Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/31/10

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”   — Peter F. Drucker

Jumble Spoiler – 03/31/10

Visual Description:  Father scolding his pyromaniac child.

MYALD  =  MADLY,  BLONE  =  NOBLE,  DOAZIC  =  ZODIAC,  PINGAY  =  PAYING —   Giving us:  MDBLZIAANG

Clue/Question:  When he caught junior playing with matches, Dad was . . .

Answer:  BLAZING MAD

(Not too tough, today.) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/30/10

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”   — Dolly Parton

(Very appropriate for those of us in the Northeast United States, today!  I just wonder if Dolly was influenced in any way by another old Country standard.  “I beg your pardon.  I never promised you a rose garden.  Along with the sunshine, there’s got to be a little rain sometimes.”  That’s alright, ma’am.  I’m sure that when that someone was taking your quote you had to tell him:  Hey, bub!  My eyes are up here!) ;~) — YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 03/30/10

Visual Description:  An apprentice learning about the power of knowledge.

REWAY  =  WEARY,  EWTTE  =  TWEET,  SHATAM  =  ASTHMA,  NEXETT  =  EXTENT —   Giving us:  WATWASHTT

Clue/Question:  A good electrician knows this.

Answer:  WHAT‘S WATT

(WATT probably should have had quotation marks around it.  If they had switched the order of the clue jumble words – TWEET then WEARY, EXTENT then ASTHMA – the answer letters might have been a little less obvious.  As it is it wasn’t much of a challenge today.) — YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/29/10

“Vacation is what you take when you can’t take what you’ve been taking any longer.”   — Source Unknown

Bonus Quote: “The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.” — Amelia Edith Barr

(Ain’t it the truth?!!) —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 03/29/10

Visual Description:  Substitute dentist working on a patient.

IVGLI  =  VIGIL,  FEROC  =  FORCE,  POSHIN  =  SIPHON,  NYFLOD  =  FONDLY   —   Giving us:  ILFEINDL

Clue/Question:  What the associate did when the regular dentist went on vacation.

Answer:  “FILLED” IN

(Pretty ho-hum today, huh?  Maybe we’ll be challenged tomorrow.) —   YUR

Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/28/10

“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”   — Eric Hoffer

(Just one of life’s little ironies?) — YUR

Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 03/28/10

Visual Description:  An oil rig scene from “Undercover Boss”.

HINEAL  =  INHALE,  SHEERY  =  HERESY,  NERKUB  =  BUNKER,  THROME  =  MOTHER,  AMOWED  =  MEADOW,  TANEBE  =  BEATEN   —   Giving us:  INHSBEMHEAWAT

Clue/Question:  Why the oil baron didn’t show his wealth.

Answer:  IT WAS BENEATH HIM

(I had some trouble with INHALE, BUNKER and MEADOW.  The answer came very easily for me.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend!) — YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/27/10

“We can’t solve problems using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”   — Albert Einstein

(Having the ability to change your kind of thinking is the tricky part.  It’s one of those things that is easier said than done.) —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 03/27/10

Visual Description:  An over-ordering wealthy gourmand.

NOOLC  =  COLON,  GOBET  =  BEGOT,  CALPEA  =  PALACE,  RYLURF  =  FLURRY   —   Giving us:  CNEOPCELUR

Clue/Question:  Sometimes opulence can lead to this.

Answer:  CORPULENCE

(Three good ones in a row!  I thought yesterday’s was the toughest, but based on the daily number of hits Thursday’s was the most looked up.  Maybe it’s just because people have better things to do with their Fridays, because I’m still seeing queries into yesterday’s answer.  —   Happy Birthday to my beautiful, bouncing *baby* boy!  Derek turns 23 today!  I can still remember dancing him to sleep.  Like it was just yesterday.) — YUR