Jumble Spoiler – 07/11/12 (Free Slurpee Day!)

Structures of the kidney: 1.Renal pyramid 2.Interlobar artery 3.Renal artery 4.Renal vein 5.Renal hilum 6.Renal pelvis 7.Ureter 8.Minor calyx 9.Renal capsule 10.Inferior renal capsule 11.Superior renal capsule 12.Interlobar vein 13.Nephron 14.Minor calyx 15.Major calyx 16.Renal papilla 17.Renal column (no distinction for red/blue (oxygenated or not) blood, arteriole is between capilaries and larger vessels (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Transplant ward at a hospital . . . of the past.

BANIC  =  CABIN,  OGAME  =  OMEGA,  TANEDT  =  ATTEND,  TADRSN  =  STRAND   —   Giving us:  AINOGTSR

Clue/Question:  After the guitarist donated his kidney, he became this.

Answer:  AN ORGANIST

(Very good.  The clue word jumbling was great.  I struggled some with both “omega” and “attend”.  I saw “cabin” and “strand” right away.  None of the clue words are new today.  The answer letter layout didn’t give anything away.  And it’s a great cartoon.  It looks like either an older brother, or maybe even the dad of our Jeff, from somewhere around his college years.  Good for you, bro!  Who’d you give the kidney to, Jeff?  Is he still making good use of it?  It’s never come up for me, but I’d do it, if asked.  My driver’s license does say Organ Donor, but that only kicks in if I kick it.  Yesterday’s Jumble Spoiler garnered a ton of queries.  I really should have made it into the contest.  It could have been HUGE!  That’s my impression of Donald Trump.  You shoulda seen my comb-over and exaggerated lips.  I kill myself!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler -07/11/12

 

English: Engraving of the poet/professor Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.”   —   Oliver Wendell Holmes

(A little startled, but not all that upset.  Because it means that you made it, or at lest survived, to old age.  And, there’s also the satisfaction of knowing that the person doing the calling will hear it themselves, one day.  Don’t get caught up in the numbers, people.  Age is mainly a state of mind.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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