls…
One’s VOICE is usually lowered, no OCTET will you hear…
The music’s usually rich and drinks are wine more than they’re beer.
Quite often you’ll see couples, engaged in quiet dalliance,
The setting always ideal, with romantic ambience…
We see one woman feeling just a little out of place,
The look of “I can’t FATHOM“…is so evident on her face…
The stylishness, the coziness…yes elegance to wit…
It’s obvious these diners all TOOK A FANCY TO IT! 🧀🍾

So, once again today we see all Sweet Repeats…three of our words taken from the second half of 2017, with VOICE, not having been HEARD since 2016. Excellent anagrams all, and I think OCTET may be the most difficult word on today’s MENU. Looking at our cartoon, we find ourselves in a newly opened French BISTRO. Two tables are shown… The women seen at front, seemingly NEWly seated, look to have two different reactions to the place. The one at left, is seen smiling, marveling at the restaurants’ elegance. The one at right, not so much. Dressed casually, she’s claiming she loves the place, but feels too underdressed to be dining there. The place is very “FANCY“. The table at the rear, is occupied by two men, enthusiastically enjoying their meal. Obviously, everyone likes the place. And our question hints…That the diners…TOOK A FANCY TO IT! Magnifique, tres chic, and Garçon par non! Touché, David. You always know how to SERVE up a good one!

Ok, the eye candy…The women have elegantly folded Bird of Paradise napkins, or are they CRANES)?…but EVE seen better…And I’m going to go right past the GARÇON, with his tray of steaming meats, because I really think there’s a lot more at STEAK…The two male diners? SACRE BLEU…is it you? Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce? Frasier and Niles CRANE, dining à deux? By candlelight en plus? Why yes, I think it is! Now that’s a SIGHT for sore FRIES! So, There you have it Folks, Fini! Have a great day, Everyone! BON APPETIT!🍤🍾 🙋🏻

FYI: IN ERROR, THE EMAIL WENT OUT THIS MORNING WITH THE INCORRECT  CARTOON ANSWER. I USED THE WORD LIKING, INSTEAD OF THE CORRECT WORD, “FANCY”. I APOLOGIZE IF THIS CAUSED A PROBLEM FOR ANY OF OUR READERS. 🙋🏻